2011 Alumni Homecoming Schedule

Parking on campus is open during Homecoming. Guests may park in any campus lot without a permit. However, please avoid specially marked spots.

Friday, October 21

1-2:15 p.m., “Social Media Tweetup”, Sage Hall Room 3232

• An interactive conversation for students and professionals about the latest in social media for writing, advertising, public relations and visual led by Troy Janisch ’89, social media manager at American Family Insurance

RSVP to Cindy Schultz (schultzc@uwosh.edu) and tell us if you plan to attend. Include your name, year graduated, and number of guests.

1:30-4:30 p.m., Radio-TV-Film's 2011 Industry Panel,
Pro Perspectives: A Dialog with Media Insiders

2-3 p.m.  Panel Discussion

Get an insiders perspective from alum in the industry. Panel includes:

• Greg Matzek '01, Sports Anchor / Co-Host Sports Central, Newsradio 620 WTMJ
• Steve Boettcher '82, President, Boettcher Media Group
• Dana Blado '07, Reporter and Weekend Anchor, WJFW 12
• Bill Kiefer ‘81, Assistant News Director, WLUK-TV
  

3-4:30 p.m. Reception, Studio One

• Reservations appreciated: Call (920) 424-3131 or email  armstroc@uwosh.edu 

2:30-3:45 p.m. Journalism Department's Panel session: “How the Department of Journalism Helped Get Me From Here (Oshkosh) to There (Where I’m at Today)”, Sage Hall Room 3232

Panel includes:

• Pat Stiegman ’88, vice president and editor in chief of digital media, ESPN.com
• Mike Fredrick ’97, creative director, Bader Rutter & Associates
• Laura Denissen ’99, marketing product planning manager, Harley-Davidson
• Mary Callen ‘95, communications director, Wisconsin Newspaper Association

4-5 p.m. Tour Journalism Department, Sage 3rd Floor

5 p.m., UW Oshkosh Alumni Association Awards Dinner, Reeve 227

5 p.m.  Reception
6 p.m.  Dinner with program to follow.

• Dinner to honor the  2011 recipients of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award and the Distinguished Alumni Award. Reservations required, $25 per person.  For more information, call (920) 424-3449, or toll-free (877) 896-2586.

Saturday, October 22

7:30-8:15 a.m., Continental Breakfast for Guest Lodging at Gruenhagen Conference Center, Gruenhagen Conference Center Lobby 

8 -9 a.m., 6th Annual Retirees Breakfast, Reeve Union, Room 306.

9 a.m.-Noon, Tours, displays and continental breakfast, Journalism Department, Sage Hall 3rd Floor

9-11 a.m., Student-led tours of Sage Hall. Self-guided tours continue until 3 p.m.

9:30-11 a.m., Continental Breakfast and Open House, Pollock Alumni House, 765 Algoma Blvd.

10 a.m. Remarks from Mike Cowling,  Journalism department chair, Journalism Department, Sage Hall 3rd Floor

• Introduction of faculty and emeritus professors; Advance-Titan adviser and editor in chief; and student organizations – Ad Club, Photo Club, PRSSA, SPJ
• Official recognition of new scholarships: Dave Engels Journalism Scholarship and Orville C. Sherman Journalism Scholarship
• Overview of new facilities and future plans for the department
• Announcement of new alumni committee to head fundraising for the Journalism Fund and scholarships

10 a.m., Historical Marker Dedication: First Kindergarten at a Public Normal School, Swart Hall lobby.

• The historical marker also recognizes the unique educational experience that the laboratory school afforded area schoolchildren and the opportunity provided to teachers-in-training to hone their newly learned instructional skills under faculty supervision.

• Please RSVP by Oct. 14, 2011 to (920) 424-2178 and or send an email to  foundationevents@uwosh.edu. There is open parking on campus that day. Convenient parking is available in lots 29 or 4a located on the corners of Algoma Boulevard and Woodland Avenue.

10 a.m.-noon, Geology Alumni Reception, Harrington Hall, Room 114, refreshments served.

11 a.m., Tour de Titan 3 Bike Ride, line up and departure from Pollock Alumni House and ending at Tent City, Josslyn Street.

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Pregame Celebration at Tent City, new location this year on Josslyn Street closer to the Oshkosh Sports Complex behind the UW Oshkosh softball field.

• Free food, refreshments and live music.Visit with faculty and staff from UW Oshkosh's four colleges  — Business, Education and Human Services, Letters and Science, and Nursing and sample chili served up by the college deans and don't miss Chancellor Wells' famous meatballs.

 1:30 p.m., Football game vs. UW-Whitewater, J. J. Keller Field at Oshkosh Sports Complex.

• Tickets available on site. Free shuttle transportation between campus and the Oshkosh Sports Complex runs every 20 minutes from 1 to 4 p.m.

• Can't make it to the game? Watch the live webcast .

After the Game, Fifth Quarter, Hilton Garden Inn, 20th Ave.

• Complimentary refreshments.