6/8/2006

Contact: K.E. Schwab  -- 724-738-2199;  e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu

ALUMNI WEEKEND FOR SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY GRADUATES SET FOR JUNE 15-17

     SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. –  Slippery Rock University alumni – including 97-year-old Helen Miller of Sewickley, a Class of 1931 graduate – will return to campus June 15-17 for the annual SRU Alumni Association-sponsored “Alumni Weekend.”

     Festivities kick off at 5 p.m. on opening day for the Class of 1957 observing its 50th class reunion.

     Alumni from other years and as far away as California will begin check-in on June 16 with the day’s major events, including the noon Annual Women’s Athletic Golf Scramble. A “Mardi Gras” picnic will be held at 5 p.m. at the Alumni Pavilion near Jack Critchfield Park.

     Current and retired SRU faculty and staff are invited to join alumni and the general public for the Musicians’ Concert Band at 8 p.m. performance in Miller Auditorium and the post-concert reception set for the Russell Wright Alumni House. The concert is the first under the direction of newly named band leader Jeff Kroner, an SRU graduate and an original member of the band.

     The weekend’s major event, the “All-Alumni Reunion Luncheon,” will be held at noon June 17 in the University Club of North Hall. For reservations or other details on the weekend, call the Office of Alumni Affairs at 724-738-2018.

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