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Schedule of Events

A final schedule of events will be distributed upon your arrive at the Reunion Registration desk. This schedule is subject to change; please check back for updates.

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Thursday, June 1

TimeActivity
8:30am - 4:30pm

Prospective Student Campus Visit

Location: Eissner Admissions Center, North Broadway
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The Office of Admissions extends a special invitation to high school students; information sessions and campus tours are available throughout the day. Students and/or parents interested in signing up for a tour and information session may schedule a visit online.
11:00am - 12:30pm

Campus Tour with Admissions Ambassador

Location: Eissner Admissions Center, North Broadway
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This walking tour will start from the Eissner Admissions Center.
12:00pm - 9:00pm

Registration

Location: Case Center, second floor
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Campus Tour with Admissions Ambassador

Location: Eissner Admissions Center, North Broadway
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This walking tour will start from the Eissner Admissions Center.
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Tour of the Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

Location: Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
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Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum with a Tang guide.
5:00pm - 7:00pm

All-Class Welcome Party

Location: Case Center, North Patio (overlooking the green)
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Join Skidmore Alumni from all classes as we kick off Reunion 2023!
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Scribner Society Dinner with President Marc C. Conner and Barbara Reyes-Conner

Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, second floor
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For graduates in post-50th reunion classes.
6:30pm - 9:00pm

Class of 1973 Picnic Dinner

Location: Surrey-Williamson Inn, Stone Courtyard
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Class of 2018 Hospitality Suite Gathering

Location: Class Hospitality Suite
7:30pm - 9:30pm

Class of 1988 Pizza Party

Location: Class Hospitality Suite
7:30pm - 9:30pm

Class of 1993 Meet Up

Location: Druther's Brewing Company, 381 Broadway, Saratoga Springs
8:00pm - 10:00pm

Class of 1978 Meet Up

Location: Tin & Lint, 2 Caroline St, Saratoga Springs

Friday, June 2

TimeActivity
6:30am - 7:30am

Classes of 1968 and 1973 Coffee Service

Location: Class Specific Hospitality Suites
7:30am - 9:00am

Breakfast

Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, first floor
8:30am - 4:30pm

Prospective Student Campus Visit

Location: Eissner Admissions Center, North Broadway
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The Office of Admissions extends a special invitation to high school students; information sessions and campus tours are available throughout the day. Students and/or parents interested in signing up for a tour and information session may schedule a visit online.
8:30am - 10:00am

Skidmore Legacy Society Breakfast with President Marc C. Conner and Barbara Reyes-Conner

Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, second floor
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For members of Skidmore's Legacy Society who have affirmed their commitment to Skidmore's future by establishing a planned gift. By invitation only.
9:00am - 11:30am

Class of 1973 guided bus tour of Saratoga Springs & Old Campus

Location: Case Center Bus Stop
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Bus departs at 9:15 a.m.
9:00am - 11:59pm

Registration

Location: Case Center, second floor
9:30am - 10:30am

Yoga/Mindfulness Moment

Location: Wilson Chapel
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Relax, renew, and stretch! This session is open to all levels, and sets the foundation for your weekend of connection and reminiscing with a practice that will focus on mindful movement and awareness. Open to all levels, taught by 2x cancer survivor, yoga teacher, and mindfulness educator Vera Ventura '03
10:00am - 11:00am

MiniCollege with John Brueggemann, Department Chair and Professor of Sociology
Food for the Future: Stories from the Alternative Afro-food Movemen

Location: Bolton Hall, room 280
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The dominant food system in the United States is failing. Unsound production practices, corrupt science, misleading marketing, mistreatment of animals, exploitation of labor, food insecurity and unhealthy consumption patterns all contribute to this disaster. Against this backdrop, though, there is a growing counter-trend led by the alternative agro-food movement. Having interviewed more than sixty “engaged sustainers,” including farmers, chefs, teachers, healthcare workers, clergy, and activists, I have been struck by their genuine achievements and clear-headed hope. Drawing from my forthcoming book on this topic, I will summarize their collective accomplishments, review the patterns that they share in common, and discuss the social sources of engagement, including the various organizations and social moments that energize the alternative agro-food movement.
11:00am - 12:30pm

