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Friday, October 12 | Saturday, October 13| Sunday, October 14

Friday, October 12

9:00-5:00 — C.A. Dana-LIFE Library Open

9:00-5:30 — Bookstore Open
E.C. Hunt Campus Center

3:00-5:00—Registration
E.C. Hunt Campus Center

5:30—Awards Buffet
Dining Room, E.C. Hunt Campus Center
Honorees: John Christensen ’71, Maria Roesler ’05, Roger Howland ’64 and Angela (Sparacino ’98) Sandy & Ben Sandy ‘98
Reservations required

5:30—Class of 57 - 50th Reunion
Private dinner at Fernando's
Reservations required

8:00—“Viking Varieties” – Alumni and Student Revue
Location: TBA
Interested performers, contact Julie at alumni@dana.edu or 402-426-7235

9:00-11:00 — All Alumni Gathering
Fernando’s Café & Cantina
16th & Washington Streets
Party Room

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Saturday, October 13

8:00-11:00— Registration/Information
E.C. Hunt Campus Center
Coffee and water available

8:00-9:00— Aebleskiver Breakfast
Dining Room, E.C. Hunt Campus Center
Reservations required

9:00-5:30 — Bookstore Open
E.C. Hunt Campus Center

9:00 — Homecoming Golf Outing
River Wilds Golf Club, Blair
$30 registration fee per golfer includes nine holes, cart and prizes. Shot gun start. Put together your own foursome or arrive a few minutes early to be assigned to a group.
Indicate interest on reservation form
Questions? Contact Matt Wollum ’07: 402.426.2921 or golfpro@riverwilds.com

9:00-10:30 — 20th Anniversary of the Tower of the Four Winds
Pancake feed, special music, other events
www.benpark.org

10:00-11:45 — Alumni College
Durham Center
10:00-10:45 - Alumni LARP #1 – “Black Elk Speaks,” by John Neihardt. DC, Room #115
11:00-11:45 - Alexis Petri, Neihardt’s great-granddaughter, will speak on John G. Neihardt.DC, Room #125
11:00-11:45 - Alumni LARP session #2- “Black Elk Speaks”. DC, Room #116
10:00-10:45 - Faculty / Alumni authors Book signing. Linden Room, Campus Center

10:00—Women’s Basketball Alumni Game
Gardner-Hawks Center
Call Coach Brenda Mechels, 402-426-7283

10:00 —Choir Reunion featuring reunion years ending in -2 and -7
Trinity Chapel, Durham Center

11:00-12:00—Residence Hall “open house”
Argo, Holling, Mickelsen, Suites

11:00-12:00—Chat with the Professors
The Forum, Durham Center
Sciences: Dr. Carla Delucchi, Dr. Karen Murch-Shafer
Social Work: Jan and Richard Potter, Jo Peterson
Math: Roger Olson
Education: Dorothy Kundel Olson
Art: Jim Olsen, Milt Heinrich
Theater: Paul Schneider

11:30-1:00—Viking Tailgate Lunch
Practice Field behind Gardner-Hawks
Reservations required

11:30-2:30 —Thomsen home open for an art viewing

12:00—Class of ‘57 Reunion Luncheon with President Philipp
Presidents Room, E.C. Hunt Campus Center

1:00-4:00 — Library and Archive Open
C.A. Dana-LIFE Library
Use the main door facing the campus oval
Elevator to lower level

2:00—Football: Dana vs. Northwestern
Viking Field

4:00-7:30 —Alumni Reception
Borup Coliseum
Join classmates and friends, bring photos and memorabilia from your days at Dana. Cash bar available

7:00 —All Alumni Dinner especially for alumni without class reunion to attend
Borup Gym
Reservations required

7:00—Class Reunion Dinners
Various locations

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Sunday, October 14

9:30— Worship and Memorial Service
Trinity Chapel, Durham Center
Rev. Danette Johns '82 preaching. As part of our Homecoming worship, we will celebrate the lives of Dana alumni who are no longer with us. The names of the deceased will be printed in the bulletin and will be read during the Memorial Service.

10:30 — All-Alumni Brunch
Dining Room, E.C. Hunt Campus Center
Reservations required.

10:30 — Venerable Viking Brunch/Program
Blue and Gold Room, E.C. Hunt Campus Center
Venerable Vikings are alumni whose 50th class reunion has been celebrated. The class of 1957 will be new Venerable Vikings this year. Returning “Venerables” wear your medallions.
Reservations required.

1:30 —Dana College Chorale Concert
Trinity Chapel, Durham Center

4:00-10:00 — C.A. Dana-LIFE Library Open

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