The 2006 Family Weekend will be held October 27 to 29. A full listing of events for the weekend is available on line at www.ithaca.edu/familyweekend/.
Last year's successful parent keynote address is being continued this year and features Jerry verDorn, successful daytime drama actor and father of two Ithaca College students (Saturday, 9:00am, Park Hall Auditorium). Mr. verDorn current appears as Clint Buchanan on ABC's <i>One Life to Live</i>. He earned two Daytime Emmy Awards and four additional nominations for his earlier role as Ross Marler on CBS's <i>Guiding Light</i>.
Ithaca College student organizations including Ithacapella, ICircus, Rhythm 'n' Shoes and many more will be performing (Saturday, 3:30 pm, Emerson Suites).
New programs for 2006 include a faculty keynote address featuring Jason Hamilton's talk "A Quest for a Sustainable World: What We Know, What We Can Do" (Friday, 4:00 pm, Emerson Suites); Carl Sgrecci highlighting our exciting building projects (Friday, 5:00pm, Emerson Suites); stargazing at the Ford Observatory on Friday night, and two programs sponsored by the library: "Entering the Twilight Zone: The Library in 1974 and Today" (Saturday at 2:00 pm) and "Poet Laureate and Becoming", readings and performances by members of the Ithaca College community (Saturday at 3:00 pm).
Faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to attend. The families of our students are looking forward to meeting the people their students interact with here at the College.
The full schedule of events is available at www.ithaca.edu/familyweekend. Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend as many of the non-ticketed events as you would like. Bring your family as well. (Ticketed events have limited seating that is reserved for the families of our students, although seats may be available at show time.)
Students whose parents are not able to attend are also welcome to attend any non-ticketed events. Students who would like to attend ticketed events can stop by the registration area in the North Foyer of Phillips Hall beginning at 11:00 on Friday to check on ticket availability.
The Family Weekend luncheon will be on Saturday, October 28, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the Terrace Dining Hall. We welcome and strongly encourage faculty and staff to attend this luncheon. There is no cost to Ithaca College faculty and staff who wish to attend the luncheon. You will be treated to marvelous music provided by the Fifes and Drums of Ithaca, panIC (Steel Drums), and IC VoICes. You will also have the opportunity to get to know the parents of many of our students.
Faculty and staff should RSVP to Suzanne Smith by e-mail at sdsmith@ithaca.edu or by calling 274-3374 before 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 25, if you will be attending the luncheon. Tickets will be available for you at the check-in table in the Terraces lobby on Saturday.
Our students’ families look forward to your participation throughout Family Weekend 2006.
