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Friday, October 28, 2011
| 8:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. |
Registration and information desk open
Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center |
| 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Selected classes open for visitation
Schedule available at the registration desk |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Campus tour
Tour lasts about an hour and is led by a student tour guide.
Tour departs from and returns to the Lunder House |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Campus tour
Tour lasts about an hour and is led by a student tour guide.
Tour departs from and returns to the Lunder House |
| 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. |
Dining hall lunch
Pay $6 at the door.
Foss and Roberts dining halls |
| 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Dining hall lunch
Pay $6 at the door.
Dana dining hall |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Campus tour
Tour lasts about an hour and is led by a student tour guide.
Tour departs from and returns to the Lunder House |
| 1:00-5:00 p.m. |
Open hours for Dean of Students and Campus Life offices
Eustis Administration Building and Cotter Union |
| 2:00-4:00 p.m. |
Miller Library tower tours
(weather permitting)
Tours depart from the front steps of Miller Library
(Last tour starts at 3:45 p.m.) |
| 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
Pumpkin carving contest
Pumpkins and carving utensils will be provided. All you need is your creativity. Prizes will be awarded.
Pulver Pavilion, Cotter Union
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Campus tour
Tour lasts about an hour and is led by a student tour guide.
Tour departs from and returns to the Lunder House |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Euclid Alone: From Love Triangles to Social Circles
Marilyn Gaull from the Editorial Institute at Boston University
Euclid has an app for the globe and all the living things—from the first glyph to the latest iPad. Professor Gaull will explore the Euclidean world from its origins to the present, focusing on the 18th century, when Euclidean expression took on new cultural forms. Professor Gaull's scholarship and publication include English Romanticism: The Human Context and articles, introductions, reviews, and public lectures in British and American literature, intellectual history, folklore, linguistics, drama, publishing history, environmentalism, and the history of mathematics.
Co-sponsored by the English and Science, Technology, and Society departments and the Office of the Dean of Faculty
Room 1, F.W. Olin Science Center |
| 4:15-5:30 p.m. |
It's More Than a Room—It's a Residential Experience
What halls are available? How do students navigate through room draw? What is a community advisor? Staff members from the Office of Campus Life will answer these questions and more.
Room 122, Diamond Building |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. |
Jazz worship service
This special jazz worship service sponsored by the Colby chaplaincy will feature Eric Thomas and the Colby Jazz Band. The music includes sacred jazz compositions "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington), "Time to Testify" (Jeff Jarvis), "When the Saints Go Marching In," and others. All are invited to join us for this festive worship.
Lorimer Chapel |
| 5:00-7:00 p.m. |
Dining hall dinner
Pay $8 at the door.
Foss and Roberts dining halls |
| 5:00-8:00 p.m. |
Dining hall dinner
Pay $8 at the door.
Dana dining hall |
| 5:30-8:00 p.m. |
Ludy '21 and Pacy Levine '27 Memorial Reception and C Club Colby Night Dinner
Parents and alumni welcome
The 108th C Club Dinner will feature the presentation of the C Club Person of the Year award and the presentation of the Carl Nelson Sports Achievement Award. This year for the first time both awards will be presented to the same person—longtime coach Richard L. Whitmore for his many years of faithful service to Colby.
Tickets must be purchased in advance: adults $30, current Colby students $24
Page Commons Room, Cotter Union. |
| 7:00 p.m. |
The Early Show, first a cappella concert
Performances by the Colby a cappella groups (Colby Eight, Colbyettes, Blue Lights, Megalomaniacs, Sirens, and EVE). Seating is limited, so reserve your tickets early.
Tickets must be purchased in advance, $5.
Lorimer Chapel |
| 9:00 p.m. |
The Late Show, second a cappella concert
Performances by the Colby a cappella groups (Colby Eight, Colbyettes, Blue Lights, Megalomaniacs, Sirens, and EVE). Seating is limited, so reserve your tickets early.
Tickets must be purchased in advance, $5.
Lorimer Chapel |
| 10:00 p.m.-midnight |
AA meeting
Whitney Room, Roberts Building |
Saturday, October 29, 2011
| 7:00-11:00 a.m. |
Dining hall breakfast
Pay $4 at the door.
Dana dining hall |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Outing Club hike up Mount Phillip
A 45-minute hike that's about a 20-minute drive away. The hike is short and gentle and offers great views of the Belgrades—a great opportunity to show parents what the area around Colby is like.
