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  2008 MUW Homecoming  
 

MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE 2008
PROGRAM OF EVENTS

 

 
 
Thursday, April 17

6:30 pm                   
Reception and Dinner with Master Chef- Featuring Chef Jose Gutierrez of Memphis and owner of “Encore.”
Click here to read more about Chef Jose Gutierrez
Chef Gutierrez is one of only 50 Master Chefs in the United States.  Chef Gutierrez will be assisted by his wife, Colleen, who also has vast experience in the culinary arts world having served as a former director of the Viking Cooking School.   This special fundraiser for the culinary arts school will begin with hors d’oeuvres and will be followed by a three course dinner complete with wine.    All proceeds will go towards expenses and scholarships for culinary arts students.

Pope Banquet Room (Ticket required - $75 each)
(Seating limited to 150) 
 

Friday, April 18

9:00 am–5:00 pm   
Registration
- Whitfield Hall

11:30 am                 
Golden Girls Luncheon
All Golden Girls and their special guests are invited to attend this luncheon honoring MUW’s newest Golden Girls from the Class of ’58.  (Tickets for Class of ’58 are free. Tickets required for all other guests and other Golden Girls - $14.00 each)

Pope Banquet Room, Hogarth Dining Center
Note:  Participation is limited to MUW Golden Girls and their invited guests only.

1:30-2:30 pm          
Association Board Meetings

MUW Alumnae Association Board meeting – Nissan Auditorium
MUW Alumni Association Board meeting – Welty Hall Board Room

2:30-4:00 pm            
Campus Tours & College Open Houses
Tours led by Student Alumni Association members begin at Whitfield.Tours will include opportunities for alumni to receive an overview of campus activities – academic, athletic and service - in all colleges of instruction.  Faculty and staff will be on hand to greet alumni and share with them honors earned and activities that have taken place during this academic year.

College of Arts & Sciences Shattuck Hall
Art & Design
Communication
History, Political Science, Geography, and Paralegal Studies
Language, Literature and Philosophy
Music and Theatre
Science and Mathematics

College of BusinessReneau Hall
Accounting and MIS
Business Administration

College of Education & Human SciencesEmma Ody Pohl Building - Lobby
Education
Health & Kinesiology
Psychology & Family Studies

College of Nursing & Speech-Language Pathology
Nursing – Martin Hall
Speech-Language Pathology – Cromwell
Health Center -Eckford    

Stark Recreation CenterAtrium 
See and hear about the exciting services including, but not limited to, aquatic, intramural sports, a wellness program and outdoor adventures offered through MUW’s 87,000 square foot facility.  Pictures of former and current athletes, awards and honors also will be shared during this open house.

2:30-5:00 pm           
Downtown Tours –

Sponsored by Columbus Lowndes Preservation Alliance
(Tours start at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center, 300 Main Street.)

4:00-5:00 pm           
Alumni Recruitment Workshop

Participate in a workshop presented by Dr. Bucky Wesley, Vice President for Student Services,  and learn more about MUW today, where we are going and how to get involved to help the university recruit students.
Cochran 303

5:00-7:00 pm           
Class of 1958 Reception
Vans will depart from the Wingate at 4:45 p.m. to attend this reception for the Class of 1958 only.
(Tickets required - $22 each) - Home of Nancy Imes

5:30 – 7:30 pm        
Blues & Barbeque

Sponsored by the Student Programming Board and Sodexho. Food will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. 
(Free for all MUWAlumni, faculty, staff and students with IDs or Homecoming name tags.  Tickets are $15.00 each for all other attendees.) -
Shattuck Lawn

Student Organization Reunions such as SPB, SGA, Hearin Leadership, Orientation Leaders and others will have booths at this year’s Blues & Barbeque.

8:00 pm                    
Performing Arts Showcase -
Join us for entertainment from some of the best performing arts students around.
(Tickets sold at the door - $5 each)
Cromwell Hall  

 
 

Saturday, April 19

8:00 am – Noon      
Registration
Whitfield Hall

8:00 am                    
Wesley Breakfast –
No Charge
Wesley Foundation   

9:00-10:00 am         
Campus Tours -
Tour guides, W Reps - Starting from        
Whitfield Hall

9:00-10:00 am         
Reunion Class Meetings
–  Members of the reunion classes identified below have the opportunity to visit  with their classmates during this session. Light refreshments will be available in the Goose.
Hogarth Student Center in the “W” Room

A professional photographer will take pictures of each reunion class during this hour.  The pictures will be taken in the Coffee Shop in the Hogarth Student Union right next to the W room.  Time for pictures is limited, so please be on time in the appropriate room and ready for these pictures.  This will be the only opportunity for class photographs with a professional photographer.  Class picture schedules are as follows:

 
Class of 1963                       9:00 am
Class of 1968                       9:05 am
Class of 1973                       9:15 am
Class of 1978                       9:20 am
Class of 1983                       9:25 am
Class of 1988                       9:30 am
Class of 1993                       9:35 am
Class of 1998                       9:40 am
Class of 2003                       9:45 am
Class of 2007                       9:50 am
 

10:15 am                 
Long Blue Line March
Assemble on Front Campus. March into Whitfield Auditorium by class.

