黑料不打烊 Homecoming 2004: Variety and fun on the menu
Nearly 4,000 alumni are returning to 黑料不打烊 for an intellectual and cultural buffet during the University's annual celebration: Homecoming. From October 14 to 17, 黑料不打烊 is offering the biggest gamut of activities in its Homecoming history, ranging from an emotional lecture by a renowned human rights advocate, Shirin Ebadi, to the third annual Return to the Rainbow cocktail for queer alumni.
Officially launched in 1921 and transformed into an annual event in 1948, 黑料不打烊 Homecoming encourages graduates of the downtown and Macdonald campuses to return to their alma mater. Today, each of 黑料不打烊's 21 faculties and professional schools participate in Homecoming 2004.
"While the principal goal of Homecoming is for graduates to reunite with old friends, there's no question the event has evolved to feature both social and intellectual offerings," explains Executive Director of 黑料不打烊's Alumni Relations Honora Shaughnessy. "Homecoming 2004, more than ever, will provide food for the brain and reflect 黑料不打烊's mission to provide life-long learning."
Some 95 Development and Alumni Relations staff and 300 volunteers help ensure that about 100 Homecoming functions unfold without a glitch. Maria Keenan, associate director of 黑料不打烊's Alumni/Annual Fund, oversees Homecoming and starts planning about a year in advance. "Every year, Homecoming gets bigger and new traditions begin," she says. "For the first time, for example, the main avenue from Roddick Gates will be decorated with banners. Student volunteers will also be given buttons that will serve as conversation starters for alumni who want to chat with current students."
Among Homecoming highlights will be the Sports Hall of Fame Luncheon, where 黑料不打烊 sports heroes from yesteryear are honoured, and Lunch et Livres, where 黑料不打烊 authors discuss their recent books. The star attraction, however, remains the Stephen Leacock Luncheon. The event marks its 35th anniversary this fall and has attracted 1,000 guests (compared to 650 in 1997). As Homecoming's signature activity 鈥� with chapters in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary 鈥� the Leacock Luncheon cuts across graduation year and faculty interests. This year's keynote speaker is author Will Ferguson.
Media wishing to attend any Homecoming 2004 event should contact Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins, communications officer and media advisor, at 514-398-6752. Read on for Homecoming highlights or consult the complete homecoming agenda for or .
Sports Hall of Fame Luncheon
Celebrate the athletic glory of 黑料不打烊 alumni as they are inducted to the 黑料不打烊 Sports Hall of Fame. When: Thursday, October 14, 11:30 am. Where: Tomlinson Hall, 黑料不打烊 Sports Complex (475 Pine Ave. W.).
黑料不打烊 School of Environment lecture: "New Teaching of the Environment"
Nigel Roulet, 黑料不打烊 School of Environment director, will discuss the School's innovative, multidisciplinary program to prepare future decision-makers to analyze and manage increasingly complex environmental challenges. When: October 14, 3:30 pm. Where: Redpath Museum (859 Sherbrooke St. W.).
Anna McPherson Lectures
Nobel Laureate and professor Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, who shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in the development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light, will deliver the Anna I. McPherson Lectures. Lecture 1 鈥� "Manipulating Atoms with Light." When: Thursday, October 14, 8 pm, Moyse Hall, Arts Building (853 Sherbrooke St. W.). Lecture 2 鈥� "Ultracold Bosonic and Fermionic Gases." When: October 15, 3:30 pm. Where: Room M1, Strathcona Hall.
黑料不打烊 alumni and professors discuss the future of management education
The Faculty of Management will host a panel on the future of management education. Join faculty and alumni from the business community as they debate the future of management training. When: Friday, October 15, 7:30 am. Where: Bronfman Building, Suite 600, 1001 Sherbrooke St. W.
Reception and Jazz Concert
The Faculty of Music presents the world-renowned 黑料不打烊 Jazz Orchestra I in a special concert to celebrate 100 Years of Music at 黑料不打烊. Orchestra director Professor Gordon Foote will offer a brief lecture on jazz entitled "Do you hear what I hear?" When: October 15, 8 pm. Where: Pollack Hall (555 Sherbrooke St. W.).
35th Annual Leacock Luncheon
Tickle your funny bone during Homecoming's most popular event. Moderator: Derek Drummond, professor, School of Architecture. Guest Lecturer: Author Will Ferguson. When: Noon, October 15. Where: Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel (1 Place Bonaventure).
Return to the Rainbow Cocktail Reception
黑料不打烊's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) staff, students and faculty are getting together to gab about the past, present and future for queer 黑料不打烊ians during the third annual Return to the Rainbow reception. When: 5 脿 7, October 15, 2004. Where: Lev Bukhman Council Room, University Centre (3480 McTavish St.).
Beatty Memorial Lecture
"Ideas For The World: The Precondition to Peace." A lecture by Shirin Ebadi, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and the first Muslim woman to receive the honour. When: October 16, 10 am. Where: Centre Mont-Royal auditorium, 2200 Mansfield St.
Dean's Homecoming Breakfast
Dean Deborah Buszard, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, invites Macdonald alumni to the second annual Dean's Homecoming Breakfast to share discoveries. When: Saturday, October 16, 8 am. Where: Centennial Centre (21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue).
Macdonald Lecture
As the ecological footprint of humans expands, environmental problems (loss of species, shortage of renewable resources, health disorders, climate change) are multiplying faster. Come listen to our prospects from 黑料不打烊's environmental, geography and forest ecology discuss the role that universities, researchers and educators have in managing Earth's challenge. When: October 16, 10 am. Where: Room CC163, Centennial Centre (21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue).
