7 a.m. Campus Running Tour
The Class of 1993 invites you to join fellow Camels for a morning run around campus to get the blood pumping. Meet in front of Harris Dining, then head off to tour campus. The run will conclude at the revitalized waterfront where transportation will be waiting to return you to main campus.
In front of Dining Hall, Harris Refectory
7 – 9 a.m. Classes of 1948, 1953, 1958, & 1963 Breakfast
3rd Floor Hospitality Suite, Lambdin House
7 - 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Brigade
Get fueled up for a day of reconnecting and revisiting.
Dining Hall, Harris Refectory
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Class of 1973 Breakfast
Enjoy a hot breakfast before heading to the Alumni Parade!
1973 Room, Harris Refectory
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Class Meeting & Breakfast, A Class of 1958 Program
Meet with classmates to catch up, discuss class business, and enjoy a coffee and pastry before heading to the Alumni Parade.
Lamdin Game Room
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Class of 1998 Champagne Breakfast
Enjoy a glass of bubbly and breakfast together before heading to the Alumni Parade.
Coffee Grounds Café, Katharine Blunt House
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Exercise with Joan Pekoc Pagano '68, A Class of 1968 Program
Join us for a fun workout to enhance your stability, strength, and alignment using minimal equipment. Stretch bands will be provided in the weekend gift bag, or you may join using your bodyweight alone to strengthen your muscles and bones. All fitness levels are welcome! Exclusively for the Class of 1968.
Myers Dance Studio, 3rd Floor, College Center at Crozier-Williams
8:30 - Noon We Love You a Latte — Drinks On Us!
Stop by the Blue Camel Café and pick up a complimentary beverage of your choice.
Blue Camel Café, Charles E. Shain Library
10 a.m. Morning Mimosas
Enjoy a glass of crisp orange juice with bubbly champagne before the Alumni Parade. Delicious breakfast sandwiches will be made to order by The Tasty Yolk Food Truck!
Fanning Green
10:30 a.m. Reunion 2023 Parade of Classes
Show your pride and join your class for this Reunion tradition. Process from Fanning Green to the newly renovated Athey Center for Performance and Research at Palmer Auditorium. Look for your class gathering spot behind Fanning.
Fanning Green
10:45 a.m. – Noon. Alumni Convocation and Alumni Awards
Join alumni and friends of the College as we announce Reunion 2023 Award winners, class gifts, and participation achievements. President Bergeron will also share a State of the College Address.
Athey Center for Performance and Research at Palmer Auditorium
Noon – 1:30 p.m. All-Campus Picnic on the Green
Come together with all Reunion classes for a luncheon picnic under the tent on Tempel Green.
Tent on Tempel Green
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Annual CISLA Reunion Luncheon
Mary Devins P’97 ’00, staff director of the Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts (CISLA), invites all CISLA alumni and partners, spouses, and children to attend an annual CISLA Reunion Luncheon. Catch up with former CISLA peers and make new connections. Pre-registration is required.
Otto and Fran Walter Commons for Global Study and Engagement, Blaustein Humanities Center
Noon - 3 p.m. Kids Time on Tempel Green
Little Camels are invited to Tempel Green for a host of fun activities. The Cookie Nook will be on site for a special cookie-decorating activity. Take a turn jumping in a bounce house and then create-your-own specialty lemonade! Have your face painted and get your own balloon creation too!
Tempel Green
1:30 – 2 p.m. Service of Remembrance
Gather with fellow alumni to honor and remember Connecticut College alumni, faculty, and staff, who are no longer with us. They will be always loved, never forgotten, and forever missed.
Harkness Chapel
2 – 4 p.m. Tour the Kohn Waterfront
Take a stroll along Conn's newly revitalized waterfront. Shuttles will be available on loop to bring alumni down to the Kohn Waterfront. Shuttle vans will pick up and drop off on main campus in front of Shain Library.
Kohn Waterfront
2:30 p.m. Cold Refuge: A Film Viewing and Discussion with Judy Irving '68
Please join the Class of 1968 for a viewing of Cold Refuge, a feature-length film, by award-winning filmmaker Judy Irving '68, about the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of full immersion in the natural world. Discussion will follow. Open to all alumni.
Blaustein Humanities Center, Room 211
2:45 p.m. The Role of Connecticut College for Women and the Post-College Life, A Class of 1963 Program
Join 1963 classmates to discuss our education at CC as we attempt to answer important questions that are still relevant today: How did you deal with the glass ceilings set for women during your post-grad years? When looking back at your career, were there industries that you felt were unavailable? Were you able to break through and what was your strategy in doing so?
Otto and Fran Walter Commons for Global Study and Engagement, Blaustein Humanities Center
3 - 5:00 p.m. Become Part of Conn History: Tell Your Story
The College Archives is bringing back the Alumni Oral History Program to capture and preserve the stories of alums and their time at CC. We are looking for alums to volunteer either as interviewers, as interviewees, or both. Interviews typically last 20-30 minutes. No previous experience is necessary - we will provide training and some fun swag! Space is limited and registration is required. Contact Ben Panciera, Director of Special Collections and Archives, at bpancier@conncoll.edu to select a time. Deadline to sign up as an interviewer is Tuesday, May 30; the deadline for interviewee is Friday, June 2.
Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Archives, Charles E. Shain Library
3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Blues & Brews
Enjoy yard games, live music from Andre & Friends, and beer & cocktails from a 1960’s style bar truck. French wine from Sélection CLÉMENT VIGNOT, owned and operated by Clement Butt ’87, President of Clement Company and Owner of ZOLA® will also be served.
Charles E. Shain Library Patio & Lawn
6 p.m. 12-Step Gathering
Library, Harkness Chapel
6 p.m. Class Receptions and Dinners
Receptions will start at 6 p.m. and dinners will start at 7 p.m.
1948, 1953, 1958 & 1963 — Reception: Hood Terrace; Dinner: Hood Dining Room
1968 — Reception: Horizon House; Dinner: Horizon House
1973 — Reception: Shain Library Foyer; Dinner: Ernst Common Room, Blaustein Humanities Center
1998 — Reception: Cummings Patio; Dinner: Cummings Arts Center
All other classes — Reception: Tempel Green; Dinner: Knowlton Tent on Tempel Green
9 – 11 p.m. Live Performance from Rhythm Method
Put on your dancing shoes and join us for a live performance by Rhythm Method, the ultimate rock cover band featuring Conn alums.
Tent on Tempel Green