Homecoming

2012 Program

All events are open to the public and free unless a ticket price is indicated.

Thursday, September 6^th, 2012 

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The UNITED Health and RecPlex Ground Breaking and Community Charter Presentation
On the soccer pitch south of The Duckworth Centre

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Reconnect Reception hosted by The Faculty of Business and Economics and Professional, Applied and Continuing Education (P.A.C.E.) and tours of the Buhler Centre (first floor lobby, 460 Portage Ave.) Please rsvp to Jessica Adkin via je.adkin@uwinnipeg.ca or 786-9872 by August 31.

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Storytime Artist Talk: Alumni Artist Leslie Supnet, room 2M70 (see exhibit details below)

7:00 - 9:00
Storytime Opening Reception, Gallery 1C03, main floor, Centennial Hall (see exhibit details below)

Storytime (September 6 – October 6, 2012)
Gallery 1C03 is proud to present a collaborative exhibition of new work by two UWinnipeg alumni. Writer/performance artist Glen Johnson and visual artist/animator Leslie Supnet will show a series of bookworks and short animated films in their multimedia installation Storytime. Stemming from their mutual interest in the tradition of illustrated stories and a shared affinity for anthropomorphizing in their respective practices, Johnson and Supnet transform Gallery 1C03 into a mock library reading room.

Friday, September 7^th, 2012

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
State of the University address by President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Lloyd Axworthy 
Power Corporation Atrium, Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex (599 Portage Ave.)

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (immediately following the State of the University Address)
Faculty of Science Mid-Morning Coffee and Conversation Reception
Power Corporation Atrium, Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex

10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Tours of the Richardson College for Environment and Science Complex (leaves from front doors)

12:00 noon and 3:00 p.m.
Campus Walking Tours
Meet at the Student Welcome Table - Main Floor Centennial Hall

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 
The 41st Annual Great Rock Climb
Portage Commons (Front Lawn)

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
The UWSA and Alumni Welcome BBQ (Portage Commons) All are welcome!

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The University of Winnipeg Archives and The United Church of Canada Archives - interactive exhibits featuring materials from University Classes of 1950, 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1972 and The University of Winnipeg's founding Colleges (5C01, 5th floor University of Winnipeg Library, Centennial Hall)

Do you have photographs of your time at the University that you wish to share?  You can submit them for inclusion in the Archives Homecoming Slideshow at the wine & cheese reception on Friday, September 7th, where they will join selections from the Archives' collections in an overhead slideshow display.  Please e-mail your photos to alumni@uwinnipeg.ca or call the Alumni Affairs office at 988-7118.

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Modernism, Neo-Modernism and Brutalism: Architecture at the University of Winnipeg
Walking Tour by Dr. Serena Keshavjee  (meet at the doors of Wesley Hall)

5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Alumni wine and cheese reception hosted by University of Winnipeg President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Lloyd Axworthy (Convocation Hall, second floor of Wesley Hall) (rsvp to alumni@uwinnipeg.ca or 988-7118)

Saturday, September 8^th, 2012

12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Wesmen Athletics Demonstration on the Portage Commons

12:00 noon
Tour of the Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex

12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Community Barbecue (Portage Commons)

12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Class of 1950 Reunion Luncheon at the Fort Garry Hotel (Reception at 12:30 p.m. Lunch at 1:00 p.m.)

1:00 p.m.
Bocce tournament on the Portage Commons (sign up as an individual or team - $40 entry fee for a team of four with proceeds to The Opportunity Fund). You can download the registration form here and send it to rsvpevents@uwinnipeg.ca or call 953-3879

3:00 p.m.
Campus Walking Tour (meet at the doors of Wesley Hall)

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Class Reunion Dinners for the Classes of 1952, 1962 and 1972 at the Fort Garry Hotel. (Reception at 6:30 p.m. Dinner at 7:00 p.m.) (Tickets are $60.00 each)

Sunday, September 9^th, 2012

10:30 a.m.
Ecumenical Service of Worship (Carl Ridd Sanctuary, Bryce Hall).

Dr. Terry Hidichuk, Dean of The Faculty of Theology at The University of Winnipeg invites you to an Ecumenical Service of Worship in The Carl Ridd Sanctuary. Join us for coffee and tea at 10:00 a.m., worship at 10:30 a.m. and the Homecoming Pancake Breakfast at 11:30. The Carl Ridd Sanctuary, formerly known as Bryce Chapel, was dedicated in 2007, in recognition of Carl Ridd's service to the University, the Church, and the world.

11:30 a.m.
Homecoming Pancake Breakfast (Riddell Hall Cafeteria)