55th Reunion: May 28 to May 31, 2026 - Registration Is Now Open!
Your Reunion Planning Group encourages you to register for the extended package, arriving on Thursday May 28 through Sunday morning May 31 – for our 55th Reunion in South Hadley. Thursday is a fun afternoon and evening of informal gathering and allows you to attend our class activities on Friday morning. (Click here to Register.) See SCHEDULE below.
Please contact Carol Cramer Mills, Reunion Chair, to volunteer to help with the
Welcome Table and Receptions planned throughout the weekend. (CarolCramerMills@gmail.com).
REUNION SCHEDULE - CLASS OF 1971
Thursday, May 28, 2026
12pm – 8pm – Check in, Mary Wooley Hall, New York Room
5pm – 6pm – Class Presidents and Reunion Chairs Meeting, Pratt Music Hall, Room 109
5pm – 7pm – Thursday Community Dinner, Blanchard Dining Commons
7:30 – Reception and Set up Book Swap for on-going sharing of recommended books and reception for informal gathering of classmates. The Book Swap table will be available throughout reunion.
7:30 - For those interested, discussion of an Oral History Project, hosted by Jenny Masur, with classmate interviews taking place during and after reunion.
Friday, May 29, 2026
7am – 9am – Friday Buffet Breakfast
9am – 9:20am Val Bryan leading Qigong – breathing, stretching, balance in Dorm Reception Area
9:30 – 10:30 am Book Discussion - The Worst Hard Time (2006) by Timothy Egan – hosted by Linda Keown
10:45 – 11:30am - Geothermal Presentation by Angie Gregory, Sustainability Program Manager for the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, Dwight 101 hosted by Class of 1971 Climate Change Workgroup. Ms. Gregory will join us for lunch for those interested in continuing the conversation.
11:30 am – 2:30pm – Friday Community Lunch
All Alum Class - 4pm - 4:45pm Back to Class (topics not yet listed)
4pm – 5:30pm – Reception in the Class 1971 Dorm
4:30pm – 5pm – Class of ’71 Advancement Team appreciation event, hosted by Andrea Lange and Catherine Conover
5pm – 8:30pm – Friday Community Dinner
7:30 pm – 10pm – Guitar and Singing in the Class 1971 Dorm – hosted by Wendy Hagen Bauer, Ann Freeman, and Helen Wills Brown
8pm – 9pm – Cornerstone and Mary Lyon Society Reception at the President’s House
Saturday, May 30, 2026
6:30am – 9am – Saturday Buffet Breakfast
8am – 8:15am – Class 1971 gather signs for parade, pass out lyrics if appropriate
8:15 – 9:45am – Line up and Parade – Mary Lyon Grave
10am – 11:45am – Alum Association Meeting, including awards, State of the College address, and Class Presidents’ reports
11:30am – 2:30pm – Saturday Community Lunch
1:30pm – Class Photo on Skinner Green
2:00 – 2:45pm Class Meeting and Memorial Tributes
All Alum Classes in Art Museum’s Gimbel Auditorium:
3 – 4pm Artificial Intelligence
4 – 5pm College Art Museum update
5:30 - 6:30 pm– Reception in Willits-Hallowell
6:30 – 8 pm Class Reunion Dinner in Willits-Hallowell with guest Noah Ilya-Alexis Tuleja, Chair and Assoc. Prof of the Department of Film, Media, Theater, hosted by Lisa Dake Oberreuter and Ann Freeman
8:30pm – Class 1971 Dance Party – 1960’s and 1970’s including requests, hosted by Helen Wills Brown
8pm – 10pm – All Campus Party on Skinner Green
Sunday, May 31, 2026
7am – 10am – Sunday Buffet Breakfast
7am – 12pm – Check-out
Tours, Open Houses and Events throughout the weekend.
See full schedule on the Alum Association website.