Family Weekend 2008 - September 12-14

Family Weekend begins with open classes on Friday afternoon and continues through the weekend with a variety of activities for family members of all ages. Visit campus, meet your son or daughter's new friends, and enjoy a fun-filled weekend!

2008 Schedule
2008 Printable Registration Form

Schedule of Events

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

• 1:10-4 p.m. Open Classrooms
  
• 3-8 p.m. REGISTRATION
• 4-5 p.m. On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!
  
• 4:30-5:30 p.m. Athletic and Recreational Facilities Tour
  
• 4:30-8 p.m. Dinner on Your Own
  
• 5:15 p.m. Hillel Shabbat Service
  
• 6 p.m. Lafayette Legacy Dinner
  
• 6 p.m. Welcoming the Sabbath Ceremony and Dinner
  
• 7 p.m. Field Hockey vs. Temple
  
• 7 p.m. Women’s Volleyball Crosstown Tournament, Lafayette vs. Marist
  
• 8 p.m. Opening Ceremony: A Night of Music
  
• 8 p.m. eighth blackbird
  
• 9:30-11 p.m. Open House at The Spot
  

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

• 9 a.m.-1 p.m. REGISTRATION
  
• 9 a.m.-5 p.m. College Store Open
  
• 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Easton AGRI-ART Fair
  
• 9:30-11 a.m. Coffee with Engineering Faculty
  
• 10-11 a.m. Panels and Discussions
  
• 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Organization Open Houses
  
• 10 a.m. Women’s Volleyball Crosstown Tournament, Lafayette vs. Columbia
  
• 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. A Brunch of Champions
  
• 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Family Weekend Photography
  
• noon -1 p.m. Panels and Discussions
  
• 12:30-2:30 p.m. ISA Presents: Curry Delights and Clothes From Around the World
  
• 1:15-2:15 p.m. President’s Address: Raising the Bar
  
• 2 p.m. – sundown Visit Historic Easton Cemetery on your own
  
• 2:30-3:30 p.m. Academic Showcases
  
• 2:30-4:15 p.m. Guided Tour of Easton
  
• 3-4:30 p.m. Downtown Easton Gallery Tour
  
• 3-6 p.m. Block pARTy
  
• 3 p.m. Women’s Volleyball Crosstown Tournament, Lafayette vs. Quinnipiac
  
• 4 p.m. Roman Catholic Mass
  
• 4-6 p.m. Pregame Warm-Up: A Tailgate on the Quad
  
• 5-6 p.m. Family Weekend Photography
  
• 6 p.m. Football Game, Lafayette vs. Georgetown
  
• Postgame 5th Quarter
  
• 9:30 p.m. Student Talent Coffeehouse
  

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

• 10 a.m.-1 p.m. College Store Open
  
• 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Brunch at Farinon
  
• 11:30 a.m. • Ecumenical Christian Service
  
• 11:30 a.m. Roman Catholic Mass
  
• Noon-1:30 p.m. Hillel Bagel Brunch
  
• Noon-5 p.m. Two Rivers Landing
  
• 12:30-1:30 p.m. Campus Landscape Tour: Our Heritage of Beauty
  
• 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Long Island
  

EXHIBITS AND HOURS

GROSSMAN GALLERY
Building Steam
This exhibit investigates concepts of critical mass and emergence, presenting artists whose work relates to social or scientific systems or addresses socio-dynamic situations. Guest curator: Mike Homer ’00
Friday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.


SKILLMAN LIBRARY LASS GALLERY
Headshots
A series of 16” x 20” black and white studies of hairdressers, barbers and their clients taken at local barbershops and hair salons. Photographs by George Panichas, Professor and Head of Philosophy.
Friday: 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m.-1 a.m.


SKILLMAN LIBRARY SIMON ROOM
Whistlin’ Dixie: Marketing the Paper Cup, 1908-2008
A look at the innovative marketing history of the Dixie Cup drawn from Skillman Library’s Hugh Moore Dixie Cup Company Collection.
Friday: 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m -1 a.m.


WILLIAMS CENTER GALLERY
There to Here, Then and Now: 25 Years at the Williams Center Gallery
A selection of works by artists featured in the many adventuresome, thought-provoking, and historical exhibitions presented during the first quarter-century of the Williams Center.
Friday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday: noon-5 p.m.


College Store
Farinon Center, ground floor
Friday 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.  

Farinon Snack Bar
Farinon Center, first floor
Friday & Saturday 7 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Gilbert’s
Kirby House, ground floor
Friday 8 a.m.-2 a.m.
Saturday 3 p.m.-2 a.m.
Sunday 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

Simon's
Kamine Hall, ground floor
Friday - Sunday 6:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

For further information:
Office of Student Life Programs; (610) 330-5337 deemerk@lafayette.edu
Office of Parents Relations; (610) 330-5048 beerss@lafayette.edu