Click here to view the reunion program, including a full schedule of events.

All information on this page is preliminary. Activities, times, and locations are subject to change.

Faculty Lectures

Faculty from a variety of disciplines and departments will be giving lectures on Friday and Saturday afternoon during reunion. These lectures are open to all reunion attendees. Lecture times and locations will be available in your reunion program when you arrive on campus.

Some of the faculty lectures include:

• Panel
  Whither Bailout? The Current Economic Crisis and the Policy Response
  Featuring:
  • Joseph Joyce, Professor of Economics and Faculty Director, Madeleine K. Albright Institute
  • Karl (Chip) Case, Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics
  • Eric Hilt, Assistant Professor of Economics
• Susan McGee Bailey
  Executive Director, Wellesley Centers for Women
  Anniversary Lecture & Celebration: 35 Years of Research and Action at the Wellesley Centers for Women
  
• Wendy Bauer
  Professor of Astronomy
  The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
  
• George Caplan
  Instructor in Science Laboratory, Physics
  Which String Breaks? (NOT modern string theory, but a theory of real strings breaking)
• William ‘Flick’ Coleman
  Professor of Chemistry
  Building Digital Libraries-Is the Internet the Athenaeum of the 21st Century?
• Selwyn Cudjoe
  Professor, Africana Studies
  Lecture Title TBA
• Richard French
  McDowell/Whiting Professor of Astronomy
  Director of the Whitin Observatory
  "Spectacular Saturn" Results from the Cassini Mission to Saturn
• Edward Hobbs
  Professor of Religion
  The So Called "Jesus Seminar"
• Kristina Jones
  Director of the Botanical Gardens
  Professor of Biological Science
  Not just the Rainforest: Why Biodiversity on Campus Matters Too
• Nancy Harrison Kolodny ‘64
  Cohen/Heller Professor of Chemistry
  Looking into the brain with MRI
• Mary Lefkowitz
  Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Emerita
  Professor of Classical Studies
  Why We Still Need to Study the Classics
• Kathryn Lynch
  Bates/Hart Professor of English
  A Workshop on the Opening Lines of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
• Jacqueline Marie Musacchio '89
  Associate Professor, Art
  Art and Love in Renaissance Italy
• T. James Kodera
  Professor of Religion
  How Buddhism Has Become the 'Designer Religion' for Americans: A Historical Critique
• Ray Starr
  Theodora Stone Sutton Professor of Classical Studies
  The Law of Ancient Athens
  

Open Houses & Tours

Many campus offices and departments are opening their doors to alumnae during reunion! Some of the tours and open houses include:

• Admissions: Information Sessions, Tours, and Interviews (by appointment) for prospective students
• Athletics: Alumnae Student Athlete Reception
• Center for Work & Service: Lecture: "Planning Your Next Steps"
• Cogeneration Plant: Plant Tour
• Davis Museum: Tour of the Museum's Collection, Tour of the Kenneth Snelson outdoor sculpture
• Greenhouse: Bird Walk, Kid's Time, Arboretum Tours
• Harambee House: African-American Open House
• Houghton Chapel & Multifaith Center: An Introduction to Wellelsey's Newly Renovated Chapel and Multifaith Center with Dean Victor Kazanjian
• Knapp Media & Technology Center: Lecture: "Not your Mother's Library"
• LBTGQA: Open House
• Phi Sigma: Open House
• When Life changes your life plans: Alumnae stories of rethinking their path: Panel sponsored by the Office of Religious & Spiritual Life
• Slater International Center: International, Asian, & Latina Open House
• Shakespeare Society: Annual Meeting
• Theatre: Open House
• TZE: Open House
• ZA: Open House

Multifaith Breakfasts & Worship Services

• Hillel Reunion Bagel Breakfast
• Multifaith Breakfast, Hosted by:
  Victor Kazanjian, Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life
  Najiba Akbar, Muslim Community Advisor
  Sushama Austin-Connor, Protestant Chaplain
  Nancy Corcoran, csj, Catholic Chaplain
  Lisa Desai, Hindu Community Advisor;
  Ji Hyang Padma, Buddhist Community Advisor;
  Diana Pooley, Liasion to the Evangelical Christian Community.
• Unitarian Universalist Chaplaincy Breakfast

Worship services on campus during Reunion Weekend include:

• Sabbath Eve Services at Slater International Center
• Catholic Mass
• Multifaith Worship Service

Do you have questions? Please contact the Reunion Reservation Office Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm EST, at 781-283-2321 or reunionquestions@wellesley.edu.