Schedule of Events

Co-sponsored by Sigma Chi. All Phi Betas and Omicrons are welcome to catch up before the full schedule for the weekend begins. There will be a casual cookout and Crow bar.

Join Matthew Pinsker, Brian C. Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History, and Eric Wittenberg '83 for a guided tour of the battlefields and cemetery at the Gettysburg National Military Park. 

Join classmates in a visit and guided tour of The Bower, a 36-acre meadow and woodland site on the north slope of the Appalachian Mountains, owned by Jane ’73 and Bill ’75 Allis. Located in Perry County, Pa., a 30-minute drive from Carlisle, The Bower is a sanctuary where art and the natural world co-exist in harmony. The Bower is a public garden and rural nature preserve featuring woodlands, naturalized landscape, native plant gardens and large-scale sculpture and land art.

Meet with an admissions staff member and learn about the admissions process and the shifting landscape of higher education.  

Join members of Sigma Chi for a special plaque unveiling. 

Please join us as we bestow the Alumni Association’s highest honors on this year’s award recipients and celebrate our Volunteer Award-winners.

Join members of Raven's Claw as they celebrate their 125th anniversary!

Enjoy a delicious dinner buffet and great company at this year’s Celebration Dinner on Morgan Field. 

Open to alumni and their guests, aged 21 years and older, who are registered for the weekend and who majored in IB&M. Join in the 25th-anniversary celebration of the department during this private event. Professor Steve Erfle will guide participants through a selection of wine and cheese pairings. Stick around after the tasting to catch up, chat and visit with faculty and fellow Dickinsonians.  

Come celebrate at the old quad house. There will be memorable “oldies” playing all night, plus favorite songs from the ’60s and ’70s. Snacks, dinner and drinks will be provided.

Event is hosted by the class of 1993 but open to all. Enjoy the musical stylings of North O’Nashville, a New Jersey-based country trio, featuring Mike (Joe) Colledge ’93, Jon Wohlgemuth and Brian Keane.

Stop in and say hello to old friends and bid a fond farewell to Todd Wronski, as we celebrate his 36 years of dedicated service to the Mermaid Players and Dickinson College.

Blue-green means ADE; friendship and sisters that’s for me! Join ADE sisters as were connect and honor our history and local chapter's founding at Dickinson.

Catch up with friends while enjoying coffee, dessert and live music.

Join members of the Alumni Council as they celebrate their 100th anniversary!

Enjoy a light breakfast while you meet InterVarsity staff, connect with friends old and new, and hear stories about DCF current initiatives on campus.

Join Don Nichter, cross country and track & field coach, for a 5k run or walk from campus to Dickinson Park and back.

Choose one of the following sessions:

Doors will open at 9:00 a.m. The Very Rev. Jep Streit ’73 presiding with assistance from Ann Heermans-Booth ’75, Harry’s wife, and Truman Bullard, Professor Emeritus of Music. Dress is casual. Reception to follow.

The Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM) works with communities throughout Pennsylvania and New York to assess the health of local waterways, giving individuals the tools needed to participate in decision making about water resources in their community. Step into the stream with ALLARM at the Yellow Breeches Creek, get a taste of what it's like to monitor a waterway, and to see what critters live beneath the water. 

Note: Attendees should plan on wearing close-toed shoes they don't mind getting wet, as well as shorts or quick-drying pants. 

Stop by for a tour of the Asbell Center and the Waider-Spahr Library Archive and Department of Special Collections exhibit of artifacts, stories and photos depicting Jewish Life at Dickinson over the years.

The Phi Beta Chapter welcomes alumni members back for their annual fraternity meeting.

Join Chrissy Olson '88 for early morning cycling class. Limited to 15 people. Pre-registrationrequired.

Join alumni forsome casual pickup games. All alumni are welcome. Please bring your ownequipment.

“Celebrating the Past, Investing in the Future: A Conversation with Rabbi Lauren Tuchman ’08”
This year’s Stanley Ned Rosenbaum Judaic Studies lecture will focus on the ways that current Dickinson faculty and alumni are moving Professor Rosenbaum’s work on inclusion into the 21st century. Join Rabbi Lauren Tuchman ’08 and Andrea Lieber, professor of religion and Sophia Ava Asbell Chair in Judaic Studies, as they reflect on how a Dickinson education prepares students for a lifetime of meaning and service. Rabbi Tuchman will discuss her time at Dickinson and how it has informed her current work as one of the preeminent experts on issues of disability advocacy and inclusion within Jewish spaces.