Campus Tour with Admissions Ambassador

Location: Eissner Admissions Center, North Broadway
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This walking tour will start from the Eissner Admissions Center.
11:00am - 1:45pm

Lunch

Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, first floor
11:00am - 12:00pm

MiniCollege with Nurcan Atalan Helicke, Associate Processor, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Ancient Wheats, Modern Revival: Conservation of Whe

Location: Bolton Hall, room 382
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Wheat is a staple crop and provides about one fifth of global calories. Since its domestication in today's Near East (Turkey, Iraq, Syria) about 10,000 years ago, wheat landraces have been an important part of diets, livelihoods and industries. Wheat landraces are genetically diverse varieties adapted to agro-ecological conditions. They have tall stems, subject to lodging, but higher in micronutrients. They can also have a varying and lessam ount of gluten. After 1940s, due to a focus on high-yielding varieties, wheat landraces have been replaced with modern wheat cultivars. The change was swift, and today's wheat landraces have fallen into oblivion. In 2014, less than 1% of all land cultivated to wheat was landraces. Wheat landraces are important for farmer livelihoods, nutrition, food security, and climate change resilience. In recent years, there is a growing interest in reviving wheat landraces in farmers' fields. This session examines the models and actors bringing back wheat landraces in Turkey.
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Tour of the Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

Location: Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
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Enjoy a guided tour of the Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum's current exhibition, Parallax: Reflecting the Cosmos with Rebecca McNamara, the Museum's Associate Curator
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, second floor
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A special luncheon for all reunion and class volunteers. By invitation only; each invitee is welcome to bring a guest.
1:20pm - 2:30pm

Guided Bus Tour of Saratoga Springs and the Old Campus

Location: Case Center Bus Stop
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Enjoy a tour of historic Saratoga Springs and Skidmore's first campus. No pre-registration, but space is limited; first-come, first-served.

Bus departs Case Center parking lot at 1:30 pm
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Campus Tour with Admissions Ambassador

Location: Eissner Admissions Center, North Broadway
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This walking tour will start from the Eissner Admissions Center.
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Career Development Center Open House

Location: Starbuck Center, room 204
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The staff of the Career Development Center will be on hand to demonstrate the Career Development website and to discuss networking, career advising, job listings, and other services available to alumni.
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Class of 1968 Programming

Location: Bolton Hall, room 102
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Class of 1973 Programming

Location: Bolton Hall, room 281
2:00pm - 3:00pm

MiniCollege with Timothy Freiermuth, Senior Lecturer of French
Terroir: Wine & The French Sense of Place

Location: Bolton Hall, room 100
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Originally a winemaking term, TERROIR speaks to the “irreproducible uniqueness of place” and thus offers a distinctively and stubbornly French perspective on the value of “placeness” in an increasingly global and virtual world. We will explore TERROIR roots in the world of wine only to find ourselves enmeshed in debates on environmental policy, cultural protectionism, for-to-table activist economics, nationalism and immigration, reproductive technology, urban planning, cafeteria lunch wars, accent standardization, and so much more. Yes, it's all there in a simple bottle of wine!
2:00pm - 3:00pm

MiniCollege with Xiaoshuo Hou, Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies
“Lying Flat” and “Chilling:” Informal Eco

Location:
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The informalization of labor and the rise of the “gig economy” has been a global phenomenon. The pandemic has made young people in particular rethink about their career and life aims, but even before that a new generation of migrant workers, mostly male born in the 1990s and early 2000s, have become disillusioned with the factory system and started to question the prospects for moving up the social ladder through hard work. This talk is based on Professor Hou's ethnographic study of day laborers in two migrant communities in China. It will discuss the different types of informal work they engage in, how they spend their leisure time, their relationships, and the many paradoxes displayed by their work and life choices or lack thereof.
2:00pm - 5:00pm

Open hours at the IdeaLab

Location: Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences, IdeaLab
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Creative Thought Matters! Tour Skidmore's very own MakerSpace. Founded by students and faculty in 2017, The IdeaLab, formally known as The HUB, is where students learn to design and create projects using Desktop Cutting, Digital Fabrication, Textiles, Electronics, and more. Try out one of several Maker activities to take home. Appropriate for all ages.
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Tour of the Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences

