Reed College Centennial Reunions

Maypole dance, Great Lawn, 1974. Photo by Daniel Radin ’75

A game of human chess, Great Lawn, 1974. Photo by Daniel Radin ’75

Students joust with wooden staves near Eliot Hall, 1980s.

Maypole dance, Great Lawn, 1974. Photo by Daniel Radin ’75

May 30-June 3, 2012

Make plans to keep the centennial momentum going.

Reed is still basking in the glow of its centennial year, so we have incorporated essential elements of last year's festivities to stage a remarkable reprise. "Reedfayre" will be a grand celebration of alumni music, food, and ideas. Register online today.

View class photos and candid snapshots from 2011.

The very latest news

Reedfayre '12: coronation day

from Robin Tovey, 13 January 2012

As Reed is still basking in the glow of its centennial year, we have incorporated essential elements of last year's festivities to stage a remarkable reprise. Reunions '12, May 30-June 3, has been ceremoniously renamed as "Reedfayre," and we are pleased to herald online registration at:

http://reedfayre.reed.edu/

Please be good vassals of Rex and populate the who's coming list with your honorable name by signing up today!

Reedfayre '12: call for Alumni College proposals

from Robin Tovey, 9 January 2012

A message from Larry Abramson '80:

As a member of Reed's alumni board, I have been working with several of my colleagues in planning for Reedfayre '12 (Reunions), which will take place from Wednesday, May 30 through Sunday, June 3. Following on the successful reformatting of Alumni College (AC) inaugurated at Centennial Reunions last year, our committee is actively planning to develop an attractive AC curriculum to offer at this year's Reedfayre.

The purpose of my reaching out to you today is to ask for your assistance in identifying potential speakers/discussion leaders who would be interested in presenting a topic that they have a passion for and believe would attract participants. While it is easy to identify lots of potential topics, what we need are people willing to do the work to make it happen. Thus, our focus is on identifying champions willing to develop and present 60-90 minute AC "courses" for the Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday afternoon sessions.

As Reedfayre will be upon us sooner than we think, we would very much appreciate it if you would be willing to:

--Be a presenter yourself of a topic; and/or,

--Provide us with contact information of an individual(s) that might be interested in being a presenter.

If you can help, please directly contact our AC "Dean," Jim Kahan '64 at jimkahan@alumni.reed.edu, with a copy to me at labramson1@me.com. In the email, please write a sentence or two describing the course/discussion/presentation. Also, please note that the course should be structured such that pre-reading is optional and no materials are required.

Thank you for your time and ideas. Know that your support here will greatly contribute to another successful Alumni College!

Thank you,

Larry

Laurence Abramson '80

Reedfayre 2012: it goes beyond 11

from Robin Tovey, 30 November 2011

Centennial Reunions 2011 rocked. Can we repeat the vibe? Definitely.

We have taken the essential elements that made last year's celebration so memorable and set the wheels in motion for a remarkable reprise. We are calling it Reedfayre, and it is a big alumni celebration of music, food, and ideas. Sprinkle in some spectacle and you have an event that you can't miss:

* Toast Colin Diver and send him off into blissful presidential retirement

* Indulge in an afternoon of alumni food and drink at Gastronomy Northwest

* Add your decorative touch to the college's first-ever Rose Festival float

And lest you think that is all that is planned, check back to see an ever growing list of temptations (we don't want to share it all at once!). Keep an eye here and on Facebook for more sizzle as we cook up programming that honors the reunion classes as well as all Reedies and their families.

"Woodstock without the rain"

from Robin Tovey, 2 August 2011

"It was Reed's version of Woodstock without the rain. A pivotal moment."

--John Sheehy '82

Centennial Reunions 2011 was a momentous occasion. Some of you were there, some of you have just heard the tall tales and viewed the photos. Everyone can live vicariously via this terrific video montage (video compiled by Jinyoung Park '11, with music by Davis Rogan '90). Enjoy and share with friends, then make plans to help wrap up the celebration of Reed's centennial year at Reunions 2012, May 30-June 3!

(Photo by Leah Nash)

A great crop of Reunions '11 coverage

from Robin Tovey, 30 June 2011

Our colleagues over at Sallyportal, the blog of Reed magazine, threw themselves into the deep waters of Centennial Reunions to cover several of the most distinctive events; check out the collected highlights there (you can leave comments too!). Of course we couldn't cover all of the more than 230 activities that were going on, and it is impossible to summarize a week of such intense programming (not to mention intense nostalgia!), so if you'd like to send us a recap of any that we missed, we'd be glad to share it. Please send a paragraph or two, and any photos, to alumni@reed.edu for consideration.