Reunions

Reunions 2023—see you in June!

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Alumni College: June 7–8

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Reunions: June 8–11

Join us for...Stop Making Sense LIVE dance party, calligraphy workshops, tree climbing, faculty lecture by Geraldine Ondrizek, professor of art, festive parade for all classes on Saturday afternoon, s’mores, a bonfire, storytelling, carnival, fire dancers, and a laser light show, and more!

REGISTER FOR REUNIONS

Dorm space is going quickly, register today to reserve your spot!

Questions? Contact the alumni relations office at alumni@reed.edu or 503-777-7589.

Reunions Code of Conduct: As always, the Honor Principle starts with you. Let kindness, respect, responsibility, and a spirit of shared engagement in the Reed community guide all your interactions with students, staff, and each other.

 Event Schedule

Thursday, June 8

Reunions Central

2-8 p.m., Prexy
Please come to Reunions Central in Prexy when you arrive on campus and pick up your registration materials, tickets to events, and dorm keys.

Sports Center

7 a.m.-7 p.m., Sports Center

Paul Sikora 70 Memorial Art Exhibit Open Hours

8 a.m.-6 p.m., Vollum Lounge

Edith Feldenheimer Gallery

10 a.m.-5 p.m., Studio Art Building
On view during Alumni College and Reunions in the Feldenheimer Gallery Etchings and Relief prints by students in Michael Knutson's classes from 1995-2023. Michael Knutson and Rajni Shultz, a Studio Art senior thesis advisee, co-curated the exhibit.

Reactor Tour

3 p.m., Chemistry Patio, Sign up at Prexy
Tour Reed's nuclear reactor: the only nuclear reactor in the nation operated primarily by undergraduates. Licensed students use it for thesis projects and to increase their understanding of radiation and radioactivity. Sign up in Prexy to ensure your spot!

Calligraphy Wishing Tree with Gregory MacNaughton ’89 and Su Liu ’13

3 p.m., Trillium Multipurpose Room
Calligraph a touching tribute to classmates who are no longer with us. Participants will have the option to hang their well wishes and fond memories on a "wishing tree" for all to share and remember. Open to all classes. Facilitated by Gregory MacNaughton ’89 and Su Liu ’13.

Reunions Bar Hours

5-8 p.m., Quad

Sound Kollektiv Reunion

5-6 p.m., Student Union
Did you or someone you know get exposed to the world of live sound while attending Reed College? Why? Well, because in addition to all of the multi-class festivities, there will be a special event marking the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Reed Sound Kollectiv! If you are a Sound Kollectiv alum, you will be pleased (and maybe surprised--I was!) to learn that, 40 years on, Sound Kollectiv continues as a thriving student organization, with dozens of active student members, a very busy calendar, and very full gear closet in the SU! We would like to bring together Sound Kollectiv alums of all generations, from founder Jay Cosnett, 83, all the way through to current student Sound Kollectiv members, to help fill in the organization's 40 year history, swap stories, and also to learn about the members' post-Reed careers, in live sound and wherever else this long strange trip has taken us.

TTT Reunions Style @ The Lutz

5-7 p.m., The Lutz
Join Portland alumni for the chapter's monthly TTT (occurring earlier in the month to coincide with Reunions). We will convene up the hill at a favorite haunt of Reedies -- the Lutz! The slushy drinks and dive-y decor are the same as they ever were, but the food and drink menus saw serious upgrades since new ownership took over in 2011. Last year, we packed the back deck for a low-key Bacchanale. Let's do it again!

Humongous Gigantic Gathering of Friends: Class of '78 Pre-Party At Gigantic Brewing

6-8 p.m., Gigantic Brewing
Join other members of the class of 1978 (and our friends from surrounding class years) as we gear up for reunions during a social at Gigantic Brewing, just down the street from Reed. Gigantic has a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks available, and there are food carts stationed on the premises for a wonderful dinner while we get reacquainted.

Dinner

6-7:30 p.m., Commons
Bon Appetit brings made-from-scratch restaurant style dining to Reed College, with a commitment to quality, innovation, social responsibility, and customer satisfaction.

