All-Alumni check-in,pick up your room keys and meal tickets:Parrish Hall, Shane Student Lounge.Check-in closes at 9p.m. and reopens at 10 a.m.

Class of '64 lunch: Clothier Hall,2nd floor

Folk Power Lunch and display of historical photos and other memorabilia: Science Center Quad Tent

Hootenanny (singalong, jam session) including Pete Seeger songs and more-bring your voice and instruments or come to listen: Science Center Quad Tent

Class of '64 memorial service led by Bennett Lorber: Tree outside Eldridge Commons 

Crum Woods tour: Meet in Scott Amphitheater

Class of '64 poetry reading led by John Simon: Science Center, Room 101

Underground Railroad tour: Christopher Densmore, curator of Friends Historical Library, will lead a walking tour of campus and share stories about important families in Swarthmore's history—Parrish, Magill, Bond, Clothier, and Laing—and their connections to abolitionism, African-American education, and the Underground Railroad: Meet in McCabe Library

Alumni Admissions Volunteer Training and Information Session: Admissions Commons, Parrish Hall 2nd floor

Career Services Open House: Parrish Hall, Room 135

Minding Swarthmore, premiere of the documentary film about Swarthmore College followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers: Shayne Lightner '87,Emily Topper '99, and Lane Clark: Lang Performing Arts Center, Pearson-Hall Theatre

Folk Panel Discussion:Swarthmore folk music across the decades, with Ralph Lee Smith '51, John Wright '62, Tom O'Donnell '69, John Loven '70, James Johnson '79, and Miranda Weinburg '09: Kohlberg Hall, Scheuer Room

Admissions Reception for alumni volunteers:Admissions Commons, Parrish Hall 2nd floor

"Don't be Fooled by the Bonnet: Lucretia Mott and her Radical Vision", a lecture by journalist and Mott scholar Jamie Stiehm '83:Science Center, Room 199

Scott Arboretum gardens tour (Nason Garden, Entrance Garden and Teaching Garden) and Gold LEED Wister Center of the Arboretum: Meet in the Dean Bond Rose Garden. Tour will last approximately 90 minutes.

All-alumni dinner: Sharples Dining Hall and Sharples Tent

Garnet Sages: Sharples Dining Hall, West Room (4:30 p.m. sharp!)

Class of '64: Sharples Dining Hall, Main Room

Classes of '65-'79: Sharples Dining Hall

Classes of '80-'13:Sharples Tent

Faculty Talk: "Advancing the Liberal Arts:Projects of Swarthmore's Aydelotte Foundation"

Join Philip Jefferson, centennial professor of economics and Amy Cheng Vollmer, professor of biology as they discuss projects sponsored by the Aydelotte Foundation. Moderated by Eric Jensen, professor of astronomy and director of the Aydelotte Foundation. Full description here.: Lang Performing Arts Center, Pearson-Hall Theatre

All-alumni and faculty reception:Please join us in three north campus tents as we catch up with old friends, make new friends, and welcome faculty to join in the community celebration. 

Swarthmore Folk folk-music concert, featuring Ellen Wright '64 and John Wright '62,bluegrass songs; The Brothers Four Getful-Alan Hollister '69, Tom O'Donnell '69, and John Lovem '70, '60's songs; J.J. Johnson '79, Emily Aubrey '89, and Melissa Running '94, old songs : Lang Music Building, Concert Hall

Dance party with The Kids featuring Pat Dewar '82, Bart Robins '82, Chris Caruso '80, and Ted Schadler ‘81:Live Music tent by Olde Club

Class of '64 singalong: Alice Paul Hall Lounge

Class of '69 gathering: Parrish Hall 4th floor Lounge

Class of '74 gathering: Bond Memorial Hall

Class of '84 gathering: Live Music Tent by Olde Club

Class of '89 gathering: Wharton Hall Basement Lounge

Class of '99 gathering: Kolhberg Coffee Bar

Class of '04 Wine tasting: Mephistos

Class of '09 and '12 party with music by FAMF: Paces

SWIL/PsiPhi alumni gathering -- alumni of the science fiction clubs from across the decades meet in this temporal nexus, for socializing, snacking, playing, and catching up.

