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Friday, April 26
8:00 am - 8:00 pm	The Kletz Café and Coffeehouse DeWitt Student Center, Lower Level
8:30 am - 5:00 pm	Hope-Geneva Bookstore DeWitt Student Center, Lower Level
9:00 am - 4:30 pm	Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting Haworth Inn and Conference Center
10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Graduating Senior Art Exhibition De Pree Gallery
10:30 am - 10:50 am	Chapel Dimnent Memorial Chapel Trygve Johnson, the Hinga-Boersma Dean of the Chapel
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Accounting Alumni Reception Martha Miller Rotunda Open house sponsored by DEMA to honor the years of service of Herb Martin and Lynne Hendrix.
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Fifty Year Circle Happy Hour (Registration Required) Located in the Lobby and Rathskeller of The Warm Friend (5 East 8th St.)
Reunion Parties
6:00 pm \| $35	Class of 1963 Reunion Party (Registration Required) The Piper (2225 S. Shore Dr.)
7:00 pm \| $30	Class of 1968 Reunion Party (Registration Required) This location has changed from the DoubleTree to Maas Auditorium on Hope's campus. Dinner will be at 6:30 pm and will be followed by a Hope Theatre performance at 8 pm of "Stage Door".
5:30 pm \| $35	Class of 1973 Reunion Party (Registration Required) Boatwerks (216 Van Raalte Ave.)
7:00 pm \| $20	Class of 1978 Reunion Party (Registration Required) Alpenrose (4 E. 8th St.)
6:30 pm \| $25	Class of 1983 Reunion Party (Registration Required) Baker Lofts (533 Columbia Ave.)


Saturday, April 27
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Reunion Registration and Coffee Hour Haworth Inn and Conference Center For the reunion classes of ‘63, ‘68, ‘73, ‘78, and ‘83. The Fifty Year Circle (Class of 1962 and earlier) has registration at Maas Auditorium at 10 am.
9:00 am - 9:00 pm	Resource Center Haworth Inn and Conference Center Visit the Resource Center for information about the weekend and the college. Sign up for a guided student tour of campus with transportation, and meet members of the Student-Alumni Leadership Council during this time. Enjoy coffee and snacks, giveaways, schedule info and more.
Reunion Celebration Brunches
The exact room location for your brunch will be shared at reunion registration. Class photos will be taken in the A. Paul Schaap Science Center Atrium.
9:30 am 11:30 Class Photo	Class of 1963 Reunion Brunch (Registration Required)
9:30 am 11:45 Class Photo	Class of 1968 Reunion Brunch (Registration Required)
10:00 am 12:00 Class Photo	Class of 1973 Reunion Brunch (Registration Required)
10:00 am 12:15 Class Photo	Class of 1978 Reunion Brunch (Registration Required)
10:00 am 12:30 Class Photo	Class of 1983 Reunion Brunch (Registration Required)


10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Graduating Senior Art Exhibition De Pree Gallery
Registration and Social Hour: 10 am Luncheon: 11 am	Fifty Year Circle Luncheon (Registration Required) Maas Auditorium Members of the Fifty Year Circle (Class of 1962 and earlier) are invited to join other members as you share memories while looking forward to Hope’s future. The Class of 1963 has a separate brunch and both groups will then meet together for the Fifty Year Circle Ceremony in Dimnent at 1 pm.
11:00 am - 4:00 pm	Hope-Geneva Bookstore DeWitt Student Center, Lower Level
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm	The Kletz Café and Coffeehouse DeWitt Student Center, Lower Level
1:00 pm	Fifty Year Circle Ceremony Dimnent Memorial Chapel All alumni, especially members of the Fifty Year Circle, are invited to join together as the Class of 1963 is welcomed into the Fifty Year Circle. The ceremony includes a performance by the Hope College Chapel Choir.
1:00 pm	Baseball vs. Alma Boeve Stadium Salute Ron and Sonny Boeve with a special day as the Flying Dutchmen host the Alma Scots for a doubleheader. There will be a tribute between games and complimentary hot dogs!
1:00 pm	Softball vs. Calvin Wolters Stadium
2:00 pm	Senior Recital: Alec Norkey, Violin Nykerk Hall of Music, Wichers Auditorium
2:30 pm	Eastern Gateway Dedication DeVos Fieldhouse, East Lawn Celebrate the construction of the new Eastern Gateway entrance sign for Hope. The event will include remarks from President Bultman and members of the Class of 1956, who made the project possible. Parking will be available in lot D1.
3:00 pm	Student Spotlight: Hope Entrepreneurship Initiative Martha Miller Center, Fried-Hemenway Auditorium Current students Sam Tzou ’13, Scott Brandonisio ’13 and Colleen Quick ’14 will showcase their accomplishments as part of the Hope Entrepreneurship Initiative (HEI). Sam and Scott will discuss a medical device they created, while Sam and Colleen will share their journey to bring a micro-financing initiative to Juarez, Mexico.
4:00 pm	Women’s Tennis vs. Adrian VandePoel-Herringa Stadium Courts
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Alumni Award Reception Haworth Inn and Conference Center Meet the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, J. Scott Carpenter ‘87 and Joel Tanis ‘89, Meritorious Service Award recipient, Dr. James Boelkins ‘66, as well as President James Bultman ‘63 and his wife Martie Tucker ’63 Bultman.
6:00 pm	Annual Alumni Banquet (Registration Required) Haworth Inn and Conference Center All Hope alumni are invited to this celebration. Highlights include the presentation of the 2013 Alumni Awards, as well as recognition of the Class of 1963.

Award Recipients at the Annual Alumni Banquet
Distinguished Alumni Awards
	J. Scott Carpenter ‘87 is deputy director at Google Ideas. He graduated from Hope with majors in French, history and political science and earned a master’s degree at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Working with the U.S. Department of State, he has seen much of the world and has witnessed many key moments in recent history. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has received the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest award given to a civilian.
	Joel Schoon-Tanis ‘89 is an artist whose creativity has found expression and acclaim in painting, children’s books, television and music. Graduating from Hope as a studio art major, his painting explores creation from a whimsical, child-like perspective. His work can be found around the U.S. and abroad in many schools, children’s hospitals and churches. He has contributed to more than half a dozen books for children and was the creator and writer of “Come On Over!,” an award-winning children’s television program filmed at Hope.
Meritorious Service Award
	Dr. James Boelkins ‘66 was provost and a professor of biology at Hope from 2002 until retiring in 2010. He worked in higher education administration for 39 years and valued the opportunity to play a role in strengthening the mission of the college, recruiting more than 80 outstanding faculty, helping to create the Center for Faithful Leadership, participating in the design of new and renovated facilities, and the restoration of the Skinner organ. He has emphasized building even closer ties between the academic, campus ministries and student life programs to create a more holistic student experience.