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Alumni Weekend May 17-19, 2013

Welcome classes of '63, '58, '53, '48, '43, '38

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The Hotel Blackhawk will host members of the Class of 1963 for its 50th reunion dinner and social Friday night.

Stoney Creek Inn will host a hospitality room for all other classes Friday night after dinner on campus.

Make your hotel reservations today; ask for the "1860 Augustana Alumni Reunion" to get the special rate.

Please call the hotels directly:

• Hotel Blackhawk, Davenport, (563) 322-5000

• Stoney Creek Inn, Moline, (800) 659-2220

• Radisson Hotel, Davenport, (across from the Blackhawk), (563) 322-2200

• Holiday Inn, Rock Island, (309) 794-1212

For more information or assistance, email or call Dawn Camlin, 800-798-8100, ext. 7589.

FRIDAY, MAY 17

College Center Lobby
5 p.m.

Opening Reception and registration for Classes of 1958, 1953, 1948, 1943, 1938
 Visit with other reunion classmates and pick up name tags, tickets and reunion materials for the weekend

6 p.m.
Class of 1958 Reunion Dinner - Wilson Center

6 p.m.
Reunion Dinner for classes of 
1953, 1948, 1943, 1938
College Center Board Room

Following dinner until 11 p.m.
Hospitality Room for Classes of 1958, 1953, 1948, 1943, 1938
Stoney Creek Inn
A shuttle to Stoney Creek will be available

6 p.m.
Class of 1963
50th Reunion Reception and registration
Hotel Blackhawk
Lobby, outside the Gold room, 2nd floor
Pick up name tags, tickets and reunion materials for the weekend while you visit with classmates
and enjoy passed hors d'oeuvres. All registration materias and packets
will be avilable beginning at 6 p.m.

7 p.m.
Class of 1963
50th Reunion Dinner
Hotel Blackhawk, Gold Room

9:30 - 11 p.m.
Class of 1963 continued conversation
Following dinner, tables will be cleared. Guests are encouraged to stay and visit. Snacks and soft drinks will beprovided; cash bar available.

  SATURDAY, MAY 18

Registration table open in the College Center Lobby
8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

9 - 10:30 am
President's Open House and Continental Breakfast
Dahl Presidents Home
Jump aboard a trolley in Centennial Hall Circle for a ride to teh Dahl Presidents home. President Steve Bahls and Jane Easter Bahls will host a continental breakfast.

9 a.m.
Special Gathering: DON Fraternity Reunion
Wilson Center

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Walking Tour with Kai Swanson, Class of 1986
Kai Swanson, executive assistant to President Bahls, will lead a walking tour through lower campus.
Join this hour-long tour and hear stories from Augustana's history you may not have heard
before! Meet at Centennial Hall Circle.

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Augustana Art Museum Tour

11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Reunion Classes Lunch
Class of 1963 - College Center Dining Hall
Class of 1958 - Wilson Center
Classes of 1953, 1948, 1943, 1938 - College Center Board Room

1:30 - Class photos
Denkmann Memorial Building, Wallenberg hall
1:30 - Class of 1963
1:40 - Class of 1958
1:50 - Class of 1953
2 - Class of 1948, 1943, 1938

2:30 p.m.
Old-Fashioned band Concert on the Lawn
In front of Bergendoff Hall, 7th Avenue
Rain location - Centennial hall

2:30 - 4 p.m.
50th Reunion Open House, Class of 1963

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Alumni Association Reception
College Center Lobby, 2nd floor
All reunion classes and award recipients are welcome

5:30 p.m.
Alumni Association Annual Banquet and Award Presentation
College Center Dining Hall
All reunion classes are welcome

8 p.m.
Alumni Weekend Festival Concert
Centennial Hall
Everyone is welcome; no admission

 SUNDAY, MAY 19

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Coffee hour
College Center Lobby

10 a.m.
Baccalaureate Service
Centennial Hall
Shuttle available from hotels at 9:30.
Please arrive early to find your seat. There are no reserved seats; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

11:15 am
Class of 1963
50th Reunion Bruch - Wilson Center

11:15 am
Honored Classes Brunch
1958, 1953, 1948, 1943, 1938
College Center Loft

1:45 p.m.
Shuttle bus from Centennial hall Circle to iwireless Center

2 p.m.
Honored Classes robing for Commencement
Graduates of 1963, 1958, 1953, 1948, 1943, 1938
i wireless Center, Moline
Your spouse/guest will have reserved seating in the audience. Please have him/her check in at the spouse table at the i wireless Center, and an usher will escort him/her inside.

3 p.m.
153rd Commencement
Graduates of the Honored classes of 1963, 1958, 1953, 1948, 1943, 1938
i wireless Center, Moline
Following commencement, a shuttle will be available to take you to your hotel or back to campus.