General Alumni Weekend Events     Friday May 9, 2008   10 AM–5 PM Alumni Weekend Welcome Center Eckert Hall, Sports & Recreation Complex Ticket Pick-Up, Information & Hospitality   11:30 AM–1 PM Blanchard Society Luncheon By Invitation   3–5 PM Reception for Mrs. Akiko Oshiro Minato, M.A. ’60 2008 Alumna of the Year for Distinguished Service to Society By Invitation   8 PM Festival of Faith Concert Edman Memorial Chapel Wheaton College Conservatory groups perform an evening of musical highlights. A freewill offering will be taken with a $5 per person suggested donation.     Saturday May 10, 2008   8 AM Wheaton Associates Breakfast Coray Alumni Gymnasium   9–11 AM Alumni Weekend Welcome Center Eckert Hall, Sports & Recreation Complex Ticket Pick-Up, Information & Hospitality   9 AM Women's PE Majors Coffee Upstairs Lobby, Eckert Hall, Sports & Recreation Complex   9:30–11 AM alumni symposium 1968, A Year in Crisis: Evangelical Churches Then and Now. A Conversation with Dr. Nathan Hatch '68, Dr. Mark Noll '68, and Dr. John Piper '68 Barrows Auditorium, Billy Graham Center Everyone is welcome to attend this special lecture presented by the Alumni Relations office.   Nathan Hatch is in his second year as president of Wake Forest University. A nationally respected historian, Nat was provost of the University of Notre Dame when he was selected as Wake Forest’s 13th president. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and held post-doctoral fellowships at Harvard and Johns Hopkins Universities. Mark Noll is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Before going to Notre Dame he was privileged to teach for over a quarter century in Wheaton’s history and theological studies departments. His books include The Civil War as a Theological Crisis (2006) and The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield, and the Wesleys (2004). John Piper is the Pastor for Preaching and Vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has earned degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary (B.D.) and the University of Munich (D.theol.). For six years he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1980 accepted the call to serve as pastor at Bethlehem. John is the author of more than 30 books.   11 AM Alumni Punch Reception Outside the Sports & Recreation Complex entrance (Rain site: Eckert Hall) Sponsored by Wheaton Associates   11:30 AM Alumni Celebration Luncheon King Arena, Sports & Recreation Complex A memorable gathering of Wheaton alumni and friends. Individual reunion classes sit together and enjoy a delicious buffet luncheon. The celebration includes recognition of all reunion classes, presentation of the 2008 Alumna of the Year, and a message from President Duane Litfin.   3 PM Graduate School Commencement Edman Memorial Chapel     Sunday May 11, 2008   9 AM Baccalaureate Service Edman Memorial Chapel Overflow seating in Blanchard 339   10:30 AM–1 PM Commencement Brunch Anderson Commons, Beamer Center Place your ticket order by calling Bon Appetit at 630.752.5884 by April 25th. Space is limited. $15 for adults and $7.50 for children ages 3-7.   12 PM ROTC Commissioning Service Barrows Auditorium, Billy Graham Center   3 PM Undergraduate Commencement Edman Memorial Chapel Ticket required, overflow seating in Coray Alumni Gymnasium   Note: The above listing does not include specific class events. Please check the individual class schedules if you are celebrating a reunion. Also, locations are subject to change. Stop by the Alumni Weekend Welcome Center to pick up event tickets and updated weekend information.     Back to Top   Back to Alumni Weekend Home