Thanks to everyone for making our 50th Reunion so special! One of many highlights from the weekend was the Invocation given at the 50th Reunion Dinner by Shirley Wuchter in honor of her late husband, the Rev. Michael Wuchter. Click Here to read her remarks.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4
50th Reunion Check-in and Hospitality Area
3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Bayley Alumni House
50th Reunion Welcome Back Gathering
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Bayley Alumni House
Catch up with your classmates. Hors d’oeurves will be served. Cash bar will be available.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5
50th Reunion Check-in and Hospitality Area
9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Bayley Alumni House
Open Classroom Experience
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Don’t miss your chance to go back to school with our Open Classroom Experience! Tickets can be picked up at Bayley Alumni House Thursday evening or Friday morning during check-in times.
Campus Tours
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Take a guided walk around campus to revisit old memories and see new spaces. Please make an appointment. http://visit.wittenberg.edu/.
Lunch on your own
Visit Post 95 or the Central Dining Room or head out on the town for lunch with your friends!
Classmate Presentation by Dr. William "Buff" Vocke
2:00 p.m.
Founders Pub, Benham-Pence Student Center
Athletics Hall of Honor Dinner
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Tent on Chapel Lawn
Optional Dinner with Classmates
6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Springfield Country Club
Registration $35 per person
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
50th Reunion Check-in and Hospitality Area
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Bayley Alumni House
Legacies & Leadership: A Celebration of Philanthropy
10:00 a.m. – noon
Tent on Chapel Lawn
Our annual brunch provides scholarship students, alumni, donors, and families the opportunity to hear about the impact of their gifts, as well as highlights some of Wittenberg’s most outstanding alumni. Register by Oct. 2.
Homecoming Tailgate
Noon – 6:00 p.m.
East Campus Drive
Click Here to reserve your spot
Wittenberg vs. Hiram Football Game
3:00 p.m.
Edwards-Maurer Field
Special reunion seating at the game. Class members must be in their reserved seats by 3:10 p.m. or they will be released to general admission. Football tickets will be provided in your reunion packet, available during Check-In times at Bayley Alumni House.
Class of 1968 Cocktail Hour and Reunion Dinner
6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Central Dining Room
Includes class photo, cocktails and dinner
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
Coffee and doughnuts (Fellowship time)
10:30 a.m.
Weaver Chapel
Homecoming Worship Service with Holy Communion
11:00 a.m.
Weaver Chapel
The Rev. Sherman Hicks, Wittenberg Class of 1968 will preach. Join the service for Holy Communion and music from the Wittenberg Choir.
*Following his M.Div. from Hamma Seminary, Pastor Hicks has served in numerous roles in first the Lutheran Church in America, and then the ELCA, including as executive director of ELCA Multicultural Ministries and bishop of the ELCA Metropolitan Chicago Synod, as well as pastoring congregations in Washington, DC, New Jersey, and New York.