Friday, April 10
| 8 a.m. - 8 p.m |
Registration Drew House |
| 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Visit Open Classes A list of classes is available here and will also be provided in your registration packet. |
| 4:30 p.m. | Race and Rebellion at Amherst College This newly curated exhibit explores the history of student activism and racial issues on campus from the founding of the Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 to the Moratorium on Black Dissatisfaction in May 1969 to the Hands Up, Don't Shoot! Walkout in December 2014. The exhibition includes historical information on black alumni, both well-known and obscure, from the nearly 200 years of the college's history. Since the Archives are not open on Saturday and Sunday, this is your chance to see this remarkable history. Archives and Special Collections, Level A, Robert Frost Library |
| 5:30 p.m. | The Black Experience at Amherst: Presentation and Discussion Gerald Penny Center, The Octagon |
| 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. | Dinner (On Your Own) Meal tickets are provided in your registration packet Valentine Dining Hall |
| 8:00 p.m. | Brother Talk/Sister Speak Gerald Penny Center, The Octagon |
Saturday, April 11
| 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
Breakfast (On Your Own) Meal tickets are provided in your registration packet Valentine Dining Hall |
| 9 a.m. - noon | Registration Drew House |
| 9 - 9:45 a.m. | Pickup Basketball LeFrak Gym |
| 10 a.m - noon | A Taste of Amherst Classes: Four Amherst professors will give sample 30-minute classes:
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| 12:15 - 2 p.m. | Community Lunch with Sonia Sanchez Poet, activist and scholar Sonia Sanchez, national and international lecturer on Black culture and literature, peace and racial justice, will speak. Lewis Sebring Dining Commons, Valentine Hall |
| 2 - 2:45 p.m. | Resource Center Open Houses: Multicultural Resource Center, First Floor, Keefe Campus Center Queer Resource Center, Basement Side Entrance, Morrow Dormitory Women's and Gender Center, First Floor,Keefe Campus Center |
| 3 - 4 p.m. | Networking Alumni and current students will have an opportunity to discuss career and graduate school paths in an informal setting. Drew House |
| 5:30 p.m. | Reception The Powerhouse |
| 6 p.m. | Charles Hamilton Houston Dinner President Biddy Martin will welcome alumni to campus. Keynote Speaker Dr. Blair L.M. Kelley is associate professor of history at North Carolina State University and the author of the award-winning book, Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson. She is a frequent commentator and blogger on current events, especially about how the history of race in America is essential to an understanding of our contemporary politics. The Powerhouse |
| 9 - 11 p.m. | Notable Alumni Jam Session Amherst's own hip-hop duo, Notable Alumni, Andrew Nwachuku '15 and Julian Boykins '15, will give a mini-concert after the keynote dinner. Drew House |
Sunday, April 12
| 9 a.m. |
Breakfast with Prospective Students Join newly admitted Amherst students for breakfast. These students, supported by funding through the Diversity Recruitment Program, arrived on campus on Saturday, and will attend the April Open House program for admitted students immediately following breakfast. This give them the rare chance to meet and hear from a group of Amherst alumni about the Amherst experience and community as they make their final decision about where to spend the next four years. Please use the meal ticket provided in your registration packet. Mezzanine Level (upstairs), Valentine Dining Hall |
| 10 a.m. |
Gerald Penny Memorial Service Remember and honor our brothers and sisters who have passed away since the last Black Alumni Weekend in 2013. The Gerald Penny Center, The Octagon |
| 11 a.m. | Hermenia T. Gardner Bi-Semester African American Worship Series We will honor our graduating seniors as well as recognize 20 years of the Bi-Semester Worship Service. The Rev. Leon Burrows, the Bi-Semester advisor for ten years, will preside. Chapin Chapel |
| 1:30 p.m. | Wisdom of the Elders Dinner The Wisdom of the Elders refers to passing on of wisdom to younger people in a time of transition. In this instance, it means that some of the returning alumni/ae "elders" and Mrs. Hermenia T. Gardner will take a short amount of time to affirm the seniors, celebrate the past and comment on some of their own life lessons. Lewis Sebring Dining Commons, Valentine Hall |