Movie Night in the SU: Blue Like Jazz

6-8 p.m. Student Union
Hang out, find friends, play a game, and more in the Student Union.

Intro to Tarot Deck Creation

6-8 p.m. Winch Social Room
Listen to artist Mariza Ryce Aparicio-Tovar ’09 give a presentation about her world-renowned tarot deck, The Gentle Tarot, and then participate in the hands-on creation of your own tarot card!

Pub Trivia

8-10 p.m., Student Union
All are invited to Pub Trivia! Think you are good at trivia? Team up with and against other Reedies of all generations in an epic game!

Check the schedule often, events are added every day!

Friday, June 9

Reunions Central

8 a.m.-8 p.m., Prexy
Please come to Reunions Central in Prexy when you arrive on campus and pick up your registration materials, tickets to events, and dorm keys.

Breakfast

8-9:30 a.m., Commons
Bon Appetit brings made-from-scratch restaurant style dining to Reed College, with a commitment to quality, innovation, social responsibility, and customer satisfaction.

Sports Center

7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sports Center

Paul Sikora ’70 Memorial Art Exhibit

8 a.m.-6 p.m., Vollum Lounge

Edith Feldenheimer Gallery

10 a.m.-5 p.m., Studio Art Building
On view during Alumni College and Reunions in the Feldenheimer Gallery Etchings and Relief prints by students in Michael Knutson's classes from 1995-2023. Michael Knutson and Rajni Shultz, a Studio Art senior thesis advisee, co-curated the exhibit.

Used Book Sale with Bill Nelson 62

10 a.m.-2 p.m., Student Union

For 50 years, Bill has been sharing his love of books with his used book sale. Check it out, and you might find a book that has your name in it or at least a copy of an old Hum favorite.

Reactor Tour

10 a.m., Chemistry Patio (sign up at Prexy)
Tour Reed's nuclear reactor: the only nuclear reactor in the nation operated primarily by undergraduates. Licensed students use it for thesis projects and to increase their understanding of radiation and radioactivity. Sign up in Prexy to ensure your spot!

Portland Art Museum and Japanese Garden Tours

10 a.m., off-campus, transportation is not provided
Portland Japanese Garden is renowned as one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside of Japan. Join other Reedies for a tour of the garden led by Ann Goetcheus ’65 and Jenn Falco ’93, and view the artist Rui Sasaki's glassworks exhibition titled "Subtle Intimacy: Here and There."

After lunch Erina Duganne ’93 will lead a tour of the Portland Art Museum where current exhibitions include David Rosenak's photography "untitled (Plaid Pantry)", "Hito Steyerl: This is the Future", and "Color Line: Black Excellence on the World Stage".

  • Meet at Reed at 9:15 a.m. (limited carpool options are available) OR at the Japanese Garden entrance at 10:00am. Wear comfortable walking shoes, be ready for rain. The garden is partially accessible if you have limited mobility—please consult the official web page for more details.
  • Spots are limited and we are working on a group rate. To reserve your place and coordinate plans, please email Erina Duganne ’93.

Portland Yarn Crawl

10 a.m. off-campus, transportation is not provided
Theressa Silver ’93, will be leading a yarn crawl to three local yarn shops within close proximity to Reed: Starlight Knitting Society, Ritual Dyes, and Fiber Rhythm (owned by Dawn Seymour ’81). Fiber Rhythm will be the last stop, because Dawn will be hosting a fiber-rific hang out. There will also be a lunch break.

Architecture of Reed College: Gothic to Modernism to Post-Modernism and back again

10 a.m., Eliot 207 & Walking Tour (sign up at Prexy)
The architecture of Reed College is a window on the evolution 20th Century architecture and the history of the college itself. This tour will take us from the Collegiate Gothic of A.E. Doyle's Eliot Hall through the Modernism of Pietro Belluschi, Reed Alum Neil Farnham, and others, and finally the Post-Modernism of the Zimmer Gunsel Frasca era and newer buildings.

