Tentative Schedule
See below for a list of tentatively scheduled events for Alumni Weekend 2008. For more information, view the detailed schedule.
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Thursday, September 25 | Friday, September 26 | Saturday, September 27 | Sunday, September 28
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
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6:30-9:30pm
Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
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10am-2pm
Google GWMail Event -
12-2pm
Law Alumni Stockton Guard Luncheon
(celebrating Class of 1968 and earlier) -
12-2:30pm
Medical Alumni Class of 1958 50th Reunion Luncheon -
1-2pm
How Do I Become a Hollywood Screenwriter?
with Jason Filardi, CCAS BA ’93 -
2-5pm
Gender and the Presidential Primary: 13 Million Cracks is Just the Beginning -
3-4:30pm
Medical Alumni Bus Tour: Changes in GW and the District -
4:30-6pm
Mount Vernon Elizabeth Somers Leadership Awards Ceremony -
5pm talk followed by signing
Talk and Book-Signing with Thurston Clarke, author of The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America -
5-7pm
LGBT Alumni Happy Hour -
6pm
Mount Vernon Seminary and College Reunion Cocktail Reception -
6-9pm
Alumni Shabbat Speaker, Reception, Shabbat Services, and Dinner -
6:30-8pm
Graduate School of Education and Human Development Alumni Association Networking Event (GAANE) -
6:30-9:30pm
Law School Class Reunion Happy Hours -
7-11pm
F Street Soiree for Young Alumni (graduates from the past 10 years) -
8:00 pm
Presidential Debate Watch Party -
8:30-11pm
Greek Alumni Reunion Celebration
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
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8-9am
Morning Yoga -
8:30-9:30am
Medical Alumni “State of the Medical School” Address by Dean Scott -
8:30-11am
Law Breakfast with Emeriti Faculty -
9-10:30am
Luther Rice Society and GWAA Boards Breakfast with President Knapp -
9-10:30am
Mount Vernon Archives Event with Continental Breakfast -
9:30-10:45am
Medical School CME Course: Health Care in the Presidential Race; Critiquing Contending Proposals -
10-11:30am
Tour of Smith Center and Reception (sneak peek of renovation plans included!) -
10am-12pm
Tours of Duquès Hall (GWSB) -
10:30-11:30am
Walking Tour of Mount Vernon Campus -
11am-12:30pm
Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next President -
11am-12:30pm
Tour of GW Hospital and School of Medicine -
11am-1pm
Black Law Alumni Association Meeting -
11:15am-12:15pm
The Admissions Experience: Tips from a GW Admissions Officer -
11:30am-3pm
Lunch and Tour of Hillwood Museum and Gardens (includes transportation) -
12-3pm
Family Carnival & BBQ -
12:30-1pm
“Back to Thurston” Tour -
12:30-1:30pm
Back to HOVA Reception -
12:30pm talk followed by a signing
Talk and Book-Signing with Dick Meyer, author of Why We Hate Us -
1-2:15pm
The Kalb Report: “Journalism, Commentary, and The O’Reilly Factor” -
1:30-2pm
"Back to Thurston" Tour -
1:30-2pm
Children's Book Readings -
2-3pm
Conversation with Actress Kerry Washington, BA ’98, with Professor Leslie Jacobson -
2-4pm
GW Hatchet Reunion -
2:15-3:15pm
Campus Tours: GW Then and Now -
3:30-4:30pm
Campaign GW: Walk the Campus Plan -
3:30-4:30pm
The Gelman Gateway: Remote Access for Alumni -
3:30-4:30pm
GWSB Professor’s Circle with Lisa Delpy Neirotti -
3:30-5pm
Obama or McCain: How the election will affect your investments, retirement, & estate planning -
5-6:30pm
Latino Alumni Association Reception -
5-8pm
50th Reunion (Undergraduate) and Alumni Emeriti Dinner -
5:30-6:30pm
Donor Wall Celebration -
6:30-8pm
Medical Alumni Cocktail Hour -
6:30-9:30
MBA Reunion Cocktail Reception -
7-10pm
Law Alumni Reunion Class Dinners and Awards Presentation -
8-10:30pm
Medical Alumni Class Dinner Parties
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