10:30–11:30 am      
Convocation
Join us in celebration of the Class of 1958 and all other reunion classes.  This will be a time to remember and celebrate.
Whitfield Hall, Rent Auditorium 

11:30 am-Noon 
Association Business Meetings

MUW Alumnae Association Business Meeting – Nissan Auditorium
MUW Alumni Association Business Meeting – Welty Board Room

 12:00 – 1:30 pm      
Alumni Picnic

Classes will be seated together.   Feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets.  A cake will be served to celebrate MUW’s 40th Homecoming, all reunion classes, and social clubs having 50th and 70th anniversaries. 
(Tickets required $8 each) -  Bryan Gazebo

1:00– 4:00 pm         
Open Houses

Office of Alumni Relations- Stovall House
Culinary Arts Institute–  Culinary Club members will be serving sweet treats. - Shattuck Hall
Graduating Senior Art Reception and Exhibition - Shattuck Hall
Women’s Center for EntrepreneurshipOrr Chapel Annex

2:00 – 3:30 pm        
Four Year Social Clubs, Sororities & Fraternities Reunions-

 
     
 
Inactive Social Club Reunions
Club   Location
Cabelleros    Cochran 307
Countess   Cochran 330
Gauntlet   Cochran 311
Lancer   Cochran 309/310
Les Joyaux   Pohl 207
Las Amigas   Cochran 308
Rosette   Cochran 306
     
Active Social Club Reunions
Club   Location
Correttas    Hogarth Center, Club Room C
D'Belle   Reneau, Rooms 210 & 212
Highlanders  (50th)      Hogarth, Upstairs Rec. Room
Lockhearts    (70th)     Nissan Foyer
Mam’selle    Pohl 201
Reveler   Pohl Atrium
Rogue         (70th)    Cochran 305
Silhouette    Reneau, 4th Floor
Troubadour   (50th)       President's Dining Room
     
Fraternity and Sorority Reunions
Fraternity or Sorority      Location
Alpha Epsilon Delta   Painter 107
Alpha Kappa Alpha      Painter 108
Alpha Psi Omega   Pohl 209
Beta Beta Beta    Pohl 203
Brother of Beta Kappa Tau   Painter 106
Delta Sigma Thea   Painter 204
Epsilon (Phi Theta Kappa)   Painter 205
Gamma Sigma Epsilon   Painter 206
Kappa Delta Epsilon   Painter 207
Kappa Mu Epsilon      Painter 209
Kappa Pi    Shattuck Room106
Lambda Tau    Cromwell 241
Phi Beta Sigma   Stark-Atrium
Phi Beta Larnbda   Cromwell 243
Phi Epsilon Kappa   Stark – Room 101
Phi Upsilon Omicron    Cromwell 238
Phi Alpha Theta   Hogarth 217A
Psi Chi   Hogarth 217B
Sigma Tau Delta   Hogarth 217C
Sigma Theta Tau Int.   Hogarth-Club Room
Zeta Phi Beta      Hogarth Assembly Room 
     
 
 

4:00 – 5:00 pm        
Golden Girls Open House

All Golden Girls are invited to a reception sponsored by Dr. Claudia Limbert, MUW President. President’s Home

 

4:00 – 5:30 pm         
Two Year Social Club Reunions

Club                                 Location
Black List                         Columbus Arts Council
Jesters                             Wesley Foundation
Maskers                           Education Building, 121    

5:00 – 5:30 pm        
Columbus’ Own Art Exhibit and Wine & Cheese Reception
Art by Dr. Mary Evelyn Stringer - Sponsored by the Columbus Arts Council and Main Street Columbus. 
Rosenzweig
Art  Center.

5:00 – 6:00 pm        
Hogarth Dining Center
open for dinner.

6:00 pm                   
Golden Girls Reunion Dinner
Class of ’58 only - (Tickets Required $25 each) – Plymouth Bluff

9:00 pm                   
Young & Young at Heart Alumni Party
To be announced


Sunday, April 20
8:00- 9:30 am         
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by the MUW Foundation.  All alumni and family and friends of those that will be honored in the Sunday Memorial Service are invited to attend this breakfast featuring a wide variety of breakfast foods. 
Cochran Ballroom

9:30- 10:30 am       
Memorial Service

Honoring our alumni, faculty, and staff who passed away between April, 2007 & April 2008.  Family and friends invited. 
Carrier Chapel

Stark Recreation Center
Open to alumni all weekend with Homecoming name tags.