Lunch

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Commons Bon Appetit brings made-from-scratch restaurant style dining to Reed College, with a commitment to quality, innovation, social responsibility, and customer satisfaction.

The Past, Present, and Future of Calligraphy at Reed with Gregory McNaughton ’89

1-3 p.m., Trillium Multipurpose Room
In fall 2012, the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery launched the Calligraphy Initiative in Honor of Lloyd J. Reynolds. Please join Calligraphy Initiative coordinator Gregory MacNaughton ’89 for an illustrated presentation on the past, present, and future of calligraphy at Reed.

Mindful Walking: Seven Directions Meditation, and Labyrinths, Bound and Unbound*

1-2:30 p.m., Eliot Front Lawn (Gray Lounge if raining) (sign up at Prexy)
Walk Reed’s (ephemeral) labyrinth on the front lawn. Learn the history, philosophy, and practice of walking labyrinths, and how to do an unbounded labyrinth walking meditation. The Seven Directions Meditation is a guided, outdoor meditation that explores all seven directions (the cardinal directions, earthward, skyward, and inward). Hosted by Gary Granger, Community Safety Director and teacher of Mindfulness Walking PE classes. *Mobility: While walking is a focal point, people using mobility devices will be able to participate with minor modifications.

Learn How a Sausage is Made (Literally)

1:30-3:00 p.m., Spanish House
The masters of meat will demystify the metaphor, and prove that the dirty details are in fact delicious, clean fun! Meat Smoke veterans will lead a sausage-making workshop, demonstrating the entire process from snout to tail. Get hands-on experience in cutting down and grinding whole slabs of pork, seasoning it to perfection, loading and filling pork casings, and pinching and cutting sausage links. There will be plenty of opportunities for grilling and tasting our creations during the workshop. Sausage made during this event will be served to everyone after the fireworks on Saturday. Come meat with us, join in the fun, and make lots of dirty jokes (sometimes they slip out unintentionally)!

Muddy Boots: A Canyon Restoration Lecture & Tour with Class of 1978

2-3:30 p.m., Eliot 207
The Class of 1978 is gathering to get the inside scoop from Zac Perry about the canyon restoration project that has restored Reed's urban wetland to a thriving wildlife habitat over the last two decades. The event will start with a slideshow and lecture, before those who are interested and able venture down into the canyon to see it firsthand. This event is open to the classes of 1977, 1978, and 1979.

Reed Values in a Non-Reed World: A Roundtable Discussion with the 50th

3-5 p.m., PAB 104
Join the Class of 1973 for a round-table discussion about where our Reed majors (and other learning at Reed) took us later in life. All class years are welcome, and everyone is welcome to speak!

Reactor Tour

3 p.m., Chemistry Patio, (sign up at Prexy)
Tour Reed's nuclear reactor: the only nuclear reactor in the nation operated primarily by undergraduates. Licensed students use it for thesis projects and to increase their understanding of radiation and radioactivity. Sign up in Prexy to ensure your spot!

Sunny Day Surprise

Brought to you by: Gigantic Brewing & Single Hill Brewing
4-5:30 p.m., Quad
Sip on Reedie-made beer while you connect with your fellow Reedies and members of the Alumni Board and Alumni Chapter Leadership!

Class of 1983 Social

4-5:30 p.m., Bragdon Social Room
Join the Class of 1983 for the kickoff of our reunions celebrations in Bragdon with a social hour! We will reconvene after dinner with dancing, games, music, and a slideshow of our favorite moments from all those years ago. Come to relive old memories, stay to make new ones! Shoulder years welcome!

President's Welcome Reception

5:30-6:30 p.m. Performing Arts Building
Join President Audrey Bilger for the kick-off reception welcoming you to Reunions 2023!

Reunions Bar

6-11 p.m., Quad

Dinner

6:30-8 p.m., Commons
Bon Appetit brings made-from-scratch restaurant style dining to Reed College, with a commitment to quality, innovation, social responsibility, and customer satisfaction.

50th Class Reunion Dinner

6:30-8 p.m., Kaul Auditorium
The Class of ’73 is invited to celebrate their 50th reunion together over a special evening meal and presentation.

