Come Celebrate 100 Years of FarmHouse at the University of Illinois!

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5:30 to 9:00 p.m. –Registration and Welcome Reception - Alice Campbell Alumni Center

• Check-in for the weekend, receive name tag, history/program booklet and schedule materials.
• Formal brief welcome moment at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Informal come-and-go reception – light appetizers provided and cash bar available. Opportunity to meet and greet new and renewed friends. Classes/decades encouraged to organize informal dinner-on-your-own outing.
• Complimentary parking is available after 5:00 p.m. in Lot D22 immediately south of the Campbell Alumni Center at the intersection of Oregon and Lincoln.  

 

Saturday, September 13, 2014

 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Chapter Open House

• Check-in for the weekend available for materials as noted above and will remain available at the Chapter House until 2:00 p.m.
• Coffee and donuts provided. Tour the house, meet current chapter members and officers.

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – FarmHouse Archives Open House and Oral History Project

Archives Research Center

105 Horticulture Field Lab

1707 S Orchard St.

Urbana, IL 61801

• Over 40 boxes of FarmHouse memorabilia and historical records are included in the University of Illinois Archives. Materials available for viewing include scrap books, photo albums, history records, composite photos, social event invitations, Founders’ Day materials, chartering documents, herd book/membership records and more.
• Additionally, in conjunction with the University Archives staff, alumni are invited to participate in an on-going oral history project. Share your memories of campus as a student or your favorite FarmHouse moment through this video/audio project to help document the student experience at the University of Illinois from yesterday for future generations.
• The Archives Research Center is located approximately three blocks south and two blocks east of the Illinois Chapter House. Complimentary parking is available in Lot F16 immediately to the east of the Horticulture Field Lab.

9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. – Walking Campus Tour

• Guided walking tour of campus offered three times, departing from and returning to the Illinois Chapter House.
• The 12:30 p.m. tour will conclude at the Group Photo location.

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Hog Roast Picnic Lunch

• Enjoy lunch on the lawn of 809 W Penn Ave with a hog roast picnic luncheon.

2:00 p.m. – Centennial Group Photo

• Steps of Foellinger Auditorium / Illini Union (or other location as deemed appropriate)

Main Quadrangle, Central Campus

University of Illinois

• Don’t miss the Centennial group photo to document weekend attendance!

3:00 p.m. – State of FarmHouse Presentation

I-Hotel and Conference Center

Lincoln Ballroom

1900 S First St.

Champaign, IL 61820

• Check-in and registration available in the Conference Center Lobby beginning at 2:00 p.m. through the remainder of the evening.
• Formal presentation from the Illinois Association, Illinois Chapter and International Fraternity, regarding the State of FarmHouse today – both locally and at the International level.
• Complimentary parking is available in the I-Hotel and Conference Center lots located off S First Street and St. Mary’s Road.

4:00 p.m. – State of the University Presentation

• Learn about all that’s happening at the University of Illinois today.

5:00 p.m. – Centennial Celebration Reception

• Enjoy an extended reception time to greet President Easter and connect with alumni and friends joining the evening celebration events.
• Light appetizers served and cash bar available.
• Complimentary parking is available in the I-Hotel and Conference Center lots located off S First Street and St. Mary’s Road.

7:00 p.m. – Centennial Celebration Banquet

• Alumni and friends, chapter members and campus guests, fraternal friendships new and renewed enjoy a celebration evening of Illinois FarmHouse at this special banquet. Dinner highlights include snap shot history through the decades, greetings from the International Fraternity and other Chapters/Associations and special video history slide show.

9:00 p.m. – Centennial Celebration Toast and Dessert Reception

• The formal banquet culminates with a Centennial Celebration Toast, followed by a dessert reception in the Illinois Ballroom Foyer and Humanities Room.

11:00 p.m. – Organized Events Conclude

 

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Morning

• No formally organized events, but classes/decades are encouraged to arrange breakfast/brunch before departing.

 

Event Pricing

Option #1

Full Weekend Package = $125 per person

• Includes all events beginning Friday evening, all day Saturday and through Saturday evening.

 

Option #2

Saturday Afternoon/Evening Only = $65 per person

• Includes Saturday afternoon and evening only events (Group photo, State of FarmHouse session, Keynote Address, reception, banquet, toast, dessert) and the Centennial memento.

 

Option #3

Sponsor-A-Student = $65 per student

• Support the attendance/participation for a current member of the Illinois Chapter of FarmHouse to attend the Centennial Celebration event on Saturday night. 

 

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