Departs from the Outing Club office, Mary Low Hall |
| 9:00-9:45 a.m. |
President's reception for alumni, parents, faculty, and students
Complimentary continental breakfast
Atrium, Diamond Building |
| 9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. |
Registration and information desk open
Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center |
| 9:45-10:30 a.m. |
State of the College conversation with President William D. Adams
All welcome
Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Campus tour
Tour lasts about an hour and is led by a student tour guide.
Tour departs from and returns to the Lunder House |
| 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. |
Family Homecoming Weekend lunch
Tickets must be purchased in advance, $8.
Roberts dining hall |
| 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. |
REM Craft Fair
Champions Fitness Club, 30 Elm Plaza, Waterville |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Registration for the tailgate competition
See rules.
Mayflower Hill Drive entrance to Harold Alfond Stadium |
| 10:30 a.m.-noon |
Woodsmen's Team demonstration
Woodsmen's area, Washington Street |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. |
Life Outside the Classroom: Navigating New Territory
As parents travel the path with their first-year students, we would like to provide additional stepping stones and resources for student success. Please join an informative panel for tips and tidbits.
Room 122, Diamond Building |
| 11:00-noon |
Opportunities to Study Off Campus
Panel discussion presented by the Office of Off-Campus Studies
Given Auditorium, Bixler Art and Music Center |
| 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Family Homecoming Weekend lunch
Tickets must be purchased in advance, $8.
Dana dining hall |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Campus tour
Tour lasts about an hour and is led by a student tour guide.
Tour departs from and returns to the Lunder House |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
The Colby-Bigelow Partnership: Opportunities for our students to participate in world-class oceanographic research from Maine to the Antarctic Ocean
D. Whitney King, the Dr. Frank and Theodora Miselis Professor of Chemistry, and Benjamin S. Twining, senior research scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
In 2010 Colby entered a partnership with Bigelow Laboratory in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, to expand educational and research opportunities in marine sciences for Colby students and faculty as well as for Bigelow's scientists. King and Twining will describe the science and the adventure of the Great Belt oceanographic research cruise from Chile to South Africa via the Antarctic Ocean. Learn how the Bigelow-Colby partnership made this and other opportunities possible for Colby students, and hear about the new semester-long program at Bigelow for Colby juniors.
Room 1, Olin Science Center |
| Noon-3:30 p.m. |
Helping Hands Across America
Colby and Sodexo (Colby's food service provider) will kick off the Helping Hands Across America community food drive. Proceeds will benefit local food banks.
Table beside the concession stand, Harold Alfond Stadium |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Colby vs. Bates football game
Seaverns Football Field, Harold Alfond Stadium |
| 1:00-4:00 p.m. |
Tours of Miller Library Special Collections
Special Collections houses Colby's rare books, literary manuscripts, and College archives. Pat Burdick, special collections librarian, will give 30-minute tours on a drop-in basis.
Special Collections, Miller Library |
| 1:00-4:30 p.m. |
Wine tasting and open house at Tree Spirits
152 Fairfield St., Oakland (directions at the registration desk) |
| 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
Miller Library tower tours
(weather permitting)
Tours depart from the front steps of Miller Library
(Last tour starts at 4:45 p.m.) |
| 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
Get Up Downtown: Taste the Harvest
Local farmers will showcase the bounty of their harvest at a special tasting of locally and organically grown produce and baked goods.
Sponsored by the Goldfarb Center’s Get Up Downtown events
Barrels Community Market, 74 Main St., Waterville
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| 3:30 p.m. |
The Colby College Chorale: Prelude to Advent
Come renew acquaintances with faculty and old friends from the Music Department. This year we honor Professor Paul Machlin, who will retire at the end of the academic year after 38 years of teaching and conducting the Colby College Chorale. After the performance the Music Department will host a reception in the chapel lounge.
Lorimer Chapel |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. |
East Asian Studies reception
Room 423, Lovejoy Building |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Economics, government, history, and international studies reception
Atrium, Diamond Building |
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. |
English Department reception
Room 220, Miller Library |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Colby Improv performance
Given Auditorium, Bixler Art and Music Center |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. |
Religious studies reception
Faculty lounge, second floor, Lovejoy Building |
| 5:00-8:00 p.m. |
Family Homecoming Weekend buffet dinner
Pay $8 at the door.
