Alumni

Volunteer Weekend

Reed's annual Volunteer Weekend will take place Thursday, September 22 through Saturday, September 24, 2011. This is a great opportunity to meet with other hard-working volunteers and college staff in preparation for the coming academic year. The weekend is designed for alumni board members and other volunteers to learn more about the college, receive relevant training, and enjoy each other's company.

RSVP with your name, the name of any guest*, the volunteer group with which you are affiliated, and which meals you and your guest will be attending, online.

For anyone who is unable to attend volunteer weekend due to financial constraints, we can offer assistance with travel expenses up to $600. Alumni board members may be reimbursed for one trip per year. In order to be reimbursed, please send all of your receipts and a completed volunteer expense form to Reed College Alumni & Parent Relations, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202. Please contact Mike Teskey, director of alumni & parent relations, with any questions about reimbursement. If you choose not to request reimbursement, your travel expenses may be tax deductible.

*Partners are welcome; however, we cannot pay for their travel expenses.

 

Tentative schedule

This is a draft schedule, subject to change as new events are added. Please check in at Gray Lounge (see campus map) on Friday morning by 9 a.m. for the final schedule with confirmed locations.

Thursday, September 22
6–8 p.m. No-host dinner for any volunteers in town at Tugboat, 711 SW Ankeny
   
Friday, September 23
7 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Computer room
8:45–9:45 a.m. Check in and breakfast for all volunteers with welcome by Mike Teskey, director of alumni & parent relations, and Hugh Porter, VP of college relations
10–11 a.m. Reunions 2012 Committee training for Reunions class and giving volunteers
10–11 a.m. Communicating with Reedies: New Reed survey results
10–11 a.m. Chapter leaders meeting
10–11 a.m. Past Alumni Board Presidents group
11–11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Chapter leaders meeting
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Reedfayre 2012 Committee brainstorm on class events
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Asking: Raising money for Reed is easier than you think
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Realizing the dream: the performing arts building
12:15–1:45 p.m. Welcome lunch for all volunteers with Roger Perlmutter '73, chair of the board of trustees
1:45–2 p.m. Break
2–3 p.m. Past Alumni Board Presidents group
2–3 p.m. Campaign Impact: shaping Reed’s future
2–3 p.m. Communicating with Reedies: new Reed survey results
2–4 p.m. Regional Campaign Committee meeting
3–4 p.m. New frontier: students and young alumni fundraising
4–5:30 p.m. Schmoozing Is Good for Your Brain: annual student/alumni career-networking reception
4:30–5:30 p.m. Alumni Board Executive Committee meeting
5:30–10 p.m. Centennial celebration for volunteers: reception, program, and concert
   
Saturday, September 24
7 a.m.–6 p.m. Computer room
8 a.m. 5K run
8:30–11 a.m. Centennial pancake breakfast
9–11 a.m. Campaign impact & the performing arts building
9–9:45 a.m. Alumni board new members orientation
9:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Centennial festival
10–11 a.m. Alumni Board Outreach Committee
10–11 a.m. Alumni Board Reedfayre Committee
10–11 a.m. Alumni Board Life After Reed Committee
11–11:30 a.m. Alumni Board Reedfayre Subcommittee on recruitment
11–11:30 a.m. Break
11 a.m.–noon Cricket Parmalee '67 tells stories from the Oral History Project about Reedies and Portlanders
11:30–12:45 p.m. Alumni Board meeting
1–2 p.m. Cricket Parmalee '67 tells stories from the Oral History Project about life at Reed over the past 100 years
1–3 p.m. Brown-bag session to discuss the qualities that you would like to see in Reed's new president
2 p.m. Centennial orchard dedication
6–7:30 p.m. No-host Alumni Board dinner
7–9 p.m. Movie
9 p.m. Fireworks