Please join us April 20 - 22 to celebrate Alumni Weekend 2006. Our theme this year is Memories are Made of This, so come share those memories and make new ones with friends old and new.

We will be focusing on class reunions, an evening at the theatre and the 69th Annual Awards Ceremony.

We are pleased to announce that this year's activities will be sponsored by MBNA and SODEXHO. We value this partnership and, with their support, the Alumni Association is able to provide more value for all that participate.

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The events are as follows.

Thursday

Marshall University's Annual Military Ball will be held on Thursday, April 20, at the John Marshall Room in the Memorial Student Center. The Military Ball Timeline is as follows:
        5:30 p.m.    Arrival and Cocktails
        6:30 p.m.    Receiving Line Opened
        7:00 p.m.    Begin Ceremony and Dinner
For more information, please contact Capt. Elaine Johnson, assistant professor of military science, at (304) 696-6450.

Friday

The first official event of Alumni Weekend is a Champagne Reception sponsored by Liberty Mutual. The time is 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Booth Experimental Theatre in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. Following the reception at 8 p.m. is the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, performed by Marshall’s Department of Theatre. The cost of the reception and the play is $20 per person. This includes Coffee with the Director from 7 to 8 p.m. If you wish to attend the reception only, the cost is $10.  

Saturday

Marshall Memories and Charitable Concepts, from 8:30 until 10 a.m., is an interactive program with Jim Casto highlighting historical moments in Marshall’s history. Mandilyn (Mandy) Hart, CTFA, director of gift planning for the Marshall University Foundation Inc., will show you how to influence Marshall’s future through various charitable planning techniques. A continental breakfast will be served starting at 8:30 a.m. and remarks begin at 9 a.m. in the John Marshall Dining Room (MSC). The event is sponsored by the Heritage Society and is free to all participants. For more information please call Mandy Hart at (304)696-6708. Jim Casto will be on hand to sign books from 10 to 11 a.m.

The Class Luncheon will honor the 50th reunion class (1956), the 60th reunion class (1946) and the 10th reunion class (1996). They will be joined by the Grand Class – those who graduated before 1956. The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the John Marshall Dining Room, Memorial Student Center. The cost is $20 per person. Lunch is complimentary for members of the reunion classes.

The Spring Green and White Football Game will be held at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium at 4 p.m. For tickets call (304) 696-HERD or (800) THE-HERD. Tickets are $5.

NEW EVENT LISTING: The Marshall University Library Associates will celebrate the past while looking to the future with a wine and cheese reception at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, on the second floor of the Morrow Library on MU’s Huntington campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, is a double celebration of James E. Casto’s new book on Marshall University’s history and the opening of an exhibit showing the importance of transportation to the Huntington area. For more information about the reception, or the Library Associates, persons may contact Pam Ford at (304) 696-2318. more

The President’s Social will be held at the Memorial Student Center Plaza from 6 to 6:45 p.m. The 69th Annual Alumni Banquet honoring our distinguished alumni and friends will begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $40 per person or $75 per couple.

Sunday

The Scholarship Honor Reception, which annually recognizes and honors our scholarship donors and recipients, is scheduled for 2 p.m. in the Don Morris Room in the Memorial Student Center. For more information, please call (304) 696-6214. (NOTE: Earlier press releases said 4 p.m. 2 p.m. is the correct time.)