Rabbi Lauren Tuchman ’08 is a sought-after speaker, spiritual leader and educator. Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2018, she is, as far as she is aware, the first blind woman in the world to enter the rabbinate. She provides consulting to individuals and organizations across the Jewish community on a variety of matters pertinent to disability access and inclusion. She has taught innumerous synagogues and other organizations across North America. She was named to the New York Jewish Week’s 36 to Watch for her innovative leadership concerning inclusion of Jews with disabilities in all aspects of Jewish life. In 2017 she delivered an ELI Talk entitled “We All Were at Sinai: The Transformative Power of Inclusive Torah.” In addition to her work in the disability inclusion space, Rabbi Tuchman passionately believes in the power of spiritual and contemplative practice as a path of transformational personal and collective change for the Jewish world and beyond. She has trained and continues to teach Mussar with Rabbi David Jaffe and the Inside Out Wisdom and Action Project. She has contributed to the Mussar Institute’s weekly Torah commentary and Elul programming. She is an alum of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s Clergy Leadership Program and a SVARA fellow and regular teacher.

Andrea Lieber is a professor of religion at Dickinson, where she holds the Sophia Ava Asbell Chair in Judaic Studies, trained as a scholar of Late Antique Judaism and emerging Christianity. Lieber’s courses, such as Women, Gender &Judaism and Religion & the Internet, investigate the contemporary relevance of ancient texts and traditions in a rapidly changing world. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University and her B.A. in religion from Vassar College. She is the author of The Essential Guide to Jewish Prayer and Practices (Alpha Books/Penguin, 2012) along with two edited collections published in honor of her mentors, Dr. Betsy Amaru and Dr. Alan Segal z”l. Her scholarly essays have appeared in The Jewish Quarterly Review, The Journal of Religion, College English and many edited anthologies. Her most recent publications explore the way digital technologies challenge and redefine traditional conceptions of religious community. 

ADE alumnae andorganizations that preceded and followed them, Phi Mu and Gamma Phi Beta, areinvited to attend this informal gathering to strengthen connections andreminisce about their connected histories.

Registration is required.

Always a popular event, lunch at the College Farm features delicacies from our fields and neighboring farms. Wood-fired pizzas and freshly harvested field greens are deliciously punctuated by handmade beignets, which are created using renewable energy produced on the farm. Student-led tours will be offered along with the chance to engage with student and alumni farm staff. Transportation is provided. Limited space is available, and it fills quickly!

Come enjoy food trucks from:

• 717tacos
• Dizzy Cow Pizzeria
• Grappling Crab Shack
• Mad Dash
• Mammas Meltz
• Piper Belle's BBQ
• The Potato Coop

Join members of the class of 1968, as well as special guests and retired faculty Dr. Truman Bullard and George Allan, for a 55th-reunion panel and group discussion. We’ll reflect on life since Dickinson, the impact Dickinson has had on our life experiences and what the future holds.  

We went to school at a time of great change and, sometimes, turmoil. How did your Dickinson experience affect you then, and has that experience carried forward to your life now? Join members of the class of 1973 for a 50th-reunionpanel and group discussion to explore these questions. You’ll have the opportunity to share your own reflections and hear from classmates on topics including the Vietnam War; the anti-war, women's and Black-pride movement, environmental activism, the space program/science, commitment to "greater good" causes and international study. 

This event is in association with the Quad Party.

Enjoy DIY hot-cheedogs, a cookout and the musical stylings of Mr. Mody and Friends. Everyone is invited! Members of fraternities and sororities are asked to wear their Greek letters and bring old photos, yearbooks, banners and composites to share. 

Meet old friends and make new ones over light refreshments as you reminisce and reconnect.

Calling all Liberty Caps! Join us for a Lib Cap reunion to catch up with old friends and make new ones! Reminisce about telling the Mermaid Story and avoiding walking on the seal during tours!

The Alpha Sigma Chapter welcomes alumni members back for their annual fraternity reunion meeting.

Hosted by the Department of International Business & Management
Open to all. Participants are asked to bring a bottle of wine under $25 to share.

Gather together and take a bow on the Mathers stage while we celebrate 75 years of Mermaid Players at Dickinson! Enjoy refreshments, reminisce and bid on memorabilia and photos from past shows in benefit of Dickinson. 

Kappa Sigma welcomes alumni members back for their annual association meeting.

Children can enjoy pizza, movies, crafts and games staffed by the Dickinson Children’s Center. This program is for children 3–11 years old; children must be potty-trained.   
Preregistration is required. Space is limited.

Mix, mingle, and network with alumni, faculty, staff, and professors emereti.

Phi Psi alumni not attending class dinners are welcome.

Keep the celebration going at Dickinson’s Dance Party with music from Bradley, featuring Al Hershner’73, Chris Knopf ’73, Dave Newell ’73, Pete Taft ’73 and Bob Willemin ’73. Stop in for dessert and/or a drink and catch up with friends.