Preliminary Schedule of Events

Friday, September 19, 2008

11:00 am

Medical Alumni Writing Seminar

Workshop led by Dr. Deirdre Neilen and Dr. Rebecca Garden from Upstate's Center for Bioethics and Humanities. Discussion on how creative writing can deepen the connections that link physicians, patients, and caregivers and provide them more control over suffering and illness.

12:30 pm

Dean's Lunch (by invitation only)
For members of the Legacy Society* and Loyalty Society**

* Legacy Society recognizes those who provide a gift to the college of Medicine in their estate plans.

** Loyalty Society recognizes donors who have 15 or more years of consecutive giving or contributed $15,000 or more in lifetime gifts.

1:00 - 3:00 pm

Library Tours & Historical Exibits

3:00 - 4:30 pm

Weiskotten Lecture
Ninth Floor Auditorium – Weiskotten Hall

Visioning Tibet, Melvyn Bert, MD, FACS, Class of 1967

picture of eye exam

One-hour documentary by award winning documentary filmmaker Isaac Solotaroff about a team of American Ophthalmologists and their commitment to bringing and teaching modern
cataract surgery in Tibet.
Discussion led by Melvyn Bert, MD, Class of 1967. Ophthalmologist Marc Lieberman, founder of the Tibet Vision Project, examining a patient.

5:00 pm

Reunion Awards and Scholarship Presentations
Ninth Floor Auditorium - Weiskotten Hall

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Scholarship Reception
Hors d’oeuvres and Cocktails

7:00 – 9:30 pm

All Class Party, Dinner Buffet
Ninth Floor Dining Room – Weiskotten Hall
Reminisce, dance, enjoy great atmosphere, food
and drink. Music provided by the Candlelight
String Quartet.

 


Saturday, September 20, 2008

9:00 - 10:30 am

Dean's Breakfast and Annual Meeting
Ninth Floor Dining Room – Weiskotten Hall

10:30 am

Campus Tours

12:00 – 3:00 pm

Barbeque at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Burnet Park

Evening

Class Dinners

For more information, please call Lori Murphy at (315) 464-4359.