Join a Friend, Make a Difference: Class of '78 Service Project with Amnesty International

6:30-8 p.m.
Join the Class of 1978 as we utilize our time together at Reunions to make change in the world - we will be writing letters in collaboration with the Portland Amnesty International chapter in response to abuses of human rights worldwide. Make a friend, make a difference! Letter writing supplies will be available all weekend, so you can stop by to grab a card to fill out while you enjoy your morning coffee. Folks from all class years are welcome to participate.

55th, 60th, and 65th Class Gatherings

7-9 p.m. Anna Mann Social Room

Join us for a gathering with classmates from 1957-1959 to catch up with everyone and share stories from our unique journeys after Reed. We look forward to seeing you and (re)connecting, with light refreshments provided.

The Dream of the 90s is Alive at Reunions

7-9 p.m.,International Plaza at the Language Houses
All class years are cordially invited by the Classes of 1993 and 1998 to join a two-night celebration of the 90s spirit! Join us at the language houses, where we'll have delicious food, refreshing libations, and an amazing lineup of Reedie bands and musicians including Bahttsi, Fire & Stone, Will Morgan ’88, Grant Raddon ’92, Ben Salzberg ’94, and more TBA. There may even be an opportunity for you to relive your days in a Reed band by getting onstage for open mic! Far from Reed? No problem, join the party from ZOOM!

Here's to New Beginnings with the Class of 2018!

8 p.m.-Late, Winch
The class of 2018 invites you to celebrate the epic highs and lows of post-grad living with Bon Appetit cupcakes, karaoke, and some delightfully cringey Renn Fayre photos. We’re throwing a party (and trust us, it will be a PARTY!!) rooted in the past, but looking to the future. And we hope to see you there. Open to all Reed community members and their guests.

Kabbalat Shabbat, led by Katherine Wolff ’01

7-9 p.m., Prexy Conference Room
Join us for candle lighting and Kiddush with wine, juice, and challah. Casual, liberal/Reconstructionist, short, and sweet led by Katherine Wolff ’01.

Too Cool for School—a 20th Reunion celebration

7-9 p.m., International Plaza at the Language Houses
Come find the class of 2003 at the language houses and enjoy live music performed by actual Reedies, or flex your intellectual savvy, embrace that collegiate competitiveness, and test your memory with our very own Y2K Decentralized Trivia! 

Bone Marrow Registry Drive in honor of Alex Stein ’98

7 p.m., Language Houses
Drop by to learn more about joining the donation registry and help blood cancer and blood disease patients get their cure—a blood stem cell transplant from a matching donor.

The Oughtiest gathering: A twenty-ish reunion for classes ’00-02

7 p.m., Language Houses
The past few years haven’t exactly been the best for in person gatherings. If you are class of ’00 your twentieth reunion came and went silently while we waited for the world to end. For ’01 is was a small showing of intrepid Zoom users, and last year’s ’02 gathering was fun but small. So, in true Reed “make it what you want it” spirit, we’re calling all of the early oughties to come celebrate their “Twenty-ish” reunion with some no-proof and low-proof (PBR anyone?) beverages conveniently gathered near the meat smoke and class of ’03 up in the language houses on Friday night.

Firepits, S'mores, and a sing-a-long with Mateo Burch ’82

8-9 p.m., Commons Patio
Chomp down on homemade s'mores while you sing the classics with Mateo Burch ’82!

Pool Hall Informal: Class of 2008 15th Reunion

8-10 p.m., Pool Hall
Olde Reed never dies! 

International Folk Dancing Like We Used to Do with Jim Kahan ’64

8:30-10 p.m., Sports Center Dance Studio (Use the stairs on Botsford Drive to access the studio)
International Folk Dancing returns to Reunions in the Dance Studio of the Sports Center. Jim Kahan ’64 returns as well to supply the music (he has a digital version of the Olde Reed repertory and more) and some help remembering the dances. Please wear shoes that don’t mark up the floor or re-experience dancing barefoot on this wonderful wooden floor.

