WINNIPEG, MB – Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, President & Vice-Chancellor of The University of Winnipeg invites you to join in the celebration of Homecoming 2008, Sept. 5-7.
On Friday, Sept. 5 from 4:30-10:00 p.m. in The University of Winnipeg Quadrangle, Homecoming gets underway with an outdoor Welcome BBQ Party co-hosted by Alumni Affairs and The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association, featuring a beer garden, complimentary barbecue, and student and alumni musical entertainment. Admission to this event is free and open to all UWinnipeg students, faculty, staff and the community-at-large.
Homecoming weekend will feature lectures, an Alumni Authors Reading on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 11:00 a.m. featuring Daria Salamon, Chandra Mayor and Michael Van Rooy, campus tours and more. Reunions are being held for Wesley College grads, University classes of ’48, ’58, ’68 and ’83, and for Collegiate classes of ’58 and ’98. The University is also celebrating the 120th Anniversary of the Faculty of Theology.
The Alumni Gala Dinner will be held in Riddell Hall on Saturday, Sept. 6 and will be a wonderful opportunity for alumni from all years to return to The University of Winnipeg campus, re-connect with old friends, and meet University President & Vice-Chancellor Lloyd Axworthy. To find out more, go to http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/alumni-homecoming-2008-index.
We hope to see you there!
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Kristin Sheffield, Alumni Affairs
E: k.sheffield-ra@uwinnipeg.ca, P: 204.988.7119, T-F: 1.888.829.7053
or visit: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/alumni-homecoming-2008-index