Location: Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences, Glotzbach Atrium
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Class of 1963 Discussion

Location: Bolton Hall, room 101
3:00pm - 4:00pm

MiniCollege with Diana Barnes, Senior Teaching Professor of Spanish
The Art of Division; Resistance and Connection at the US/Mexico Border

Location: Bolton Hall, room 282
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The border wall has long served as a canvas for activist artists and border security agents alike, reflecting the paradox of the division with paint and concertina wire. This session explores the way that border policy motivates artistic responses in both countries that straddle the line. We examine art forms on or near the wall that relay the border-crossing stories not found in official registers and we delve into the human consequences of ever-changing border policy.
3:30pm - 4:30pm

Class of 1973 Nursing Gathering

Location: Bolton Hall, room 280
4:00pm - 7:00pm

🌎 Opportunity Program Alumni, Faculty & Staff Gathering

Location: Frederick Allen Elks Lodge #609, 69 Beekman Street, Saratoga Springs
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HEOP/AOP alumni gather in celebration with current and past faculty and staff of the Opportunity Program in a location that has been nicknamed “Saratoga Springs Black Elks Lodge.” Light refreshments will be served.
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Gathering for Friends of Bill W.

Location: Bolton Hall, room 103
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Open to all-- Friends of Bill is a code for those involved in 12-step recovery-- this meeting is not limited to those in AA, but is open to all struggling or recovering from addiction.
5:00pm - 6:15pm

President's Society Reception

Location: Scribner House Lawn, 791 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs
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The Presidents Society honors Skidmore's founder and presidents. Through their dedicated generosity and unwavering commitment to the College, the members of the Presidents Society set a standard that inspires the entire College community and is central to our continued growth and success. By invitation only.
5:30pm - 6:30pm

Alumni Reunion Art Exhibition Opening Reception

Location: Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Payne Presentation Room
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Come enjoy the talents of Skidmore's alumni artists at this annual event.
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Class of 1963 Dinner

Location: Brook Tavern, 139 Union Ave., Saratoga Springs
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Class of 1968 Reception & Dinner

Location: Surrey-Williamson Inn
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Classes of 1948, 1953, and 1958 Dinner

Location: The Wishing Well, 745 Saratoga Rd, Wilton
6:00pm - 8:30pm

Food Truck Gathering

Location: Upper South Park, under the tent
6:30pm - 9:30pm

Class of 1973 Reception & Dinner with President Marc C. Conner and Barbara Reyes-Conner

Location: Saratoga National Golf Club, 458 Union Ave., Saratoga Springs, upstairs ballroom
6:30pm - 9:30pm

Class of 1978 Dinner

Location: 550 Waterfront by Druthers, 550 Union Ave, Saratoga Springs
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Carpooling is encouraged
8:00pm - 10:00pm

Class of 1983 Meet Up

Location: Cantina Rooftop, 408 Broadway, Saratoga Springs
8:00pm - 11:59pm

Class of 1988 Meet Up

Location: The Parting Glass, 40-42 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs
8:00pm - 10:00pm

Class of 1993 Meet Up

Location: Harvey's Restaurant and Bar, 14 Phila St, Saratoga Springs
8:00pm - 10:00pm

Family Movie Night

Location: Palamountain Hall, Emerson Auditorium
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Enjoy some fresh popcorn while watching a movie that is entertaining (and appropriate) for all ages.
9:00pm - 11:59pm

Class of 1998 Meet Up

Location: Cooperstown Distillery, 453 Broadway, Saratoga Springs
9:00pm - 11:59pm

Class of 2013 Meet Up

Location: Gaffney's, 16 Caroline St, Saratoga Springs
9:00pm - 11:59pm

Class of 2018 Meet Up

Location: Harvey's Restaurant and Bar, 14 Phila St, Saratoga Springs
9:30pm - 11:59pm

🌎 Opportunity Program After Hours

Location: Falstaff's
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Bring your music playlists and plug into some late night fellowship and dancing. This is a BYOB event.