S.L.U.R Performance

9-10 p.m., Physics Loading Dock

FIRE on the Front Lawn (with the class of 2013)

9-late, ODB Front Lawn
Activate your Renn Fayre memories. Join us Friday at 9 p.m. on the Front Lawn for an outdoor mixer followed by a live performance by Reed’s fire spinning troupe, Weapons of Mass Distraction, along with some light refreshments. Open to the class of 2013 and friends.

Annual Reedie Reunions Poker Game

9-late, Gray Lounge
It's time to shuffle up and deal at the Annual Reedie Reunions Poker Game! Show off your poker skills in support of Reed! Whether you're a seasoned pro or just learning the ropes, this event is the perfect way to connect with fellow Reedies, so ante up and let's play!

Check the schedule often, events are added every day!

Saturday, June 10

Reunions Central

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Prexy Please come to Reunions Central in Prexy when you arrive on campus and pick up your registration materials, tickets to events, and dorm keys.

Sports Center

8 a.m.-2 p.m. Pool: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sports Center

Paul Sikora ’70 Memorial Art Exhibit

8 a.m.-6 p.m. Vollum Lounge

Breakfast

8:30-9:30 a.m., Commons
Bon Appetit brings made-from-scratch restaurant style dining to Reed College, with a commitment to quality, innovation, social responsibility, and customer satisfaction.

12th Annual Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting

9-10 a.m., Eliot 416
Open meeting. Members of all recovery programs welcome.

Retirement: Boon or Trap? With Dr. Don Asher ’82

9:00-10:00 a.m., Eliot 207
Where are you getting your information about retirement planning? The retirement industry controls over $37 trillion (trillion with a “t”) in funds, and employs over 1 million mostly highly paid professionals. This massive industry floods all media with a vision of retirement that requires their existence: The permanent vacation. What if that’s not right for you? What if you want or need another version? This talk is about theories of late-career and post-career human development, meaning making, planning for the time of retirement (a third half of life), and that subset of humans who love work over leisure. There is definitely more than one right answer. Whether you’re young and thinking long-term or getting closer to traditional retirement ages--or even in the midst of retirement itself--this talk can help you think more richly about your options and your plans. Based on Dr. Don Asher’s recent dissertation: “You Can Only Play so Much Golf”: The Retirement Experiences of People Who Really Love Their Work, and ongoing research.

  • Light refreshments provided.

Learn the Pennywhistle with John Cushing ’67

9:30-10:30 a.m., Performing Arts Building 131
Learn the Penny Whistle with John Cushing ‘67! Students will be provided a free penny whistle to keep, and the class will cover scales in the keys of D and G, breath control, raising the pitch by one octave, and maintaining a flow of notes. Students will then learn to play a few simple songs, after which they will learn one or two Scottish or Irish airs.

Transition and Transformation, the Constant Flux of our Personal Structures –Faculty Lecture with Gerri Ondrizek, Professor of Art

10:00-11:00 a.m., Vollum Lecture Hall

A conversation with artist and Reed Professor, Geraldine Ondrizek, Reed alumni and Art Historian Jane Chin Davidson, Reed Visiting Professor, Barb Tetenbaum and alumni Nili Yosha discussing their work in the exhibition, Transition and Transformation, the Constant Flux of our Personal Structures that took place in Venice Italy during the 59th Venice Biennale.

Upon the invitation to show her work at the European Cultural Center in Venice during the 59th Biennale, Geraldine Ondrizek curated an exhibition with her former students and research associates titled; Transition and Transformation which focused on the internal and external forces that transform each of our ‘Personal Structures’. Each body of work presented took an empathic look at the genetic, physical and psychological effects that our shifting reality has on us.

The work in the exhibition is documentary-based and made with/and/or by with those in transition, or showing the effects of transformations. All of the work in the exhibition was in the form a an artist book or film. All have been collected by the college for our Artist book collection.

The exhibition is organized into three sections;

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS: works concerned with issues of genetics and epigenetics on our physical and psychological selves;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: works showing the effects of climate change on the landscape and human livelihoods;

SOCIO-POLITICAL FACTORS: works documenting and responding to forced immigration, indigenous identity and homelessness.