Reunion run through campus led by Coach Pete Carroll: Start from Skallerup Track

Coffee with coaches—Coffee and conversation with coaches and athletics staff. Tours of “The Matchbox,” the new building for fitness, wellness, and theater, will be available: Lamb-Miller Fieldhouse Lobby

All-alumni picnic lunch

Garnet Sage classes (not listed below): Sharples Dining Hall

Classes of 1964–1979: Sharples Dining Hall

Classes of 1980–2013: Sharples Tent

Garnet Sage class luncheons

'34-39: Kohlberg Hall, Room 115

'44: Kohlberg Hall, Room 115

'49: Kohlberg Hall, Room 116

'54: Kohlberg Hall, Scheuer Room

'59: Clothier Hall, 2nd floor

'12: Pick up lunch and meet at the Olde Club tent

Swarthmore Fire Company Alumni and Family BBQ: Swarthmore Fire House

Gamelan Semara Santi workshop (Balinese music and dance) with Tom Whitman '82, associate professor of music—all ages and families welcome: Lang Music Building, Room 410

Underground Railroad tour: Christopher Densmore, curator of Friends Historical Library, will lead a walking tour of campus and share stories about important families in Swarthmore's history—Parrish, Magill, Bond, Clothier, and Laing—and their connections to abolitionism, African-American education, and the Underground Railroad: Meet at McCabe Library

Alumni Weekend Photo Booth—Say “cheese” at the FREE College Photo Booth, and don’t forget to bring along a classmate or two: Parrish Parlors

Legacy Circle ice cream social: Parrish Beach

Alumni Weekend Bathtub Debate with Ben Berger, associate professor of political science; Grace Ledbetter, associate professor of classics; and Bruce Maxwell ’91, professor and chair of computer science at Colby College. Three academic disciplines duke it out in a yearly debate on, this year, which division is best positioned to rebuild liberal arts education following a zombie apocalypse: Scott Amphitheater (rain site: Science Center, Room 101)

Scott Arboretum tour of notable trees, and then and now images of the Arboretum campus: meet in the Rose Garden. Tour is approximately 90 minutes.

"An Inside Look at the College Search and Admissions Process," presented by the Admissions Office, with Jim Bock '90, vice president and dean of admissions. Prospective parents and students are welcome: Admissions Commons, Parrish 2nd floor

Readings from The Widows Handbook: Poetic Reflections on Grief & Survival with co-editor Jacqueline Lapidus ’62 and contributor Patricia Goodman: Trotter Hall, Room 301

Class of ’09 ice cream social: Parrish Beach (rain site: Parrish Porch)

InterCultural Center reception hosted by Darryl Smaw, interim director of the Intercultural Center: Lang Performing Arts Center Lobby

Swarthmore Black Alumni Network (SBAN) reception hosted by the Black Cultural Center and the SBAN Organizing Committee: Robinson House, BCC

Afternoon Tea for International Alumni and Alumni Living Abroad, hosted by Jennifer Marks-Gold, international students and scholars adviser and Ruby Bhattacharya ’11, admissions counselor: Bond Memorial Hall

Alumni Choral Reading led by Andrew Hauze ’04, associate in performance and concert manager. Join us for an informal sing-in of short pieces for four-part choir. We’ll sing works of Palestrina, Billings, Mozart, PDQ Bach, and more! All singers are welcome, regardless of experience, though it will be most enjoyable if you are comfortable reading music: Lang Performing Arts Center, Troy Dance Studio

List Gallery reception. This year’s exhibit features artwork by Robin Smith Chapman ’64, Bennett Lorber ’64, Marion Foster ’64, Miki McCaslin Holden ’64, John Simon ’64, Ann McNeal ’64, Terese Loeb Kreuzer ’64, Sue Slade ’64, and Lana Everett Turner ’74: Lang Performing Arts Center, Lobby