Saturday, June 3

TimeActivity
6:30am - 7:30am

Classes of 1968 and 1973 Coffee Service

Location: Class Specific Hospitality Suites
7:00am - 8:00am

Sunrise Yoga

Location: Wilson Chapel
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Celebrate the joy of connection and experience gratitude and deep awakening with this invigorating morning yoga practice. Open to all levels, taught by 2x cancer survivor, yoga teacher, and mindfulness educator Vera Ventura '03.
7:30am - 9:30am

Breakfast

Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, first floor
8:30am - 9:30am

President's Breakfast for the 2023 Alumni Association Awards Recipients

Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, second floor
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By invitation only.
8:30am - 4:30pm

Prespective Student Campus Visit

Location: Eissner Admissions Center, North Broadway
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The Office of Admissions extends a special invitation to high school students; information sessions and campus tours are available throughout the day. Students and/or parents interested in signing up for a tour and information session may schedule a visit online.
9:00am - 10:30am

🌎 Opportunity Program Open House & Pre-Parade Gathering

Location: Ladd Hall, first floor
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Stop by the OP office for 50th Anniversary where we will be celebrating the Class of 1973, the first graduates of the program. Tour the office, learn about current programming, and pick up some OP swag. OP alumni will assemble at 10:15am to get their photo taken before leading the Parade of Classes.
9:00am - 8:00pm

Registration

Location: Case Center, second floor
9:30am - 10:30am

Pre-Parade Gathering

Location: Case Center, North Patio (overlooking the green)
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Grab a complimentary mimosa or other beverage with your classmates as you prepare for the Parade of Classes.

Class photos will be taken for classes of 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968 and Alumni participating in the Opportunity Program reunion during this time.
10:30am - 11:00am

Parade of Classes

Location: Case Center, North Patio (overlooking the green)
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Led by the Schenectady Pipe Band, Ltd., Alumni Awards recipients and the OP Alumni celebrating 50 years since the first graduating OP class. The parade proceeds from Case Green to Arthur Zankel Music Center.
11:00am - 12:00pm

Alumni Awards and Recognition Ceremony

Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd '22 Concert Hall
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Join us as we honor our 2023 Alumni Award honorees and celebrate the collective philanthropy of our reunion classes. All reunion attendees and their guests are welcome and encouraged to attend.
12:00pm - 2:00pm

Reunion Picnic

Location: Upper South Park, under the tent
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Join alumni, family, and friends for a tasty BBQ. Pony rides, face-painting and Mr. Bouncy Bounce for the kids. A photo booth will be on site for everyone to receive a personalized Reunion memento.
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Class Photos

Location: Case Center, Porter Plaza
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Memorial for Johanna W Anderson, Class of 1958

Location: Saisselin Art Building, second floor, Schick Art Gallery
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Joosje will be remembered by family and friends at the Schick gallery, Skidmore College Campus on June 3rd, 1-3 pm. On exhibit, Joosje's collection of art from fellow alumni and colleagues, such as Deb Hall, David Miller, Jeff Elgin, and classmate Barbara Erdmann Evans '58. Also on display, her numerous personal projects, as well as pieces designed for the college during her more than 25 years as the Assistant Director of Public Affairs for graphic design services at Skidmore. All are welcome to help celebrate her love of the arts and her full life in Saratoga Springs.
1:15pm - 2:15pm

Class of 1963 Tour of the Frances Young Tang '61 Museum and Art Gallery

Location: Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
2:00pm - 5:00pm

Young Alumni Hangout

Location: Upper South Park
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Share some laughs with your classmates on Upper South Park. BYOB.
2:30pm - 3:30pm

President's Hour

Location: Palamountain Hall, Gannett Auditorium
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The Alumni Association invites you to join President Marc C. Conner for a lively discussion of College issues and his vision for the future.
3:30pm - 4:30pm

Class of 1968 Programming

Location: Bolton Hall, room 280
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Class of 1983 Hospitality Suite Gathering

Location: Class Hospitality Suite
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Class of 1963 Memorial Service

Location: Alumni Memorial Garden (behind the Surrey-Williamson Inn)
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Gathering for Friends of Bill W.