Edith Feldenheimer Gallery

10 a.m.-5 p.m., Studio Art Building
On view during Alumni College and Reunions in the Feldenheimer Gallery Etchings and Relief prints by students in Michael Knutson's classes from 1995-2023. Michael Knutson and Rajni Shultz, a Studio Art senior thesis advisee, co-curated the exhibit.

Brunch and Bubbly to celebrate the MRC's 30th Anniversary

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Gray Campus Commons Classrooms
Join the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Alumni Board and the Identity-Based Affinity Networks* for a brunch to celebrate the Multicultural Resource Center's 30th anniversary. Dr. Phyllis Esposito, Vice President and Dean for Institutional Diversity, will give a brief talk followed by a Q & A session. [*The three Identity-Based Affinity Networks welcome all alumni who self-identify as first-generation college students, alumni of color, and/or LGBTQIA2S+ alumni.]

Used Book Sale with Bill Nelson ’62

10 a.m.-2 p.m., Student Union
For 50 years, Bill has been sharing his love of books with his used book sale. Check it out, and you might find a book that has your name in it or at least a copy of an old Hum favorite.

Reactor Tour

11 a.m., Chemistry Patio, (sign up at Prexy)
Tour Reed's nuclear reactor: the only nuclear reactor in the nation operated primarily by undergraduates. Licensed students use it for thesis projects and to increase their understanding of radiation and radioactivity. Sign up in Prexy to ensure your spot!

Reedie Mom Hangout

11 a.m.-1 p.m., PAB 231

Annual Reedie Reunions Rugby Game

11 a.m.-1 p.m., Rugby Field 
Reed Rugby Reunions Game -  Join us on the rugby field Saturday at 11am and enjoy running around with old friends playing touch rugby, seeing if we can injure ourselves with just the non-contact version of the sport.

Tree Climbing

11 a.m.-3 p.m., Performing Arts Building–Front Lawn

Marketplace & Carnival

11 a.m.-2 p.m., Performing Arts Building
Enjoy this food, drink, books and crafts showcase featuring Reedie chefs, bakers, growers, harvesters, authors, and artists, enjoy eccentric Vaudevillian swing courtesy of Bellows and Squawk, balloon artists, face painters, craft stations, and more!

Don't miss out on this Reedie Reunions Tradition!

Foster-Scholz Annual Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Professor Mary James, A.A. Knowlton Professor of Physics Emeritus and former Dean for Institutional Diversity -- SOLD OUT

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Kaul Auditorium -- SOLD OUT

Class of ’73, ’68, ’63, ’58 and Older Class Photos

1 p.m. Gray Lounge

Hot Turkey Sandwich Picnic Lunch

Noon-1:30 p.m., Commons
Bon Appetit brings made-from-scratch restaurant style dining to Reed College, with a commitment to quality, innovation, social responsibility, and customer satisfaction.

Class Photos & Meat Smoke Snack

1 p.m., North Eliot Steps

  • Class of 2023: 1–1:05 p.m.
  • Class of 2018 1:05–1:10 p.m.
  • Class of 2013 1:10–1:15 p.m.
  • Class of 2008 1:15–1:20 p.m.
  • Class of 2003 1:20–1:25 p.m.
  • Class of 1998 1:25–1:30 p.m.
  • Class of 1993 1:30–1:35 p.m.
  • Class of 1988 1:35–1:40 p.m.
  • Class of 1983 1:40–1:45 p.m.
  • Class of 1978 1:45–1:50 p.m.

Gather with your classmates for Class Photos!

All Class Parade

2 p.m., Eliot Circle

Italic Calligraphy Scriptorium

2-4 p.m., Trillium Multipurpose Room
Scriptorium is Reed's weekly calligraphy and paleography workshop, open to all members of the Reed community. All materials will be provided.