Special presentation by Don Mizell ’71 of his Grammy Award to the College and the Black Cultural Center, hosted by Maurice G. Eldridge ’61. All are welcome!: Robinson House, BCC

Screening of Minding Swarthmore, the new documentary film about Swarthmore College: Science Center, Room 199

“Text Study in the Beit Midrash: Blessings and Curses” with Helen Plotkin ’77: Lodge 5 (next to Bond Hall)

Kickball Tournament followed by reception, hosted by Swarthmore Athletics: Athletic Field

Class of ’04 Rita’s water ice: Mephistos

“What I Learned from Trying to Change the World,” a panel discussion with Carolyn Rouse ’87, professor of anthropology, Princeton University; Lourdes Rosado ’85, associate director of Juvenile Law Center; Nick Martin ’04, founder and president, TechChange; Kevin F.F. Quigley ’74, country director, Thailand, Peace Corps. Moderated by Joy Charlton, executive director Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility and professor of sociology: Science Center, Room 101

Crum Woods tour: Meet in Scott Amphitheater

Benna Band, featuring Joe Kille ’07, Emiliano Rodriguez ’05, and friends: Live Music Tent by Olde Club

Writing Associates reception: Trotter Hall, Room 120

Chester Children’s Chorus concert celebrating their 20th anniversary, directed by chorus founder John Alston: Lang Music Building, Concert Hall

“From SWIL-ly to Celebrity: The Unlikely Rise to Game Show Success of a Swarthmore Misfit,” a talk with Arthur Chu ’08: Admissions Commons, Parrish Hall 2nd Floor

Class of ’94 reception: The home of Dean Liz Braun, 405 Elm Avenue

“Economics: For Better, For Worse, For Richer, For Poorer, In Sickness and In Health,” faculty lecture with Mark Kuperberg, professor of economics: Scott Amphitheater (rain site: Science Center, Room 101)

1864 Society reception (by invitation only): Dan and Sidney West House, 550 Elm Avenue

Class of ’69 reception: Dean Bond Rose Garden (rain site: Parrish Parlors)

Class of ’89 reception: Science Center, Eldridge Commons

Class of ’99 reception: Clothier Hall, Teresa Lang Garden of Fragrance (rain site: Intercultural Center)

Garnet Sage reception and dinner: Sharples Dining Hall

Class of ’64 50th reunion reception: Science Center Quad Tent

Alumni Class Dinners of 1965–2003: Sharples Tent

Alumni Class Dinners of 2004–2013: Mertz Tent

Sesquicentennial Cabaret
Hosted by Pittinger Crumhenge (Quinn Bauriedel ’94) and starring Martha Graham Cracker (Dito van Reigersberg ’94), Eva Amesse ’11, Kit Buckley ’94, Judith Lorick ’69, and Sixteen Feet alumni: Lang Performing Arts Center, Pearson-Hall Theater

Dance party with Nathan and the Narwhals featuring Ed Frost ’73, Dan Gibbon ’74, Peter Jaquette ’74, and Tom Sahagian ’74: Live Music Tent by Olde Club

All-alumni dance party with DJ Alan Sama ’97: Science Center Quad Tent (rain site: Lamb-Miller Field House)

Class of ’84 gathering: Wister Center, Scott Arboretum

Class of ’89 gathering: Science Center, Eldridge Commons

Class of ’04 gathering: Mephistos

150th Birthday Cake Cutting sponsored by Alumni Council: Parrish Beach (rain site: Parrish Parlors)

Trash2Treasure Service Project
Join founders Juliana Macri ’09 and Marine Isakowitz ’09 as we help current students prepare for the annual T2T sale that keeps 13.5 tons of waste from landfills while raising money for local charities. We welcome alumni and families, however we ask that children under the age of 12 years not be brought due to safety reasons: Lamb-Miller Field House