Friday -September 26

Noon - 5:00 pm

Currier Alumni Center Open House - Come by and visit your alumni center.  Check in for the weekend, pick up your nametags, meal tickets and reunion gift and check out the photo gallery and yearbooks. Sign the visitors board and see who else is planning to attend the festivities.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Alumni Career Panel - Sayce Lounge

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Welcome Reception On the Porch - Join NEC faculty, staff, alumni, families, and friends for appetizers and a cash beer and wine bar. Special guests include the Class of 2015 and members of the NEC Founder’s Society. Pre-registration is appreciated.

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Doctorate of Education Alumni Reception - the New England Room in the Danforth Library – Reconnect with faculty, staff, and friends. Complimentary beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres. Ed.D. Alumni and Guests only. Pre-registration is appreciated.

7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

 Open Mic Nite in the Charter Coffeehouse - Students, alumni, family members and friends are all welcome to share their talent or sit back and be entertained.  You could recite poetry, play your instrument, sing, read a monologue, do stand-up comedy or ???? This is a free event.  Food and beverages will be available.

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

An Evening of NEC Excellence - Simon Center Great Room - Join us as we honor the Athletic Hall of Fame inductees and Alumni Award recipients. $35 per person include a delicious buffet dinner including a beef carving station and the awards program.  Pre-registration and payment is required.  Athletic Hall of Fame and Alumni Award honorees receive 2 complimentary tickets for this event.  Contact Shirley English-Whitman 603-428-2398 for details.

8:30 pm – midnight

The Pub is Open

Saturday – September 27

8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Check in at the Currier Alumni Center - Come by and visit your alumni center.  Check in for the weekend, pick up your nametags, meal tickets and reunion gift and check out the photo gallery and yearbooks. Sign the visitors board and see who else is planning to attend the festivities.

8:00 am

Men's Lacrosse Alumni Game - Don Melander Field

9:00 am – 10:30 am

NEC Vision for the Future Breakfast  – Simon Center Great Room - Join Dr. Michele Perkins and members of the NEC faculty and staff for a buffet breakfast and a snapshot of what is happening at NEC. Pre-registration is appreciated.

 9:30 am

Women’s Lacrosse Alumnae Game - Don Melander Field

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association - Under the Tent

11:00 am – Noon

First Year Family Reception – Charter Coffeehouse – Join peer leaders, first year students, parents, and faculty for a traditional fall snack of cider and donuts at what  will become an NEC tradition welcoming first year students and families. Pre-registration appreciated. 

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Family and Student Brunch – Gilmore Dining Hall – A variety of breakfast and lunch items will be served buffet style for students and their families. Students use their meal plan; families pay $10 per person.  Pre-registration and payment is required.

11:00 am

Campus Tour – Begins at the Currier Alumni Center - Pre-registration appreciated.

11:30 am – 4:00 pm

"Tailgate" Under the Tent - Meet your friends and classmates under the tent near Melander Field to enjoy the athletic games, music, food and fun. For lunch alumni can make your own sandwich with hand-carved meats, cheese and toppings, add a cup of chowdah or soup and for those 21+, a cash beer and wine garden. $12 pp, pre-registration and payment is required.  Children under 3 eat free.

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Golden Pilgrim Luncheon – Sayce Lounge – Celebrating those alumni graduating between the years 1949-1964 (50+ years ago) and welcoming the newest Golden Pilgrim class of 1964.  Alumni from graduating classes 1949-1964 and guests by invitation only.  Pre-registration is appreciated.

12:00 pm

Pilgrims Field Hockey - Don Melander Field - Pilgrims vs Colby-Sawyer; Giveaway sponsored by Student Involvement.

1:00 pm

Lions Rugby vs Keene State College - The Pitch on Old Concord Road - Follwed by the Rugby Alumni Game.

1:00 pm

Campus Tour – Begins at the Currier Alumni Center - Pre-registration appreciated.

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Art Gallery Reception - NEC Art Gallery

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Human Fooseball and Mini Golf on the Simon Lawn

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

East Hall Renovation Tours – East Hall – Residential life staff members will be on hand to show you around the updated first-year residence hall.

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Why the Liberal Arts Matter – CEI 102 – Fran Chelland, associate professor of humanties. Pre-registration appreciated.

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Farmers Market – Simon Lawn – The Henniker Farmers Market vendors will display their wares for sale and sample.

2:30 pm

Men’s Soccer - Don Melander Field - Pilgrims vs Colby-Sawyer; Giveaway sponsored by Student Involvement.

3:00 pm

Campus Tour – Begins at the Currier Alumni Center - Pre-registration appreciated.

5:00 pm

Women’s Soccer – Don Melander Field – Pilgrims vs. Colby Sawyer; Giveaway sponsored by Student Involvement.

7:00 pm - midnight

Greek Night in the Pub - LED, SAB, SPD and all other fraternity/sorority groups and friends are invited to hang out in the pub to share stories and celebrate your NEC legacy.  If you have memorabilia to share, please contact Shirley English-Whitman senglish-whitman@nec.edu or 603-428-2398 to arrange for display during the evening.

8:00 pm – midnight

All Class Reunion Celebration – Under the Tent – Celebrate your class reunion and dance the night away to the music of Casual 6.  All are welcome. Cash beer and wine bar and snacks available.  $20 pp Pre-registration and payment required.

9:00 pm

Student Entertainment Committee Presents: Hypnotist chrisjones  - Simon Center Great Room – Students and families are invited for an evening filled with fun and frivolity. Sponsored by the Student Entertainment Committee.

Sunday – September 28

10:00 am

CANCELLED Cross Country Team Covered Bridge 5K

11:00 am

Field Hockey Alumnae Game - Don Melander Field

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Sunday Brunch -Gilmore Dining Hall - Alumni and families are invited to join current students for a traditional and hearty brunch. Pay at the door;cash or credit cards accepted.