Shenandoah University Hosts Dayton Alumni Society Weekend, April 22 – 25

Posted April 20, 2010:

Events Begin 50th Anniversary Celebration of SU’s Move from Dayton to Winchester

Shenandoah University was founded in 1875 in Dayton, Va., and moved to its current location in Winchester in 1960, 50 years ago. Shenandoah University celebrates the history and tradition of its Dayton Campus each spring by hosting a special alumni reunion weekend for Shenandoah alumni who attended the school before the move to Winchester. The Dayton Alumni Society will gather together for a weekend of events on Thursday, April 22 through Sunday, April 25, including a special recognition of the last class to graduate from Shenandoah in Dayton, the Class of 1960.

"This year marks the end of an era as the last class to graduate from Shenandoah at the Dayton Campus will meet for a 50-year reunion," said Jane Pittman, associate vice president for alumni affairs. "While many Dayton alumni still live in the Harrisonburg area, graduates from 12 states, as far away as Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Maine and Michigan, will return for this reunion. They will represent four decades of Dayton alumni from the 1930s to the 1960s."

Shenandoah University administrators are planning a year-long commemoration of the golden anniversary of the Dayton legacy and the relocation to Winchester. This fall, Homecoming 2010, set for October 15 – 17, will be themed around the 50th anniversary with programming dedicated to celebrating the university’s history in the Shenandoah Valley region as well as its present and future success. The university will unveil a special logo for the 50th anniversary in Winchester during the Dayton Luncheon on Saturday, April 24.

Below is a complete schedule of events for Dayton Alumni Society Weekend 2010:

Thursday, April 22

  • 6 p.m. – Dinner, Pano’s Restaurant and Lounge, Harrisonburg, Va.


Friday, April 23


  • 8 a.m. – Breakfast, Thomas House Restaurant, Dayton, Va.

  • 9 a.m. – Choir Rehearsal, Old E.U.B. Church

  • 10:30 a.m. – Sing-Along, Old E.U.B. Church

  • 11:30 a.m. – Meet and Greet, Dayton United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 

  • 12 p.m. – Luncheon, Dayton United Methodist Churc

  • 1:30 p.m. – Horse-Drawn Wagon Tours of Dayton

    Travel to Winchester.

  • 7 p.m. – Social, Home of Constance Ware Payne-Stewart ’55


 

Saturday, April 24

  • 9 a.m. – Registration, Brandt Student Center, Ferrari Room 

  • 10 a.m. – Dayton Alumni Society Meeting, Brandt Student Center, Ferrari Room

  • 11:30 p.m. – Dayton Luncheon, Brandt Student Center, Ferrari Room

  • 1:30 p.m. – Dayton Alumni Society Group Photo

  • 2 p.m. – "Then and Now" Panel Discussion, Brandt Student Center, Ferrari Room

  • 3 p.m. – Choir Rehearsal, Ruebush Hall, Room 128
 5:30 p.m. – Dayton Dinner Dance, Brandt Student Center, Ferrari Room

    8 p.m. – "Street Scene," an American opera by Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice, Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre



Sunday, April 25


  • 9:30 a.m. – Alumni Memorial Service, Goodson Chapel

  • 3 p.m. – Arts Academy Choral Concert, Armstrong Concert Hall

For more information or to register for events, contact the Alumni Office at (800) 786-4802 or

alums@su.edu.

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