Welcome To Family Weekend!
Thursday, September 18 | Friday, September 19 | Saturday, September 20
When you arrive on campus, please register at the locations and times noted below. At registration, we will give you a folder that includes program updates, a campus map, and a name badge that will serve as your entry pass to all events listed in the program, including Friday's President's Reception, and lunches on Friday and Saturday.
You also may want to arrive a day early to join Mills students in their classrooms and dine in Founders Commons or the Tea Shop. Meal tickets for Founders are available for purchase with cash at the door; no advance reservations are necessary.
Café Suzie, located in the Rothwell College Center, is the official hospitality room for Family Weekend guests. Simply show the staff your name badge for complimentary coffee or selected beverages and snacks. Your name badge also is your pass to access Mills athletic facilities. Please bring appropriate clothing and equipment if you wish to take advantage of our swimming pool, fitness center, tennis courts, or fitness trail.
The program below is subject to change.
Pre-event: Thursday, September 18, 2008
No-Host Breakfast
7:30 am–9:00 am
Founders Commons/Tea Shop*
*The Tea Shop serves breakfast until 11:30 am.
Registration
8:30 am–4:30 pm
Mills Hall, Office of Admission, Room 222
Open Classes
9:00 am-6:00 pm
Discover what it's like to be a student at Mills and experience our renowned, engaging faculty. A schedule of available classes will be included in your registration folder.
No-Host Lunch
Founders Commons/Tea Shop
Financial Aid/Billing Information
2:30 pm-4:00 pm
M Center
Please stop by the M Center in Carnegie Hall if you have questions about financial aid or billing.
Class of 1958 Showcase of Talent
2:30 pm-4:30 pm
Carnegie Hall, Bender Room
Explore an exhibit featuring the artistic and creative work of members of the Class of 1958 as they celebrate their 50th Reunion.
No-Host Dinner
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Warren Olney/Orchard Meadow Residence Halls (open until 6:30 pm)
Founders Commons/Tea Shop
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Day One: Friday, September 19, 2008
No-Host Breakfast
7:30 am–9:00 am
Founders Commons/Tea Shop**
**The Tea Shop serves breakfast until 11:30 am.
Registration
8:30 am–4:30 pm
Mills Hall, Office of Admission, Room 222
Open Classes
9:00 am–10:00 am
Discover what it’s like to be a student at Mills and experience our renowned, engaging faculty. A schedule of available classes will be included in your registration folder.
Convocation
10:15 am
Toyon Meadow
Celebrate the start of the academic year with the Mills community and keynote speaker Trisha Brown ’58. Brown is a world-renowned postmodern dance choreographer, the founder of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, and the first woman choreographer to earn a MacArthur "Genius" Award.
Family Weekend Welcome Lunch
12:30 pm–1:45 pm
Warren Olney Residence Hall Dining Room
The Office of Admission and the Division of Student Life staff invite you to experience one of our historic residential dining halls for a welcome lunch. Seating is limited, so please register early.
Financial Aid/Billing Information
1:30 pm–2:30 pm
M Center
Please stop by the M Center in Carnegie Hall if you have questions about financial aid or billing.
Open Studio
1:30 pm–4:00 pm
Location TBA
Join David Bernstein, professor and head of Mills’ Music Department, for a multimedia music experience.
Family Weekend and Alumnae Reunion Book Club
1:30 pm–2:30 pm
Vera Long 102
Engage in a lively discussion of the literary classic all Mills first-year students will be reading during their fall semester—Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own.
Art Museum Tour
1:30 pm–2:30 pm
Art Museum
Immerse yourself in an art exhibit exploring the struggles of women in Korea as they challenge patriarchal culture in this tour led by curator Linda Inson Choy ’96.
Student Panel: The Dropout Dilemma
2:30 pm–4:00 pm
Mills Hall 132
Join Mills student journalists as they discuss their journey to produce The Dropout Dilemma, an award-winning, eight-part radio series exploring Oakland public schools’ high dropout rate.
Taking the Lead in Environmental Sustainability
2:30 pm–4:00 pm
Betty Irene Moore Natural Sciences Building 215
Members of the Mills College Sustainability Committee discuss ways the College is working to increase energy efficiency, reduce the amount of campus waste, and use environmentally preferable products in addition to "building green."
Art Museum Tour
3:00 pm–4:00 pm
See 1:30–2:30 pm
President’s Garden Reception
4:00 pm–5:30 pm
President’s House Garden
Join President Janet L. Holmgren and members of the Mills community at an informal garden reception.
Dance Department Performance
6:00 pm–7:00 pm
Lisser Theatre
Enjoy a new adaptation of the Trisha Brown ’58 piece "Glacial Decoy" performed by the Mills College Dance Department in honor of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning grand dame of postmodern dance.
No-Host Dinner
5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Founders Commons/Tea Shop
Darius Milhaud Concert
8:00 pm–10:00 pm
Art Museum
Enjoy our annual chamber music concert featuring works by famed composer and former Mills faculty member Darius Milhaud. This year’s performance is dedicated to his wife, the late Madeleine Milhaud, also a gifted musician and former Mills lecturer.
In Memoriam
Madeleine Milhaud, 1902–2008
Internationally acclaimed actress, musician, and teacher Madeleine Milhaud, wife of composer Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), passed away in Paris on January 17, 2008, at the age of 105. The Milhauds contributed greatly to the College’s cultural and intellectual life and helped establish Mills’ international reputation in the arts. Alumnae fondly remember Milhaud’s brilliant classes on French literature, highlighted by her superb recitations of poetic masterpieces. She is survived by her only child, artist Daniel Milhaud.
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Day Two: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Registration
8:30 am–10:30 am
Café Suzie
Jane’s Stroll
9:00 am–10:00 am
Reinhardt Alumnae House
Join Jane Cudlip King ’42 as she conducts an easy walking tour around campus, complete with stories from Mills’ past and present.
Girls’ Sports Day with the Cyclones
9:00 am–10:00 am
Walter Haas Pavilion
Join the Mills Cyclones as the student-athletes conduct clinics in tennis, soccer, and track and field for local girls in grades three through eight.
State of the College
10:15 am–11:30 am
Lisser Hall
President Janet L. Holmgren shares her vision for the future of Mills in a presentation with Alumnae Association of Mills College President Anita Aragon Bowers ’63.
Cyclone Kickoff Picnic
12:00 pm–1:15 pm
Walter Haas Pavilion
Meet Mills athletics coaches and student-athletes at this special picnic lunch hosted for girls from the greater Oakland community in grades three through eight.
Landscape Heritage Walking Tour of Mills College
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Mills Hall Living Room
History professor Bert Gordon conducts a tour celebrating the distinctive architecture and landscape that helped Mills win one of 13 Campus Heritage grants from the Getty Foundation in 2006.
Discussion with Provost and Dean of the Faculty Sandra C. Greer
2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Lucie Stern 100
Participate in a wide-ranging discussion with Sandra C. Greer, the newly appointed provost and dean of faculty at Mills.
Estate Planning Workshop
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Lucie Stern 107
Acquaint yourself with the fundamentals of estate planning in this practical workshop led by an estate planning attorney.
Literary Salon
3:30 pm–5:00 pm
Carnegie Hall Bender Room
Interact with published novelists, poets, and nonfiction authors from the Mills community as they give readings of and discuss their works.
No-Host Dinner
5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Founders Commons
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