Lucy Advice Booth

2-4 p.m., Quad
The return of a fan favorite! Come by for advice on any topic. All ages and concerns welcome. Speed therapy, advice and counsel on love, career, sex, money, religion, sports, friendship, retirement, material possessions, Swedish death cleaning, Hygge, health, fundamental values, differences between belief systems, fate of the university, multiple dimensions, what to do, what not to do, and, of course, why. Southeast corner of the Quad. Saturday. 10 to 4. Bring 5¢. Caveat emptor.

AFR Donor Reception

2:30-4 p.m., Performing Arts Building
A special reception and thank you for everyone who donated to Reed during the 2022-2023 academic year with a special thank you from President Audrey Bilger.

Geology of Reed and Eastside Portland: Earthquakes, Volcanos, and Catastrophic Floods

3 p.m., Eliot 216 (sign up at Prexy)
The serene Portland landscape surrounding the Reed campus has been shaped by catastrophic geological events — torrential floods of ice and lava, and eruptions of neighborhood volcanos. This presentation explores how this geology is visible to us today and how has it shaped the history of Portland and the college. 

Sewing and Swearing Craft Hour with Emily Allen ‘19

3-4 p.m., Prexy Conference Room
Do you enjoy some form of needlework? Do you enjoy swearing but hate it when your judgmental MIL glares at you because you said a bad word? Bring whatever project you’re working on, leave your judgmental MIL at home, and join us while we stab fabric with needles and curse a bunch. Any form of needlework is acceptable, and maybe we can all learn about new crafts together. Or just learn new curse words. Snacks will be provided, but needlework projects need to be brought.

Reed New Music Sampler 40th Anniversary Listening Party

4-5 p.m., Bragdon 
Reed has always had a strong tradition of independent music. In 1983, students documented the state of Reed music with the Reed New Music Sampler, which included contributions from bands like Diet and Gregor Samsa, to solo artists like David Wheeler, Danny Rosenthal's Fat Dream, and Carlton Hogan, and many more. Featuring 23 pieces from 12 different groups and individuals, this completely self-produced compilation is now 40 years old! Join us for a listening party, share stories of the recording process, of the music we've made since Reed, and thank each other for the music.

Reunions Bar

6-midnight, Quad

Dinner

6-7:30 p.m., Commons
Bon Appetit brings made-from-scratch restaurant style dining to Reed College, with a commitment to quality, innovation, social responsibility, and customer satisfaction.

Alumni Talent Show

6-8 p.m., Student Union
Do you sing? Do you dance? Would you like to read embarrassing entries from your high school diary? Sign up at Prexy for a spot to show off your talent at the Alumni Talent Show!

The Dream of the 90s is Alive at Reunions (cont.)

7-Late p.m., Language Houses & Plaza or ZOOM

Laser Light Show Extravaganza

9-10 p.m., ODB Lawn
Spread out across the ODB front lawn for an electric and flammable experience you won't forget!

Meat Smoke & AFR Surprise!

10 p.m., Quad
Head back to the quad for sweet and savory treats thanks to AFR and Meat Smoke!

Stop Making Sense LIVE!

10:15 p.m.–late, Student Union
Dance the night away at Stop Making Sense LIVE!

Check the schedule often, events are added every day!

Sunday, June 11

Brunch

8-11 a.m., Commons
Bon Appetit brings made-from-scratch restaurant style dining to Reed College, with a commitment to quality, innovation, social responsibility, and customer satisfaction.

Reunions Check-Out

8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Prexy Return your dorm keys, swipe cards, and badges to Reunions staff at Prexy!

 

ALL WEEKEND: Reedies for Readers: Children's Book Collection, Sponsored by Class of ’78

The Class of ’78 is collecting paperback books, especially children's books, for Warm Springs Library + Donald E Long Juvenile Detention + Women’s Shelter + the SMART program! Tuck a few in your suitcase as you trudge across campus to re-live your Reed days with too many books for class, then shrug them off into our designated collection spaces. We hope to collect 1000 books for these causes over the weekend. Drop your donations off in Prexy when you check-in for Reunions!

Photos from Reunions 2022 are available on Reed SmugMug

Photos from the Class of 2020 Commencement and Reception are also available on Reed SmugMug.

To hear and see highlights from the Class of 2020 Commencement click here.