I would like to extend my thanks to all members of the community who assisted with an extremely successful Family Weekend. Approximately 1,500 family members attended a variety of events during the weekend of November 2-4.
Student photographer JJ Ignotz '08 spent her weekend taking pictures of the event for your enjoyment. You can see her work by clicking into the photo galleries at www.ithaca.edu/familyweekend.
The highlights of the weekend included
• A faculty keynote addresses by Jason Hamilton, associate professor of biology, and Scott Erickson, associate professor of marketing
• A parent keynote address by Judge Loretta A. Preska, mother of Matthew, a junior TV-R major
• The Student Organization Showcase, which featured the talents of student organizations Soleful Soundz, Spit That!, IC Dance Team, ICircus, Ithacappella, Muevete, IC Dance Team, and IC Cheerleaders
• The Full Monty
• Lunch performances by a student jazz trio and IC VoICes
• Three concerts by the School of Music
• Two exhibits at the Handwerker Gallery
• A win by men's football over Alfred!
• A win by men's swimming and diving over Cortland, and a close loss to Cortland by women's swimming and diving
• A women's soccer win over Nazareth in the Empire 8 Championship game
• Open houses and demonstrations by all the Schools
• A Saturday night hip-hop show organized by the African-Latino Society
• A Sunday morning 5K run
• Religious services and brunch to close the weekend
Special thanks to the Conference and Event Services for handling the logistics of this very busy weekend and ensuring that everything went smoothly; to Facilities for making the campus beautiful and for setting up all the events; to Catering for keeping everyone well fed; to the many people across campus who planned and organized individual events; and to our students for sharing their time and talents.
Without the cooperation of the College community this event could not be successful. Thank you to all -- the parents appreciated your work and enjoyed their weekend, and so do I.
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