Homecoming and Alumni/Family Weekends Celebrate University

Alumni and Family Weekend will take place on the Metropolitan Campus on October 3–5,  while Homecoming and Family Weekend at the College at Florham will celebrate the campus’s 50th Anniversary on October 10–12. FDU faculty and staff are invited to attend.

Metropolitan Campus — ‘Imagine — Past, Present and Future’

The Metropolitan Campus Alumni and Family Weekend events are spread over three days. On Friday, October 3, there will be an alumni happy hour at The Poitin Still bar and restaurant in Hackensack. Activities on Saturday, October 4, will include a 5k run/walk; the Knights baseball alumni game; an all-you-can-eat barbecue brunch; a carnival with a special Kids’ Corner; a free motorcycle safety course sponsored by the Office of Continuing Education; the John Lennon Bus, a mobile video and music recording studio; a memorabilia display and video presentation of “I Dreamed a College,” featuring University founders Peter and Sally Sammartino; a Knights men’s soccer game against Temple University; the dedication of the 2008 Graduating Class Gift; and more. On Sunday, October 5, there will be a bus trip to midtown Manhattan.

For details on these and more activities and to register, go to http://www.myfdu.net/metrohomecoming, e-mail fdualumni@fdu.edu or call Madelyn Fine at 201-692-7013.

College at Florham — ‘Then & Now’

At the College at Florham, the weekend will kick off with a pep rally at the Ferguson Recreation Center on Friday, October 10.

Activities on Saturday, October 11, will revolve around the theme “Then & Now.” There will be a 5k run/walk; a charity carnival and activities fair; the homecoming football game: FDU Devils vs. Wilkes Colonels; a pregame VIP picnic; a women’s tennis game: FDU Devils vs. Manhattanville Valiants; the John Lennon Bus, a mobile video and music recording studio; a memorabilia display featuring the The Metro student newspaper from 1958 through 2008; and the alumni awards ceremonies and the presentation of the Knauff Family Scholarship and the 2008 Graduating Class Gift.

At the alumni awards ceremony, sponsored by the Alumni Association Board of Governors, Vincent Varrassi, MAT’73 (Flor), MA’76 (Ruth), director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Metro), will receive the Elia G. Stratis CASTLE Award for his outstanding loyalty and service to Fairleigh Dickinson University. Sherri Glaab, BA’01, MAT’02 (Flor), will receive the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. A teacher in charge in the Bloomingdale, N.J., school district, Glaab was honored with the Governor’s Teacher Recognition Award in 2007. Hope Field, BA’04, MA’07 (Flor), president of the Young Alumni Association (YAA), and Lyndsay Kraw, BS’04 (Flor), social chair, YAA, will receive Volunteer of the Year Awards.

In the evening, video viewings of “I Dreamed a College,” featuring Peter and Sally Sammartino, and “Florham,” produced by Harvey Flaxman, emeritus, theater (Flor), will run, and alumni, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to record their own video messages of their memories of the campus. Alumni relations, the Alumni Association Board of Governors and the Young Alumni Association will host a happy hour to toast the campus’s 50th anniversary.

Capping off the weekend will be the Devils alumni softball game on Sunday, October 12.

For details on these and more activities and to register, go to http://www.myfdu.net/florhomecoming, e-mail fdualumni@fdu.edu or call Madelyn Fine at 201-692-7013.

Homecoming and family/alumni weekend events are sponsored by the departments of athletics, the Office of Alumni Relations, the Alumni Association Board of Governors and the Offices of Student Life, the Office of Continuing Education and the Florham Programming Committee.