Location: Bolton Hall, room 100
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Open to all—Friends of Bill is a code for those involved in 12-step recovery—this meeting is not limited to those in AA, but is open to all struggling or recovering from addiction.
4:00pm - 5:00pm

MiniCollege with Angel Pérez '98
Seismic Shifts: Challenge & Change in the Higher Education Landscape

Location: Palamountain Hall, Davis Auditorium
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Colleges today face unprecedented challenges: rising costs, a demographic cliff, gag orders, and decreased public trust, to name a few. In the wake of the Varsity Blues Scandal and the Supreme Court case about race-conscious admissions, college admission professionals stand at the forefront of the national conversation about equity, fairness, who gets into college and how America shapes its workforce. Join Dr. Angel B. Pérez '98, CEO of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, for a conversation about the shifting landscape of American higher education and current trends in college admissions—and why a liberal arts education matters now more than ever.
4:00pm - 5:30pm

Tour of the Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences

Location: Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences, Glotzbach Atrium
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Tour of the Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

Location: Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
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Join Rachel Seligman '91, the Tang Museum's Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy Curator, for a tour of Christine Sun Kim: Oh Me Oh My
5:00pm - 6:00pm

Class of 1998 Hospitality Suite Gathering

Location: Class Hospitality Suite
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Stop by before heading off to dinner! Hosted by Justin Caplicki and Todd Swedock.
5:00pm - 6:00pm

Skidmore Department of Nursing Reception: Celebrating the Past and the Future

Location: Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences, Glotzbach Atrium
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Join fellow graduates to celebrate the rich history of Skidmore's nursing program. Open to all in the nursing profession.
6:00pm - 6:30pm

Class of 1973 Class Photo

Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center, Thomas Amphitheater
6:00pm - 8:30pm

Class of 1978 Celebration Dinner

Location: Falstaff's
6:00pm - 8:30pm

Multi-Class Celebration Dinner

Location: Upper South Park, under the tent
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Classes from 1983-2018 as well as alumni returning to celebrate 50 years of Opportunity Program graduates will celebrate together!
6:00pm - 8:30pm

Scribner Society Celebration Dinner

Location: Case Center, Porter Plaza & The Spa
6:30pm - 9:00pm

Class of 1973 Celebration Dinner

Location: Scribner Carriage House, 791 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs
8:30pm - 11:30pm

Live Music and Dancing & Fireworks Display

Location: Upper South Park, Under the Tent
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Dance the night away with live band music and fireworks display at 9:30 p.m.
10:00pm - 11:59pm

🌎 Opportunity Program After Party

Location: Location TBD
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Alumni's choice. Make plans with fellow OP alumni to hang out late night.
11:00pm - 11:59pm

Class of 1993 Meet Up

Location: Nashville of Saratoga, 39 Phila St, Saratoga Springs

Sunday, June 4

TimeActivity
7:00am - 10:00am

Check-out

Location: Residence halls
7:00am - 8:00am

Sunrise Yoga

Location: dea
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Celebrate the joy of connection and experience gratitude and deep awakening with this invigorating morning yoga practice. Open to all levels, taught by 2x cancer survivor, yoga teacher, and mindfulness educator Vera Ventura '03.
7:30am - 11:30am

Breakfast

Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, first floor
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Tables will be reserved by class
8:00am - 9:30am

Class of 1973 Breakfast

Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, second floor
9:30am - 10:30am

Diversity & Inclusion Breakfast

Location: Case Center, Porter Plaza
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Stop by and visit with fellow alumni for a contiental breakfast welcoming alumni of color and LGBTQ+ alumni. Hear ideas and plans for engaging our diverse alumni population. All are welcome!
10:00am - 12:00pm

Art Exhibition Pick Up

Location: Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Payne Presentation Room
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Exhibiting artists should stop by to retrieve their work.
10:30am - 11:15am

Alumni Memorial Service

Location: Alumni Memorial Garden (behind the Surrey-Williamson Inn)
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Pay tribute to members of the Skidmore community who have recently passed away.