Family Weekend
Join us on September 27-29, 2013
to celebrate all that makes Wellesley unique.
Programs available online
Click here for the complete program of weekend events.
List of Friday classes to attend with your student (Friday 8:30-5pm)
The Parent College (Saturday 10-11:45am).
Wellesley Debates (Saturday 3:30-5pm)
Getting to campus
Click here for ways to get to campus. Logan Express shuttle provides transportation from Logan to Framingham ($12/one way).
Parking
- Founders Lot: near near Houghton Chapel, open Friday after 2pm
- Davis Garage: enter at Rte 135, near the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center
- Distribution Center Lot (DC): on Rte 135, near tennis courts, overflow parking
Friday, September 27 highlights
- 8:30-5pm: Attend classes with your student
- 3:15pm: Lecture by Professor Van Arsdale - Fossils in the Digital Age: Human Evolution, WellesleyX and Online Education
- 4-6pm: Family Weekend Happy Hour at Punch's Alley
- 7-8:30pm: Jazz-World Music Welcome Concert
Saturday, September 28 highlights
- 8:15-9:30am: President's Breakfast and Address
- 9:30-11am: Varsity Alumnae Contests.
- 10-11:45am: The Parent College (faculty lectures)
- Rebecca Bedell '80, art - Looking at Edward Hopper
- Nolan Flynn, chemistry - Biomaterials: Making the Bionic Woman
- Marilyn Sides, english - Why Every Wellesley Student Should Take Creative Writing
- Stanley Chang, mathematics - The History of Numbers
- Akila Weerapana, economics - The Dangers of Fiscal Roulette
- 12-2pm: All campus luncheon in Field House
- 1pm: Soccer vs. Cedar Crest
- 2-3pm: Parent Programs and Volunteer Information Session
- 2:30pm: Athletics Alumnae reception at Punch's Alley
- 2:45pm: Sophomore Class Tree Planting in the Academic Quad
- 3-4pm: The Choir, Chamber Singers, Chamber Music Concert
- 3:30-5pm: The Wellesley Debates - Topic: The structure of the higher education system in the United States is not consistent with democratic values.
- 8-9pm: From Wellesley to the International Space Station. Keynote speaker, Pam Melroy '83, former astronaut and Trustee of the College
Sunday, September 29 highlights
- 9am: Blue Nation 5K
- 10:45am: Legacy photograph for students and their alumnae mothers, aunts or grandmothers
- 11am: Softball Alumnae Game
- 12-4pm: Davis Museum Open House
- 2-4pm: Guild of Carillonneurs Open Tower
