Schedule of Events

KEELE CAMPUS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH

* 5TH QUARTER CLUB 30-YEAR DINNER

The Blade at the Beatrice Ice Gardens, Reception 6:30

Football alumni are invited to the Blade for a Homecoming dinner to honour new inductees into the 30-Year Club. Contact Tom Gretes at 416-736-2100, ext. 77213 or tgretes@yorku.ca.

* FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

2:30-4:30pm

Guest Lecture by Maurice Strong, Chair of the Earth Council and Senior Advisor to UN Secretary General

4:30-6:30pm

FES Alumni Reception at The Faculty Club, Contact Dianne Zecchino at diannez@yorku.ca for more information.

* VANIER COLLEGE

Vanier College Alumni are invited to a Homecoming reception and entertainment. Contact Joan Howard at (416)736-5192.

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH

* 5TH QUARTER CLUB TOUCH FOOTBALL GAME

Join your fellow alumni football players for touch football before the game. Contact Tom Gretes at 416-736-2100, ext.77213 or tgretes@yorku.ca.

* HOMECOMING FESTIVAL

12-1:30 pm

* PRE-GAME MARDI GRAS PARTY

Featuring the legendary Zydeco band "The Crockodiles", Cajun dance lessons, BBQ and refreshments, Interactive games for all and give-aways. Face-painting and noise makers for the kids (or the kid in you).

* SHOWCASE YORK

Featuring nostalgic displays from York faculties, colleges, and departments. Check out the Alumni Web site at www.yorku.ca/alumni for regular updates!

* HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME

2 pm at York Stadium

* YEOMAN FOOTBALL VS. OTTAWA GEE-GEES

* RAFFLE DRAW AT HALF-TIME FOR A TRIP FOR TWO TO NEW ORLEANS

Come CHEER the Yeomen on to victory over the reigning CIAU National Champions, the University of Ottawa Gee Gees. $5 admission for adults; $3 for non-York students. Children 12 and under free. York students admitted free with current sessional card and photo ID. Tickets are available at the gate. Fun for the whole family with great contests and prizes, live entertainment, snack bar, beer garden and much more.

DON'T FORGET TO WEAR RED!!

For more information call (416) 736-5183 or email: sprtinfo@yorku.ca

* MEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT

9am- 6pm at Tennis Canada

York, McGill, Queen's, Contact: Eric Bojesen at (416) 736-2100, ext. 33307 or ebojesen@yorku.ca

* ALUMNI WATER POLO

10:30am - 12pm at Tait McKenzie Centre

Contact Ross MacDonald at (416) 447- 0291 or mavpolo@attcanada.ca

* WOMEN'S ALUMNI BASKETBALL GAME

12 pm at Tait McKenzie Centre

Reception to follow, Contact Bill Pangos at (416) 736- 2100,ext. 77223 or bpangos@yorku.ca

BETHUNE COLLEGE

* 30TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER

6 pm-Cocktail reception at Norman's in Bethune

7 pm-Dinner in the Bethune College dining hall

8:30 pm-Dessert and Social at JACS & Patio

There will also be memorabilia on display in Rm 202 for those with a nostalgic streak.

Tickets are $25 per person or $45 per couple.
Contact Bethune College at (416) 736-5164 or bethune@yorku.ca.

* OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL

10:30 am Check in. Day care opens

11am - 12pm Keynote speaker Rex Murphy

12-12:45pm State of the Law School Address by Dean Peter Hogg

Recognition of Celebrating Classes * Salute to Volunteers

12:45-2pm Celebrity BBQ

2:30-3:30pm Annual General Meeting

4pm Farewell

RSVP by September 21, 2001. Call 416-736-5638 or e-mail ozalumni@yorku.ca

ATKINSON COLLEGE

8 pm Atkinson Dining Hall

* MARDI GRAS DANCE - DJ, dancing, prizes, light refreshments, and a cash bar

* HOMECOMING POST-GAME CELEBRATIONS

The Blade Restaurant at the Beatrice Ice Gardens from 5pm onwards

The legendary Zydeco band "The Crockodiles" will be performing after the football game. Alumni, family, friends and students are all invited to come celebrate Homecoming and the spirit of York!

* FOURTH ANNUAL
HOMECOMING CONCERT

8pm, The Underground, lower level student centre

SARAH HARMER with Danny Michel

$12 Advance,$15 Alumni, $15 Door (if available)

Sarah's debut album has produced the hits "Basement Apt." and "Don't Get Your Back Up". Make sure to catch her only Canadian campus appearance this fall. For more information call Alumni Affairs (416)-736-2100 x20230 or visit yorkstudentcentre.com

 

GLENDON CAMPUS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH

* ALUMNI PUB NIGHT

8pm in the Café de la Terrasse

Come and hear your favourite music from all the "Glendon decades", especially focusing on the music of this year's reunion from 1975 to 1980.

Bilingual Karaoke evening. We've got the DJ, the songs, the "band" and the lyrics. Come and sing or just enjoy the great company.

"Who Wants to be a Glendonaire?" - an exciting new game testing your knowledge and your memories of Glendon.

Free Glendon key chain and pin for every Glendon grad! Raffles throughout the evening with great prizes!

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH

* MUSIC IN THE AFTERNOON

Back by popular demand, George Cummings (Glendon '98) will entertain you with classical music, pop and jazz!

* BBQ - 12-2pm at the Café de la Terrasse

Enjoy Glendon's beauty and relaxed atmosphere with your friends and family. Catch up with old friends; make new contacts.

* GLENDON HISTORIC PHOTO DISPLAY

12-7pm in the Glendon Gallery

Find yourself, your friends, and professors in a set of lovingly collected pictures about life at the College over the past 40 years!

* GLENDON'S VALLEY LANDS AND
NATURAL FEATURES

1-2:30pm in the Glendon Gallery

Led by Dr. Roslyn Moore, environmental consultant, and member of the Friends of Glendon Forest advisory committee. A brief slide show in the Gallery followed by a guided tour of the valley lands below the campus. Please bring appropriate shoes.

* 30 YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF TORONTO

2:45-3:45pm in the Glendon Gallery

Noted Toronto historian George Rust D'Eye explores significant changes in the city during the past 30 years focusing on landmark buildings as points of reference.

* "I REMEMBER CAROLE CORBEIL"

4-5pm in the Glendon Gallery

Well-known writer/journalist Marni Jackson presents this lecture honouring her close friend, author Carole Corbeil (Glendon 1978) who died last year.

* ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING

5:30-5:45pm in the Glendon Gallery

Hear a brief report of the activities of the Alumni Office and the Executive Committee. You will have the chance to volunteer for the Executive Committee.

* HOMECOMING RECEPTION

5:45-6:45pm in the Glendon Gallery and Manor Hall

Reconnect with friends and former classmates, your favourite professors and staff members. Light snacks and soft drinks courtesy of the Glendon Alumni Office (cash bar).

* REUNION DINNER FOR GRADS OF '75 TO '80

7 pm in the Old Dining Hall

This event is open exclusively to the graduates of 1975 to 1980! Reservations necessary - contact the Alumni Office at (416)487-6708 or email alumni@glendon.yorku.ca.

CHECK OUT THE ALUMNI WEB SITE AT WWW.YORKU.CA/ALUMNI FOR REGULAR UPDATES!

photographs Horst Herget