November/December 2008
Around the Quads
Dean’s Day Moves to June To Become Part of Alumni Reunion Weekend
All Columbia College alumni are asked to save the date for the new and improved Columbia College New York Dean’s Day, to be held on the Friday and Saturday of Alumni Reunion Weekend 2009, June 5–6. They will be invited to attend academic and social events on these days.
Friday will focus on educational offerings and will include
- Core Curriculum sessions;
- experiential learning opportunities on campus and in the city; and
- special campus and library tours as well as briefings.
Saturday will be a full day of educational and social opportunities, including
- a Dean’s Brunch, including a State-of-the-College address;
- lectures and discussions with some of Columbia’s most noted public intellectuals;
- more Core Curriculum sessions, featuring longtime faculty as well as new faces;
- barbecue luncheons by decade as well as class-specific reunion luncheons;
- a special luncheon for all graduates of more than 50 years; and
- receptions for alumni of many campus organizations, such as Spectator and WKCR.
Camp Columbia will be expanded to include children ages 3–12 whose parents are attending Dean’s Day programming.
Gerald Sherwin ’55, president emeritus of the Alumni Association and president of his class, sees this as a great opportunity. “My class and many of my contemporaries have used Dean’s Day as an informal annual reunion — now the College is designing a program that will allow the day to be a mini-reunion each and every year.”
Details about the new program will be available in the coming months on the Alumni Office’s events page.