2009 Family & Friends and FOWCAHomecoming Weekend

Schedule at a Glance (updated 4pm 10/1/09)

Friday, October 2

 
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8:30am to 5:00pm
Check-in and Information Center (Wang Campus Center)

8:30am to 5:00pm

Attend classes (Various Locations)
Schedule of Friday classes

8:50 to 9:40am

Classical Studies Reception (Founders 307) Please join the faculty of the Classical Studies Department for
breakfast and to learn more about Classical Studies.

12:30 to 1:30pm
Spanish Department (Green Hall) Please join the faculty of the Spanish Department for a reception and to learn more about offerings in the department.

How We Learn (brief synopsis)

(Fri 7:30-9:30pm /Pendleton)

2:00 – 3:30pm

Career Café (CWS Resource Library - Green Hall 442) The Center for Work and Service is serving up hot career
exploration and internship job search resources.  Come hear about the services and resources, and join our knowledgeable staff for coffee and pastries and explore how together we can help your Wellesley student find her path.

 

2:30pm to 4:30pm
Guild of Carilonneurs Open Tower ( Galenstone Tower, Green Hall) Join the Guild of Carillonneurs in Galenstone Tower for tours, refreshments, carillon music, and enjoy the best view on campus.

2:30pm to 4:30pm

Guided Tours of the Greenhouses
(Margaret C. Ferguson Greenhouses, Visitors Center)
Experience the flora of faraway places.  Tours of the Greenhouses depart at 2:30pm and 3:30pm with a tour of the Arboretum  departing at 3:00pm.

  2:00pm to 3:30pm
Career Café (Green Hall)
  4:00 to 5:00pm
Education Department Reception (Pendleton 144)Please join faculty of the Education Department for a reception and to learn more about the department.
  5:00 to 9:00pm
Davis Museum Open Hours (Davis Museum)Tour Wellesley College’s own Davis Museum.  Enjoy the
college’s collections as well as current Exhibitions; Cell Tango and 21 Etchings and Poems.
  5:30pm

Sukkot Shabbat Dinner and Service
(Multi-Faith Center, Main Room)

  7:00pm to 9:00pm

Wellesley College Jazz and World Music Performing Ensembles(Jewett Auditorium) Enjoy and evening of music performed by students.

 

7:30pm to 9:30pm
How We Learn Presentation (Pendleton East 239 / Pendleton West 212) Click here to download a brief synopsis of each student presenter!
  9:00pm to 10:30pm
S’mores (Campus Center Fire Pit)
   
 

Saturday,October 3

   
  7:00am to 12:00pm
Golf with your Student (Nehoiden Golf Course)
  9:00am to 2:00pm
Check-in and Information Center (Wang Campus Center)
  9:30am
President’s Address (Jewett Auditorium)
  11:00am
Alumnae Athletic Events (Kehoane Sports Center and Fields)
  11:00am

Sophomore Class Tree Planting (new location! Multi-Faith Center)

  11:00am
First Impressions: Diverse Perspectives of Black Experiences at Wellesley (Harambee House)
  11:00am

Rugby - Wellesley vs. Boston University
(Upper Athletic Field)

  11:00am to 12:00pm
Leadership, Play Balance and Fitness (Collins Cinema)
  12:00 to 2:00pm  

Tailgate and BBQ (Athletic Fields - Rain location Residence Hall Dining Facilities)

  12:30pm
GO BLUE! Parade (Residence Dining Halls) Parade will stop by Dining Facilities to pick people up who want to march to the Soccer Game together
  1:00pm 
Soccer vs. Mount Holyoke (Soccer Field)
  2:00pm to 4:00pm
Open Boat House (Boat House) - CANCELLED
  2:30pm to 4:00pm

The Choir, Chamber Singers, and Chamber Music Concert (Houghton Memorial Chapel)

  3:00pm to 4:00pm
Parent Alumna Speaker, Gracia Mangano Martore '73 (Collins Cinema)
  7:00pm to 11:00pm
Film Society Screening (Collins Cinema)
  8:00pm to 10:00pm
Student Cabaret (Tishman Commons)
   
 

Sunday, October 4

   
  9:30am

Unitarian Universalist Chaplaincy Worshsip Service 
(Multifaith Center Main Room)

  11:30am

Protestant Christian Chaplaincy Worship Service and Lunch (Multifaith Center Main Room)

  12:00pm to 4:00pm

Open Boat House (Boathouse)

  12:30pm to 1:20pm
Meditation hosted by the Buddhist Community(Multi-Faith Center, Meditation Room)
  4:00pm   

Roman Catholic Chaplaincy Mass (Multifaith Center)

  Open All Weekend

Hindu Community, Darshana (Multi-Faith Center, Meditation Room)

  7:00pm 
Triple Helix Concert (Houghton Memorial Chapel)
     

Maintained by: Meg Jordan
Last modified: October 1, 2009
Created: August 1, 2007
Expires: October 9, 2009