Homecoming at the University of the South is today (Friday) through Sunday, Nov. 13–15. More than 1,400 Sewanee alumni have registered to participate in the weekend’s events. This is a reunion year for alumni with class years ending in “5” and “0”; those classes will have special events in addition to the all-alumni offerings.
The registration desk at the McGriff Alumni House will be open today (Friday) until 6 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 14, from 8 a.m. to noon. The weekend will be filled with social, educational and recreational opportunities planned to appeal to all alumni, including lectures on Friday by Jerry Smith on the Rebel’s Rest excavation project; Bruce Van Saun on the new era of banking; and Fahd Arshad, C’02, on his path from liberal arts to financial technology. These talks are free and open to the public; see <www.sewaneegateway.com> for times and locations, and the full schedule of events.
The Alumni Awards Ceremony will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, in All Saints’ Chapel. This year’s award winners are Distinguished Faculty Award—John Reishman and Fred Croom; Distinguished Service Award—Jock Tonissen, C’70; Distinguished Young Alumnus Award—Jennifer Bulkeley Staats, C’00; and Distinguished Alumnus Award—John Douglas, C’63.
Saturday’s Alumni Parade begins at 12:45 p.m. (meet on Georgia Avenue) and will be followed by a 1:30 p.m home football game against Hendrix College. A memorial service at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday will remember alumni, faculty, staff and community members at St. Augustine’s Stone outside All Saints’ Chapel.
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