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Homecoming/ Reunion 2012

Honoring the past, imagining the future

Schedule October 25-26, 2012

Thursday, October 25, 2012  

Reunion registration
Thursday, October 25, 2012
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Tillett Lounge
 
Alumni Volunteer Training and Planning Retreat
Thursday, October 25, 2012
2-4 p.m.
Private Dining Room
 
Lessons from the Field, Alumni/ae and student dialog
Thursday, October 25, 2012
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Art Room
 
Reunion welcome and registration
Thursday, October 25, 2012
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Tillett Lounge
  
Cole Lecture
Speaker: 
            
Dr. Anthea Butler, MA'00, Ph.D.'01
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Graduate Chair of Religion
University of Pennsylvania
            
               
"Whitewashing the Past: The Religious Right and the quest to reframe American History."
Thursday, October 25, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Benton Chapel     
 
Divinity School Alumni/ ae and Friends Reception
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Immediately following Cole Lecture
Divinity School Reading Room (The former refectory)
 
 

Friday, October 26, 2012

Reunion registration
Friday, October 26, 2012
7:30–9 a.m.
Divinity School reading room
 
Coffee Hour with faculty, staff, and students
Friday, October 26, 2012
9-10 a.m.
Divinity School Reading Room (the former refectory)
 
Cole Lecture
Speaker: 
            
Dr. Anthea Butler, MA'00, Ph.D.'01
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Graduate Chair of Religion
University of Pennsylvania
            
               
"Race,Religion and the American Project."                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Friday October 26, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Benton Chapel
 
VDS/GDR Talkback
Friday, October 26, 2012
11 a.m.-12 p.m. (Immediately following the Cole Lecture)
Room 122
 
Divinity School Reunion/ Homecoming Lunch
Friday, October 26, 2012
12 p.m.
Divinity School Reading Room (The Former Refectory) (Cost: $10 per person)
All are welcome to join us for lunch to celebrate the legacy of Vanderbilt Divinity School and 
Graduate Department of Religion. We will be honoring alumni/ ae in a Reunion year and recognizing the 50th and 25th classes.
 
Vanderbilt University Alumni/ae and faculty memorial service
Friday, October 26, 2012
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Benton Chapel
 
Recent Alumni/ ae Al’s Pub
Friday, October 26, 2012
3:30-6 p.m.
Divinity School Reading Room (the former refectory) and Courtyard
 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 
Registration
Please register for the Class of 1962 50th Reunion luncheon and the Reunion Class Lunch before
Friday, October 5. Contact Carrie Deaton at carrie.m.deaton@vanderbilt.edu or (615) 322-4205.
Pick up your name tag at the Reunion 2012 registration table located in the Tillett lounge from
11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 25 or 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. on Friday, October 26.
 
Cost
There is no charge for the Classes of 1962 or 1987 at the lunch on Friday, October 26th. 
lunch on Friday is $10 a person. You may pay at the door or by mailing a check made out to
Vanderbilt Divinity School to:
 
Vanderbilt Divinity School
PMB 407714
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, TN 37240-7714 
 
Parking
There is a fee for parking on Thursday, October 25, at Wesley Place Garage at 21st Avenue
and Scarritt Place and Terrace Place Garage at 21st Avenue and Terrace Place. All-day parking is $8.
Parking is complimentary from Friday, October 26, through Saturday, October 27, at
Wesley Place Garage (spaces 52-170 before 4 p.m.; spaces 330-695 after 4 p.m.) and
Terrace Place Garage (non- reserved spaces). Accessible parking is available at these locations.
Visitors with state-issued handicap placards may park free in any metered campus space. 
 
Questions
For questions prior to Homecoming and Reunion, please call (615) 322-4205 or visit the
Vanderbilt Divinity School homepage: www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity
 
            Dinner reservations
            
We are happy to assist you or a group of your classmates in making dinner reservations
for Thursday, before the Cole Lecture. Contact Carrie Deaton at carrie.m.deaton@vanderbilt.edu
         
or (615) 322-4205. 
 
Accommodations
Make your hotel reservations early—Vanderbilt undergraduate Reunion and Homecoming is set
for the same weekend. For a list of area hotels, visit http://reunion.vanderbilt.edu/hotels.
You may also inquire about rooms at Scarritt-Bennett Center by calling (866) 420-5486.

 

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