Dana dining hall |
| 5:00-10:00 p.m. |
Diwali celebration
Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, when people decorate their houses with lights and flowers, shower each other with presents, and thank God for all that they have been blessed with. Join this celebration through songs, dances, and traditional Indian food to get a taste of the Indian subcontinent and all that it has to offer.
Foss dining hall |
| 6:00-8:00 p.m. |
Colby Alumni Family Legacy Dinner (by invitation only)
Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Trick or Treat!
Professor of English Jennifer Finney Boylan invites you to a Halloween get-together for Colby alumni and friends. She will read a few ghost stories and sing a song or two. She is also bringing a few friends along the way. President Bro Adams and Lee Family Professor of English Cedric Bryant are some of the people who will be joining her on stage to entertain and possibly put a chill up your spine!
Jenny has been a professor of English at Colby since 1988 and is the author of the bestselling memoir She’s Not There, some of which is set on the Colby campus. A four-time guest of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Jenny also has been a guest on Larry King Live, TODAY with Katie Couric, and a Barbara Walters special, and she has been the subject of documentaries on CBS News’s 48 Hours Mystery and the History Channel. Jenny's most recent books are the Falcon Quinn young adult series.
Lorimer Chapel |
| 7:30 p.m. |
NOSFERATU: Les Sorciers Perdus
Mark Tipton, director and composer
Les Sorciers Perdus is a modern chamber ensemble dedicated to the organic synergy of world folk traditions and Western classical music. Trumpeter-composer-founder Mark Tipton is joined by six other members of the ensemble for a high-energy performance of his original score for F. W. Murnau's German expressionist silent film masterwork, Nosferatu (1922), which will be screened as part of the concert. Colby faculty member Carl Dimow performs on flute and bass flute, joined by violinist Megumi Sasaki, cellist Shannon Allen, guitarist Gary Wittner, bassist Chris Sprague, and percussionist Phil McGowan. Prepare yourself for a thrilling and compelling Gothic bacchanale just in time for Halloween!
Given Auditorium, Bixler Art and Music Center |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Colby on Stage
Colby’s finest student performers take over Strider Theater for a special Family Homecoming Weekend event. Now in its third year, this high-energy variety show features performances from Colby Dancers, Hypnotik Dance Team, Powder and Wig, the Colby Jazz Band, Taiko Drumming, and the debut of the Firstyear Dance, featuring the talents of the Class of ’15.
Doors open 30 minutes prior to the performance.
Strider Theater, Runnals Building |
| 9:00 p.m. |
Young Alumni Welcome-Home Pub Night
Join young alumni and celebrate being back at Colby. Enjoy free appetizers and a chance to win one of several door prizes.
Marchese Blue Light Pub, Cotter Union |
Sunday, October 30, 2011
| 8:00-11:00 a.m. |
Dining hall breakfast
Pay $4 at the door.
Dana dining hall |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. |
Hillel family breakfast
Lower programming space, Cotter Union |
| 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. |
Miller Library tower tours
(weather permitting)
Tours depart from the front steps of Miller Library
(Last tour starts at 1:45 p.m.) |
| 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. |
REM Craft Fair
Champions Fitness Club, 30 Elm Plaza, Waterville |
| 10:30 a.m.-noon |
German Department brunch
Fairchild Room, Dana Dining Hall |
| 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Dining hall lunch
Pay $6 at the door.
Dana dining hall |
Rules of the Saturday Tailgate Competition
- Registration for the competition will begin Saturday, Oct. 29, at 10:30 a.m. at the alumni tent between the Colby College Museum of Art and Harold Alfond Stadium.
- You will receive a number and approximate time when the judges will visit your area.
- The tailgate competition will be judged on two categories: Colby spirit and taste of the food.
- For the category of Colby spirit, decorations must not cover more than a 10’ x 20’ area.
- There will two divisions: (a) students and (b) alumni/families.
- No common containers are allowed (i.e., no kegs or large quantities of liquid). Security prefers cans to bottles, as they do not break.
- Tailgating starts one hour before the game and continues during halftime. At the beginning of the game, tailgating must stop until halftime. At the start of the second half of the game, the competition and all tailgating will conclude.
- No alcohol is allowed in the stadium at any time.
- Winners will be announced at the reception in the alumni tent after the football game.
- Prizes will be awarded.
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