Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Schedule
Please click on the links below to see a schedule of each day of the weekend. Download the 2009 Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Invitation.
Weekend Highlights
Alumni Awards Ceremony & Reception
Join in this celebration as the Alumni Association honors outstanding contributions by alumni, faculty and students to Carnegie Mellon and the world at large. All are welcome. Reception immediately following in the Great Hall, College of Fine Arts building.
Research Initiatives
The University Center's Kirr Commons will feature an inside look at some of the university's most groundbreaking research initiatives. Join students and faculty as they explain their work and its potential impact. Also in Kirr Commons, learn more about "Inspire Innovation: The Campaign for Carnegie Mellon" and ways in which you can support it.
Volunteer Opportunities Fair
Talk with current volunteers and staff about the variety of ways that one can volunteer for Carnegie Mellon.
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
This wildly warm-hearted theatrical experience kicks off when the Music Hall Royale (a hilariously loony Victorian musical troupe) "puts on" its flamboyant rendition of an unfinished Dickens mystery. The story itself deals with John Jasper, a Jekyll-and-Hyde choirmaster who is quite madly in love with his music student, the fair Miss Rosa Bud. Now, Miss Bud is, in turn, engaged to Jasper's nephew, young Edwin Drood. Our title character disappears mysteriously one stormy Christmas Eve, but has Edwin Drood been murdered and if so, then whodunnit? The giddy playfulness of this play-within-a-play draws the audience toward one of DROOD'S most talked-about features, which allows the audience to vote on the solution as prelude to the most unusual and hilarious finale! For additional information, visit the S'n'S Web site.
Carnegie Mellon’s Jazz Vocal Ensemble Performance
Enjoy a performance by the Carnegie Mellon Jazz Vocal Ensemble while they sing popular hits and jazz favorites under the direction of Thomas W. Douglas. Admission is free.
Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art, the Alisa & Isaac M. Sutton Collection
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 5th Floor, Hunt Library
The exhibition represents one of the finest private collections of contemporary botanical art in America. These 54 artworks are expressions of the purely aesthetic forms found in nature and a reminder that we are stewards of our natural resources for future generations.
Thursday-Friday: 9 am-Noon & 1-5 pm
Saturday: 1-5 pm
Sunday: 1-4 pm
KidZone Haunted Activity Fair
Join us, alumni and children, if you dare for some Halloween fun that is sure to scare! Arts, crafts and ghoulish snacks will delight as you prepare for this Halloween night! Open to ghosts and goblins of all ages.
Registration & Welcome Area
Friday: 8 am-8:30pm
Saturday: 7 am-8:30 pm
Regina Gouger Miller Gallery Exhibitions: "29 Chains to the Moon: Artists' Schemes for a Fantastic Future Experimental Geography"
Thursday-Sunday: Noon-6 pm
