78's TOP 40th REUNION Schedule

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Going Back, Giving Back: Five-Class Community Service Project Morning Session. Meet at the Hahne Grand Courtyard, 615 Broad Street, Newark to be taken to team locations. Sponsored by the Classes of 1978, 1983, 2003, 2008 and 2013.

 

8:30a to noon
Going Back, Giving Back: Five Class Community Service lunch. Hahne Grand Courtyard, 615 Broad Street, Newark.

noon to 1:00p

Going Back, Giving Back: Five Class Community Service Afternoon session. Meet at the Hahne Grand Courtyard, 615 Broad Street, Newark, to be taken to team locations. Bus to campus available at 4:30.

1:00 to 4:30p



 

Cocktails Dod Courtyard

 

5:30 to 7:00p

’78/’18 Talent Show: Tonight's the Night!
Talent on the Eights. Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall.

 

7:00 to 9:00p

Desserts and Dancing to Gotham Events. Dod Courtyard.

 

9:00p to 1:00a

Friday, June 1, 2018

Alumni Faculty Forum: Clayton Platt on A Hard Day's Night: The Evolution of the Workplace. Computer Science Building, Room 104.

8:45a

Alumni Faculty Forum: Kneeland Youngblood on From Ferguson to Charlottesville: The State of Race Relations in America. McCormick Hall, Room 101.

 

10:30a
Going Back, Giving Back Five Class Community Service Project: help pack meals for KIDS AGAINST HUNGER. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8VLcRYxfU for more information. Dod Courtyard.

10:30a to 2:30p
Lunch. Dod Courtyard.

noon to 2:00p
Jay and Leslie’s Laughing Matters. An interlude of juggling, mime, magic, and other nonsense, thanks to Jay Cady and Leslie Seifert-Cady. See http://www.leslieandjay.com/ for more information. Dod Courtyard

1:30p
GOING BACK, GIVING BACK: Panel on the Collaboration of Five Major Reunions Classes for the 2018 Community Service Project. Moderated by Gwen Feder. Panelists: David Abromowitz, Gene Chollett ’83, Helena Phillibert ’03, Meaghan Petersack ’08, Stephanie Park ’13. McCosh Hall, Room 66.

 		2:30p
Alumni Faculty Forum: Frank Sharry on The Dreamers on Hold: The DACA Debate. Frist Campus Center, Room 302.

2:30p

Happiness and Wellbeing: Lessons Learned From Surveys of the Classes of 1978 and 2018: A Panel Discussion Featuring Edward P. Freeland, Associate Director, Princeton Survey Research Center; Hannes Schwandt, Assistant Professor, University of Zurich, and Departmental Guest, Princeton Center for Health and Wellbeing; and Class Presidents Gwen Feder and Brandon McGee '18. McCosh Hall, Room 10.

4:30p
Cocktails, dinner and dancing to Top Shelf. Dod Courtyard.

5:00p to 1:00a

Saturday, June 2

 

PURR5K: The eighth annual Princeton University Reunions Run (PURR), sponsored by the Class of 1993's 25th Reunion,  is a 5K Run/Walk which will benefit Princeton Internships in Civic Service (https://pics.princeton.edu/). There will be food, t-shirts, and medals for all participants. Register at https://runsignup.com/Race/ NJ/Princeton/PURR   Meet at the West Windsor Fields.

 		8:30a

Alumni Faculty Forums: Mitch Resnick on The Role of Technology in Raising 21st Century Children (Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Room A32); Cathy Watson on Loss, Recovery and Resilience: City Planning in the Age of Climate Change (Andlinger Center, Maeder Hall Auditorium); Jim Shepard on Data: The New Killer Application and How Data is Driving Exciting New Applications Across IoT and Beyond (McCormick Hall, Room 101).

 

8:45a

Class of 1978 Foundation Breakfast: Join current and former Board members and other friends of our Foundation in a social gathering. Mingle and celebrate its decades of good work fostering the spirit of service in younger Tigers. Whig Hall, Oakes Lounge.

 

9:00 to 10:15a 

Challenge of the Decades: An intrepid group of '78 oarsmen, now known as the Ultra-heavyweights, will row for fun and honor! Come support them at the Boathouse or other convenient vantage point as they represent our Class against any and all challengers!

 

9:30a
Class of 1978 Memorial Service. Class of 1978 Plaza.

10:30a

Alumni Faculty Forum: David Abromowitz on A Growing Gap: Addressing Economic Inequality. McDonnell Hall, Room A02.

10:30a
Class Photo. Steps of Clio Hall.

11:30a
Lunch. Dod Courtyard.

noon to 2:00p
The One and Only P-Rade. Gather on Cannon Green.

2:00 to 4:00p
Cocktails, Class Dinner and Fireworks. Class of 1887 Boathouse.

5:00 to 10:00p

Dance the Night Away to Ja-Tun and Random Acts of Soul, spelled by Gotham Events. (Ja-Tun is Kim Pearson's daughter and, so, one of ours!). Dod Courtyard.

 

10:00p to 1:00a

 

Reunions Video

 

 

Sunday, June 3

Brunch
Procter Hall, Old Graduate College
10:30a to 1:00p

 

 

Go to http://alumni.princeton.edu/goinback/reunions/2018/ for the University-wide schedule.

 

 

 

 

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