October 4 - 7, 2018
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Contact Mary Lasits with any questions at lasitsm@wittenberg.edu or 937-327-7926
2018 Schedule (Subject to Change)
Last Updated: September 20, 2018
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4
60th Reunion Check-in and Hospitality Area
3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Morris Lounge
60th Reunion Welcome Back Gathering
7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Alumni Room, Student Center
Catch up with your classmates. Hors d’oeurves will be served. Cash bar will be available.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5
60th Reunion Check-in and Hospitality Area
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Morris Lounge
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/.
Writers and Poets Readings by Classmates
11:00 a.m. – noon
Morris Lounge
Classmates bring your favorite reading...
Lunch on your own
Visit Post 95 or the Central Dining Room or head out on the town for lunch with your friends!
Programs led by Classmates
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Alumni Room, Benham-Pence Student Center
Athletics Hall of Honor Dinner
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Tent on Chapel Lawn
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
60th Reunion Check-in and Hospitality Area
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Morris Lounge
Legacies & Leadership: A Celebration of Philanthropy
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Tent on Chapel Lawn
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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.
Tiger Tailgate
Noon – 6:00 p.m.
East Campus Drive near Hollenbeck Hall
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 1958 Cocktail Hour and Reunion Dinner 6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Bayley Alumni House
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.