Weekend Schedule

Below is the schedule of events for Volunteer Forum 2009. Please click on the days below to go directly to the events for that specific day.

Friday ◊ Saturday ◊ Sunday

Friday, May 29

10 a.m.-8 p.m.	Volunteer Weekend Registration Head to the University Center when you arrive on campus to pick up your registration packet and everything you will need for the weekend. **Please note: If you are checking into your dorm room antime after 8 p.m., please go to the Donner Hall Desk to receive your toom assignment and card key.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	Campus Tour Tour departs from Warner Hall Patio. No reservation required.
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Kresge Recital Hall Tour Tour departs from College of Fine Arts Lobby. The former
1-2 p.m.	CMAC Volunteer Thank You & Open House
1:30-2:30 p.m.	Campus Tour Tour departs from Warner Hall Patio. No reservation required.
	Reunion Planning & Giving Volunteer Reception

10 a.m.-8 p.m.	Volunteer Weekend Registration Head to the University Center when you arrive on campus to pick up your registration packet and everything you will need for the weekend. **Please note: If you are checking into your dorm room anytime after 8 p.m., please go to the Mudge Hall Desk to receive your room assignment and card key.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	Campus Tour Tour departs from Warner Hall Patio. No reservation required.
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Kresge Recital Hall Tour Tour departs from College of Fine Arts Lobby. The former home of decades of Carnegie Mellon drama students, Kresge Recital Hall is the current home of the School of Music, where more than 300 concerts, recitals, lectures and masters classes are hosted annually. Over the winter of 2008-2009, renovations of the 250-seat theater took place to update the staging area. See the newly renovated space and learn more about the Hall's history.
1-2 p.m.	CMAC Volunteer Thank You & Open House
1:30-2:30 p.m.	Campus Tour Tour departs from Warner Hall Patio. No reservation required
	Reunion Planning & Giving Volunteer Reception
2-3 p.m.	"Dusty Boots" Tour of the Gates & Hillman Centers TOUR IS FULL. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience. Scheduled for completion in the fall of 2009, the Gates and Hillman Centers will sustain the innovative and collaborative work of faculty and students in the developing fields of computer science. Tour led by School of Computer Science Dean, Randy Bryant. **Please note: The tour is on a construction site and may involve mildly strenuous walking. Closed-toed shoes are required for participants.
	Get the Creative Juices Flowing: Chapter Events Unplugged Why recreate wheels when you can steal from your fellow volunteers? Join us for an idea-swap-social to get the weekend started. Bring your best successes, your most fabulous bombs, and those wishful ideas that are still lingering in your noodle.
	Purnell Center for the Arts "Behind the Scenes" Tour Tour departs from Purnell Center main lobby. See the new home of the School of Drama, including its theatres and photographic replicas of the artistically painted class lists from the back walls of the Kresge Theatre, which feature drama classes of the past and connect the School of Drama's past to the present Purnell Center for the Arts.
3:30-5 p.m.	Volunteer Forum Opening Session, with President Jared L. Cohon Volunteer welcome, State of Alumni Relations and State of the University addresses.
5-5:15 p.m.	Break
5:15-6 p.m.	The Student Experience: 2009
6-7 p.m.	Speed Networking
7-9 p.m.	Reception Get to know fellow volunteers, your Alumni Association Board and staff liaisons to Carnegie Mellon's volunteer organizations.
9:30-11 p.m.	Volunteer Lounge Put on your painting clothes, relax and hang out with your fellow volunteers before heading over to paint The Fence.
11 p.m.	Paint *The Fence*

Saturday, May 30 [top]

7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	Volunteer Weekend Registration Head to the University Center when you arrive on campus to pick up your registration packet and everything you will need for the weekend.
8-9 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9-9:30 a.m.	An Update on the University's Campaign
9:30-11 a.m.	Faculty Presentations
11 a.m.-Noon	Plenary Session, with Provost Mark C. Kamlet
Noon-1:30 p.m.	Lunch & Group Photo

