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Schedule for Convocation and Reunions 2008
Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday
| 8:00 am | Welcome Desk Opens • Sarah Smith Gallery |
| 8:30 am | Coffee • Commuter Lounge |
| 10:00 am | Reunion Gatherings • Locations TBD (Lunch provided at 12:00pm) Class of ’53, 55th Reunion Class of ’58, 50th Reunion ’67, ’68 & ’69 Cluster, 40th Reunion ’87, ’88 & ’89 Cluster, 20th Reunion Class of ’83, 25th Reunion ’02, ’03 & ’04 Cluster, 5th Reunion |
| 11:30 am | Class of ’58 Photograph • Adams Court |
| 12:00 pm | Class of ’58 Reunion Luncheon with Dean Harold Attridge • Common Room |
| 1:30 pm | Class of ’53 Photograph • Adams Court |
| 2:00 pm | Alumni Tea • Sterling Divinity Quadrangle Tent |
| 4:00 pm | Opening Convocation • Marquand Chapel First Beecher Lecture: Renita J. Weems Preaching Against the Grain: Recovering the Voices of Those from the Underside of History I: Preaching from the "Underside" of the Book of Jeremiah: Gods, Goddesses, and Matters of Gender |
| 5:30 pm | Reception • Sterling Divinity Quadrangle Tent |
| 6:30 pm | Class of ’53 Reunion Banquet • The Greek Olive |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner for the ’67, ’68 &’69 Cluster Reunion • Quinnipiack Club |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner for the ’87, ’88 & ’89 Cluster Reunion • Quinnipiack Club |
| 6:30 pm | Class of ’83 Reunion Dinner • Union League Cafe (Class photograph) |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner for the ’02, ’03 & ’04 Cluster Reunion • Quinnipiack Club |
| 8:00 am | Welcome Desk Opens • Sarah Smith Gallery |
| 9:00 am | Worship • Marquand Chapel Troy W. Messenger ’83 M.A.R., liturgist Jeffrey Haggray ’88 M.Div., preacher |
| 9:45 am | Coffee • Common Room |
| 9:45 am | Walking Tours of Sterling Divinity Quadrangle • Front Gate of Sterling Divinity Quadrangle |
| 10:30 am | First Shaffer Lecture: Christopher Rowland • Marquand Chapel From Impulse Not From Rules: the life, character, and teachings of Jesus in the light of the prophecy, poetry and art of William Blake I. William Blake on the Life and teaching of Jesus |
| 12:00 pm | Breakout Sessions over Boxed Lunch • Sterling Divinity Quadrangle Tent Student Panel • Location TBD Life Challenges and Retirement in the 21st Century • Location TBD Conversation with Alumni Award Winners • Location TBD |
| 1:30 pm | ISM Kavanagh Lecture: Robert F. Taft, S.J. • ISM Great Hall |
| 2:45 pm | State of the School Address by Dean Harold Attridge and Annual General Meeting of Alumni • Maquand Chapel |
| 4:00 pm | Second Beecher Lecture: Renita J. Weems • Marquand Chapel Preaching Against the Grain: Recovering the Voices of Those from the Underside of History II: Preaching from the "Underside" of the Book of Samuel: David, Jonathan, and Justice |
| 6:00 pm | Alumni Awards Banquet • New Haven Lawn Club |
| 7:30 am | Alumni Leaders Breakfast with Dean Harold Attridge • Dean’s Residence (Open to all current Alumni Board Members, Class Agents, and Class Secretaries) |
| 8:00 am | Welcome Desk Opens • Sarah Smith Gallery |
| 9:00 am | Worship • Marquand Chapel Scott Black Johnston ’89 M.Div., preacher |
| 9:45 am | Coffee • Common Room |
| 10:00 am | Berkeley National Advisory Council meeting • Berkeley Center |
| 10:00 am | Berkeley Graduate Society meeting • Berkeley Center |
| 10:30 am | Second Shaffer Lecture: Christopher Rowland • Marquand Chapel From Impulse Not From Rules: the life, character, and teachings of Jesus in the light of the prophecy, poetry and art of William Blake |
| 11:30 am | Breakout Sessions over Boxed Lunch • Sterling Divinity Quadrangle Tent Student Panel • Location TBD Life Challenges and Retirement in the 21st Century • Location TBD Conversation with Alumni Award Winners • Location TBD |
| 12:00 pm | Berkeley Graduate Society Luncheon • Berkeley Center |
| 1:30 pm | Berkeley Cheney Lecture: Krista Tippett • Marquand Chapel Religion, Media, and Public Life in the 21st Century |
| 3:00 pm | Berkeley Board of Trustees meeting • RSV Room |
| 4:00 pm | Third Beecher Lecture: Renita J. Weems • Marquand Chapel Preaching Against the Grain: Recovering the Voices of Those from the Underside of History III: The Preacher in Paradise Preaching from the "Underside" of the Gospels: Jesus, Zealots, and Tax collectors |
| 5:00 pm | Conversation with the Beecher Lecturer • Niebuhr Hall |
| 5:30 pm | Berkeley Evensong and Awarding of Honorary Degrees • Marquand Chapel Betsy Anderson ’97 M.A.R., preacher |
| 7:00 pm | Berkeley Reception • Common Room |
| 8:00 pm | Berkeley Graduate Society Dinner • New Haven Lawn Club Please email Jeanne Moule at Berkeley to make your reservation jeanne.moule@yale.edu |
| 9:00 am | Worship • Marquand Chapel Carol L. Wade ’03 M.Div., ’04 S.T.M, preacher |
| 9:45 am | Coffee • Common Room |
| 10:00 am | Berkeley Board of Trustees meeting • RSV Room |
| 10:30 am | Third Shaffer Lecture: Christopher Rowland • Marquand Chapel From Impulse Not From Rules: the life, character, and teachings of Jesus in the light of the prophecy, poetry and art of William Blake III: Antinomianism and the Forgiveness of Sins: perspectives on neglected themes in the Gospels and the New Testament |
| 11:30 am | Conversation with the Shaffer Lecturer • Marquand Chapel |