Family Weekend (October 1-3, 2010) begins Friday afternoon with an opportunity to sit in on your student’s classes and continues with a variety of activities to give family members a taste of life at the College. Spend time enjoying the campus, meet your son or daughter’s new friends, and discover why the four years your child spends here will launch an enduring love of Lafayette College.
Tentative Schedule
| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010 | |
| 1:10–4 p.m. | Open Classrooms |
| 3–8 p.m. | Registration |
| 4–5 p.m. | Marking Time at Skillman Library: Reception and Tours of Skillman Library |
| 5–5:30 p.m. | The Women Have Arrived! Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Co-education at Lafayette |
| 5–8 p.m. | Dinner on Your Own |
| 5:15 p.m. | Hillel Shabbat Service |
| 6 p.m. | Welcoming the Sabbath Ceremony and Dinner |
| 6 p.m. | Lafayette Legacy Dinner |
| 7 p.m. | Women’s Volleyball, Lafayette vs. Bucknell |
| 8 p.m. | The Sounds of Today: Lafayette’s Musical Showcase |
| 8 p.m. | College Theater: A Thousand Cranes |
| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 | |
| 9:a.m.-1 p.m. | Registration |
| 9 a.m.–5 p.m. | College Store Open |
| 9:30–11 a.m. | Coffee with Engineering Faculty |
| 10–11 a.m. | We Are Family: Now and Then Tour |
| 10–11 a.m. | PANELS AND DISCUSSIONS
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| 10 a.m.–12 p.m. | Organization Open Houses |
| 10 a.m.–5 p.m. | A Stinkin’ Good Time: Easton Garlic Fest |
| 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. | Career Services Open House |
| 10:30 a.m–12:30 p.m. | The Classic Brunch: Some Things Never Change |
| 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Family Photos: Capturing Memories for the Future |
| 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Children’s Activity: Football Long Toss (weather permitting) |
| 12 p.m. | Football Game, Lafayette vs. Harvard |
| 12 p.m. | Field Hockey, Lafayette vs. Colgate |
| 12:30-2 p.m. | Awesome Art: Downtown Easton Gallery Tour |
| 1-3 p.m. | Guided Bus Tour of Historic Easton |
| 2 p.m.–sundown | Historic Easton Cemetery Tour |
| Immediately Following the Football Game | President’s Address |
| Immediately Following the President’s Address | ACADEMIC SHOWCASE |
| 4 p.m. | Women’s Volleyball, Lafayette vs. Colgate |
| 4 p.m. | Roman Catholic Mass |
| 5–6:30 p.m. | Know Your WORLD |
| 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Dishes Through the Decades Dinner |
| 8 p.m. | College Theater: A Thousand Cranes |
| 9 p.m. | Laf-Stock: An Evening of Classic Rock with The Lou Franco Project |
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 | |
| 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | College Store Open |
| 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. | Blast from the Past: Chateau Chavaniac Tour |
| 11 a.m.–1 p.m. | Brunch at Farinon |
| 11:30 a.m. | Ecumenical Christian Service |
| 11:30 a.m. | Roman Catholic Mass |
| 12–1:30 p.m. | Hillel Bagel Brunch |
| 12–5 p.m. | Take Me to the River: Two Rivers Landing |
| 12:30–1:30 p.m. | Lafayette Landscape Tour |