2012 HOMECOMING & FAMILY WEEKEND SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER 28-30
- No pre-registration necessary unless you are attending one of these events:
Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet
Alumni Awards & Roll Call Brunch
Rescue Squad Reunion Dinner
- Make your lodging reservations SOON!
A full list of options is provided in the "news" section on this site!
- New this year….the Homecoming/Family Weekend Passport
^ Check in at registration on Friday or Saturday.
^ Fill your passport with stamps by attending at least 5 of the 10 the indicated (*) events around campus!
^ Come to the Welcome Party with President Joe Bertolino on Saturday night to be entered into the Passport drawing!
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
*4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Registration – Academic & Student Activity Center,
Lobby Entrance
Pick up your Homecoming/Family Weekend Passport!
4:00 p.m. Alumni vs. Lyndon Varsity Lacrosse Game – Change in location: Baseball Field
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Psychology & Human Services Reunion with retiring Professor Ron Rossi
Burke Mountain Room
Light refreshments provided.
*6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Coffee House – Theatre Lobby
Live music by Suncooked.
Light refreshments provided.
6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet – Academic & Student Activity Center, Room 100
$25 per person; Cash bar (beer & wine)
Inductees:
Randy Feeley ’04, Scott McKim '02, Jamie Owen.
Special team recognition for: 2001 Men's Cross Country Team
8:00 – 10:00 p.m. Plastic Musik
Stannard Gymnasium
$5 per person; Tickets available at the door.
Free with Lyndon student ID.
Sponsored by C.A.B.
*10:00 p.m. All Class Gathering
Burke Mountain - The Sherburne Base Lodge
Dinner served in the Tamarack Grill until 10 pm.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Yard Sale – SHAPE/Bole Gymnasium
To benefit student scholarships.
*8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Registration – Academic & Student Activity Center Lobby Entrance
Pick up your Homecoming/Family Weekend Passport!
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Round Robin Ultimate Frisbee Tournament
Change in location: Baseball Field
For more information, contact Amy Hale - amy@flekvt.com
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Alumni Awards and Roll Call Brunch – Academic & Student Activity Center, Room 100
$10 per person
Faculty/Staff Recognition Award – Art Peake, Phil Anderson
Loyalty Award – Michael Thurston ’74
Class Roll Call
Class of 1957 – celebrating 55 years
Class of 1962 - celebrating 50 years
Class of 1967 – celebrating 45 years
Class of 1972 – celebrating 40 years
Class of 1977 – celebrating 35 years
Class of 1982 – celebrating 30 years
Class of 1987 – celebrating 25 years
Class of 1992 – celebrating 20 years
Class of 1997 – celebrating 15 years
Class of 2002 – celebrating 10 years
*10: 00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Anchor for the Day
News7 Family fun: Try your hand at anchoring, sportscasting, or reporting the weather!
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Rock Climbing Wall Open – “The Gravity Well”
Former Squash Courts
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Family Brunch – Stevens Dining Hall
Fee for guests.
*11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Fall Festival for Families – Between Wheelock & HAC*
Bouncy house, hayrides, pumpkin carving, face painting, music & more! *In case of rain, SHAPE/Bole Gymnasium.
*12:00 - 1:00 p.m. New Vail Museum Ribbon Cutting
Vail 3rd floor
12:00 p.m. 17th Annual Lyndon Athletics Golf Classic
St. Johnsbury Country Club
Registration 12-1pm; Shotgun start at 1pm.
$100 per person
12:00 p.m. Cross Country Vermont State Meet
12 p.m., men; 1 p.m., women – awards to follow
Cross Country Trail
1:00 – 4:30 p.m. BBQ – A La Carte
Soccer Field & Intramural Field
1:00 p.m. Lyndon Men’s Soccer vs. Maine Maritime Academy
Food Drive to benefit NEK Community Action
Soccer Field
1:00 p.m. Alumni Rugby Game – Change in location: Lyndon Town School Field
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Rededication of the President’s Hallway with President Steve Gold and past presidents
Vail 3rd floor lobby, refreshments to follow at ribbon cutting
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Dedication and Ribbon Cutting of The Greg Evans Center for Meteorological Education and Research with Ralph Vasami ’82 of Universal Weather & Aviation, Inc.
Third floor, Academic & Student Activity Center
*2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social – Outside Stevens Dining Hall*
Complimentary and served by the Alumni Council.
*In case of rain, inside Stevens Dining Hall.
*2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Free blood pressure screenings with Lyndon Rescue
Outside Stevens Dining Hall
3:15 p.m. Lyndon Women’s Soccer vs. Maine Maritime Academy
Food Drive to benefit NEK Community Action
Soccer Field
*4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Free Piano Concert with alumnus Marc Mailhot
By donation – a fundraiser for the Theatre Project
Complimentary wine from the Donolan Family Winery
courtesy of John Holland, local wine collector.
Academic & Student Activity Center, Room 100
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Lyndon Rescue 40th Reunion Dinner
$20 per person; Cash bar (beer & wine)
Stevens Dining Hall
*8:00 – 11:00 p.m. Welcome Party with President Joe Bertolino
Academic & Student Activity Center, Room 100
Alumni Council Silent Auction, music, karaoke, cash bar, desserts…and the drawing of the Passport winner!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Lyndon Adventure Race
Registration, 8-9 a.m., Theatre Lobby
A four-leg, 41.1 mile race including road biking, mountain biking, running, and canoeing. Open to teams of five athletes and one support person. To register, contact Jamie Struck at 802-626-4870 or Jamie.Struck@lyndonstate.edu
Proceeds benefit the Lyndon State Adventure Program.
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Alumni Council Meeting – Alumni Dining Room
9:00 a.m. Ultimate Frisbee Tournament Championship
Location: TBD
9:00 am – 12:00 p.m. Family Brunch – Stevens Dining Hall
Fee for guests.
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Cross Country Alumni Run
In memory of Mike Fournier ’93 and Jason Gaumond ’95
Entrance to Cross Country Trail
11:00 a.m. Women’s Alumni Softball vs. Lyndon Varsity
Skip Pound Softball Field
12:00 p.m. Men’s Alumni Baseball vs. Lyndon Varsity
Skip Pound Baseball Field
12:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer vs. Husson University – Soccer Field
2:15 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Husson University – Soccer Field
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