7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	Volunteer Weekend Registration Head to the University Center when you arrive on campus to pick up your registration packet and everything you will need for the weekend.
8-9 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9-9:30 a.m.	Inspiring Innovation: The Partnership Between Alumni & the University
9:30-11 a.m.	Faculty Presentations
11 a.m.-Noon	Global Education, with Provost Mark C. Kamlet
Noon-1:30 p.m.	Lunch & Group Photo
1:40-2:40 p.m.	WORKSHOP - Session I
	Navigating the Red Tape: Demystifying Procedures Around Contracts, Alcohol & Taxes Luke J. Widich, Contracts Specialist, and Lisa Kaplan, Legal Assistant, share what happens behind the scenes regarding some of the policies that directly affect your programming. This is a must-attend for any volunteer who plans events and activities
	Accompanying Staff on Visits: When Small Talk Just Isn't Enough Learn from fellow volunteers and Carnegie Mellon staff how to engage in meaningful conversations with alumni and other members of the Carnegie Mellon Community - while still collecting valuable information and feedback for the university.
	"When I was your age..." Connecting Students & Alumni Do alumni want to know what current students life is like on campus? Do students wonder what our alumni are doing with their Carnegie Mellon degrees? This session will explore ways that Alumni Relations and Individual Giving staff have successfully integrated students into alumni programs and giving efforts. An overview of current student enagagement within University Advancement will be presented, along with opportunities to ask questions about your own interests in connecting students and alumni.
2:50-3:50 p.m.	WORKSHOP - Session II
	Team Approach to Event Planning: From Idea to Execution After the brainstorming session concludes and your event calendar is created, what are your next steps? How do you organize your event volunteers, plan promotions and get the audience you desire to attend? What are best practices for event execution and follow up? Find the answers to these questions and more for better volunteer coordination and execution at your events.
	Gen X-ers & Millenials: Understanding & Engaging Young Alumni As Carnegie Mellon's students graduate and enter the young alumni population, it is elpful to understand who these people are and what they are looking for from their alma mater. Join this discussion to learn about our young alumni and ways that we can help build their life-long engagement in the Carnegie Mellon community.
	The Evolution of Reunions: A New Carnegie Mellon Experience Have you ever wondered why reunions take place at Homecoming and Spring Carnival? Do you understand the importance of Reunion Giving? During this session, we will discuss current trends in reunion planning and giving, and the future of celebrating reunions at Carnegie Mellon.
4-5 p.m.	WORKSHOP - Session III
	Admission (CMAC) Volunteer Information Session & Training In this session for current CMAC volunteers and those who are interested in learning more, we will discuss updates to the program, ways to get involved and opportunities to connect with prospective students and help them discover if Carnegie Mellon is the right fit for them.
	From Snail Mail to Facebook: Engaging Your Alumni Community Learn and explore the various methods of communication available to reach out to alumni, including Facebook pages and groups, Twitter and LinkedIn. A Q&A session will follow the presentation, so please come with questions or ideas to share.
	To Ask or Not To Ask: What Are the Right Questions? Having trouble picturing yourself as a fundraising volunteer? Or, Maybe you have volunteered in this capacity before but felt that you just did not quite know what to say? Learn how to structure your questions to be comfortable for you and the person you are asking, as well as which questions to ask or to avoid. We will discuss establishing rapport, handling objections, getting to yes, and more!
5-6 p.m.	Break
5:30-6:30 p.m.	Alumni Interest Group Volunteers Meeting All alumni interest group volunteers are invited to attend this meeting where we will share updates, successes, challenges and plans for the future.
6-7 p.m.	Volunteer Opportunities Fair Talk with current volunteers and staff about the variety of ways that one can volunteer for Carnegie Mellon.
7-9 p.m.	Dinner

