Alumni
Volunteer Weekend
Reed's annual Volunteer Weekend will take place Thursday, September 24 through Saturday, September 26, 2009. This is a great opportunity to meet with other hard-working volunteers and college staff in preparation for the coming academic year. The weekend is designed for alumni board members and other volunteers to learn more about the college, receive relevant training, and enjoy each other's company.RSVP with your name, the name of any guest*, the volunteer group with which you are affiliated, and which meals you and your guest will be attending, to alumni@reed.edu.
As for travel expenses, we will cover non-board volunteers up to $600. Alumni board members, please refer to the standard volunteer expense policy (by which you may be reimbursed for one trip per year). In order to be reimbursed, please send all of your receipts and a completed volunteer expense form to Reed College Alumni & Parent Relations, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202. Please contact Mike Teskey, director of alumni & parent relations, with any questions about reimbursement.
*Partners are welcome at the Friday and night dinner gathering; please note that we will pay for their dinner, but not travel expenses.
Tentative schedule
This is a draft schedule, subject to change as new events are added. Please check in at Gray Lounge (see campus map) on Friday morning by 9 a.m. for the final schedule with confirmed locations.
| Thursday, September 24 | |
| 6–8 p.m. | Thirsty Third Thursday @ Lucky Lab, 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. |
| Friday, September 25 | |
| 8–9:15 a.m. | Check in and breakfast--Gray Lounge |
| 8 a.m.–6 p.m. | Cyber café |
9:15–9:30 a.m.
9:30–10:00 a.m. |
Welcome for the volunteers
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| 10–10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15–11:15 a.m. | Lecture: David Griffiths, professor of physics speaking on 20th-Century Physics |
| 11:15–11:30 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m.–Noon | Q&A |
| Noon–1:30 p.m. | Lunch with President Colin Diver, speaking on "How is Reed positioned for success in the current economic climate?" |
| 1:30–2:30 p.m. | "Reed 2009: The Evolution Continues" presentation by Michael Brody, Acting VP and Dean of Student Services, and Jon Rivenburg, Director of Institutional Research |
| 2:30–2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45–3:45 p.m. | Alumni Board members orientation |
| 2:45–3:45 p.m. | 2010 Reunions Class Committee training |
| 2:45–4:30 p.m. | Past Alumni Board Presidents |
| 3:45–4:30 p.m. | Chapter leaders brainstorm on volunteer recruitment, new media, and best practices |
| Alumni Board Executive Committee meeting | |
| 4–5:30 p.m. | Career networking reception: all alumni volunteers join juniors and seniors for this annual event |
| 6–8 p.m. | Dinner with Colin & Joan Diver
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| Saturday, September 26 | |
| 7 a.m.–4 p.m. | Cyber café |
| 8–9:30 a.m. | Oral History Project |
| 8:30–9:30 a.m. | Breakfast for volunteers |
| 9:30–11 a.m. | Alumni Board Outreach Committee |
| 2010 Reunions Class Committee meets to draft class paragraphs and plan class gatherings | |
| Past Alumni Board Presidents | |
| 11–11:15 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Alumni Board Reunions/Centennial Committee |
| Alumni Board Outreach Committee (if needed) | |
| 12:30–1:15 p.m. | Lunch for volunteers with Chris Lydgate ’90, magazine editor of Reed magazine |
| 1:15–1:30 p.m. | Break |
| 1:30–2:30 p.m. | Oral History Project chapter coordinators |
| Special committee meeting on long-range planning (FABSTUF) | |
| Learn about what is being planned for the Centennial Alumni College (CAC) and offer your suggestions | |
| Past Alumni Board Presidents | |
| 2:30–4:15 p.m. | Alumni Board meeting with committee reports |
| following | Alumni Board Executive Committee |
| 4:15–6:15 p.m. | Oral History Project |
| TBA | Executive Committee no-host dinner |
| Sunday, september 27 | |
| 10 a.m.–4 p.m. | Oral History Project training (with lunch at 12:30 p.m.) |
