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Alumni Weekend 2008

What a Fabulous Weekend!

More than 800 alumni and their guests gathered on the IC campus May 30-June 1 to celebrate reunions, catch up with friends, and visit their old stomping grounds. The campus was abuzz with activity and joyful sounds of recognition.

A family movie night in Park Hall Auditorium, a magician, and dude ranch-themed children's activities were also huge hits with both parents and "future alumni" of Ithaca College!

Close to 70 members of the class of 2003 toasted their college days Friday night at the Lost Dog Café during a fifth reunion get-together.

Also on Friday night, for the first time in more than two decades, IC hosted a special affinity gathering for alumni members of Greek social organizations -- with more than 250 lively attendees at a very celebratory friendship-rekindling event. We look forward to hosting similar gatherings in future years.

A special Saturday morning conversation with Father William Graf was attended by almost 50 alumni, in attendance who enjoyed reminiscing about the 1960s -- a pivotal time of change in our country’s and campus’s history.

On Saturday afternoon, a “perennials” reception, paying tribute to those who graduated at least 50 years ago, welcomed 24 members of the class of 1958 to this distinguished group of alumni.

You can always count on Ithaca weather ... to be unpredictable, and it was! But even moving Saturday's picnic inside did not put a damper on the excitement of reuniting with friends from years gone by. Saturday afternoon, thanks to more than 10 local wineries, this year's Finger Lakes wine expo was bigger and better than ever.

Saturday night the annual alumni awards dinner and celebration honored the recipients of the 2008 alumni awards: the late George Hoerner '47, M.S. '53 (Lifetime Achievement Award), Vergiu Cornea (James J. Whalen Meritorious Service Award), the late George Williams (James J. Whalen Meritorious Service Award), Robert A. Iger '73 (Edgar "Dusty" Bredbenner Jr. '50 Distinguished Alumni Award), Anthony J. DeSare '98 (Outstanding Young Alumni Award), and William A. Diehl '63 (Professional Achievement Award).

To view a slide show from the weekend, click here.

Don’t miss next year’s extravaganza, and mark your calendar now: Alumni Weekend 2009 will be held May 29-31 on campus. If you're interested in volunteering for your class committee and making it a truly special weekend for yourself and your classmates, contact events coordinator Brenda Carlisle, bcarlisle@ithaca.edu. We look forward to helping you make wonderful new IC memories!