7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	Volunteer Weekend Registration Head to the University Center when you arrive on campus to pick up your registration packet and everything you will need for the weekend.
8-9 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9-9:30 a.m.	Inspiring Innovation: The Partnership Between Alumni & the University
9:30-11 a.m.	Faculty Presentations
	The Music Technology Revolution Presented by Roger Dannenberg, Associate Research Professor, School of Computer Science & School of Art Are we in the middle of a musical revolution? It seems hard to disagree, given the shifts of music distribution from printed sheet music to digital audio downloads and all of the associated social and artistic changes. Are we at the beginning of the revolution, or at the end? Dannenberg belives the revolution has just started. While music representation, storage and reproduction have changed radically, we still treat music in general as fixed units of information. We are just beginning to be able to create "music" (whatever that means) that is active, reactive, thinking, plastic, intelligent. Danneberg will illustrate some early examples of interactive music systems and try to extrapolate a bit to think about what may come next.
	Innovative Education: Project LISTEN Presented by Joseph Valeri, Robotics Institute Project LISTEN, one of the National Science Foundation's "Nifty Fifty" research projects, is developing an automated Reading Tutor that helps children learn to read. It uses speech recognition to listen to them read aloud, and responds with spoken and graphical feedback. Automated field studies evaluate the efficacy of alternative tutorial interventions by embedding experiments within the Reading Tutor, which has been used by hundreds of children at several elementary schools. Visit the Web site for more information. Project Director, Jack Mostow.
11 a.m.-Noon	Global Education, with Provost Mark C. Kamlet
Noon-1:30 p.m.	Lunch & Group Photo
1:40-2:40 p.m.	WORKSHOP - Session I
	Navigating the Red Tape: Demystifying Procedures Around Contracts, Alcohol & Taxes Luke J. Widich, Contracts Specialist, and Lisa Kaplan, Legal Assistant, share what happens behind the scenes regarding some of the policies that directly affect your programming. This is a must-attend for any volunteer who plans events and activities.
	Accompanying Staff on Visits: When Small Talk Just Isn't Enough Learn from fellow volunteers and Carnegie Mellon staff how to engage in meaningful conversations with alumni and other members of the Carnegie Mellon community - while still collecting valuable information and feedback for the university.
	"When I was your age...": Connecting Students & Alumni Do alumni want to know what current student life is like on campus? Do students wonder what our alumni are doing with their Carnegie Mellon degrees? This session will explore ways that Alumni Relations and Individual Giving staff have successfully integrated students into alumni programs and giving efforts. An overview of current student enagagement within University Advancement will be presented, along with opportunities to ask questions about your own interests in connecting students and alumni.
2:50-3:50 p.m.	WORKSHOP - Session II
	Team Approach to Event Planning: From Idea to Execution After the brainstorming session concludes and your event calendar is created, what are your next steps? How do you organize your event volunteers, plan promotions and get the audience you desire to attend? What are best practices for event execution and follow up? Find the answers to these questions and more for better volunteer coordination and execution at your events.
	Gen X-ers & Millenials: Understanding & Engaging Young Alumni As Carnegie Mellon's students graduate and enter the young alumni population, it is helpful to understand who these people are and what they are looking for from their alma mater. Join this discussion to learn about our young alumni and ways that we can help build their life-long engagement in the Carnegie Mellon community.
	The Evolution of Reunions: A New Carnegie Mellon Experience Have you ever wondered why reunions take place at Homecoming and Spring Carnival? Do you understand the importance of Reunion Giving? During this session, we will discuss current trends in reunion planning and giving, and the future of celebrating reunions at Carnegie Mellon.
4-5 p.m.	WORKSHOP - Session III
	Admission (CMAC) Volunteer Information Session & Training In this session for current CMAC volunteers and those who are interested in learning more, we will discuss updates to the program, ways to get involved and opportunities to connect with prospective students and help them discover if Carnegie Mellon is the right fit for them.
	From Snail Mail to Facebook: Engaging Your Alumni Community Learn and explore the various methods of communication available to reach out to alumni, including Facebook pages and groups, Twitter and LinkedIn. A Q&A session will follow the presentation, so please come with questions or ideas to share.
	To Ask or Not To Ask: What Are the Right Questions? Having trouble picturing yourself as a fundraising volunteer? Or, Maybe you have volunteered in this capacity before but felt that you just did not quite know what to say? Learn how to structure your questions to be comfortable for you and the person you are asking, as well as which questions to ask or to avoid. We will discuss establishing rapport, handling objections, getting to yes, and more!
5-6 p.m.	Break
5:30-6:30 p.m.	Alumni Interest Group Volunteers Meeting A business meeting for interest group volunteers where we will share updates, successes, challenges and plans for the future.
6-7 p.m.	Volunteer Opportunities Fair Talk with current volunteers and staff about the variety of ways that one can volunteer for Carnegie Mellon.
7-9 p.m.	Dinner

Sunday, May 31 [top]

8 a.m.-1 p.m.	Dorm Check-Outs
8:30-10 a.m.	Continental Breakfast with Roundtable Discussions
10-11:30 a.m.	Alumni Association Open Forum All alumni volunteers are invited to participate in a discussion about the new direction of the Alumni Association with Alumni Boad Members and the Director of Alumni Relations.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	Grab & Go Snack for the Road
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	Tour of the New Science Laboratories Tour the renovated Doherty Hall laboratory space where the Department of Chemical Engineering investigates topics such as better methods for indentifying energy catalysts and better DNA sorting techniques, and where a new approach to acedemic research is designed into the laboratory space.
Noon-1 p.m.	"Dusty Boots" Tour of the Gates & Hillman Centers Scheduled for completion in the fall of 2009, the Gates and Hillman Centers will sustain the innovative and collaborative work of faculty and students in the developing fields of computer science. Tour led by Associate Dean of Computer Science, Philip Lehman. **Please note: The tour is on a construction site and may involve mildly strenuous walking. Closed-toed shoes are required for participants.
	Purnell Center for the Arts "Behind the Scenes" Tour Tour departs from Purnell Center main lobby. See the new home of the School of Drama, including its theatres and photographic replicas of the artistically painted class lists from the back walls of the Kresge Theatre, which feature drama classes of the past and connect the School of Drama's past to the present Purnell Center for the Arts.
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Tour of the New Science Laboratories Tour the renovated Doherty Hall laboratory space where the Department of Chemical Engineering investigates topics such as better methods for indentifying energy catalysts and better DNA sorting techniques, and where a new approach to acedemic research is designed into the laboratory space.
1 p.m.	Dorm Check-Outs Complete