University of St. Francis celebrates Homecoming/Reunion 2004
The University of St. Francis will celebrate Homecoming/Reunion, Oct. 1-3 with a variety of activities for alumni, students and friends, including a Senior Saturdays presentation entitled Assisi Comes Alive, a live performance by one of the top Elvis impersonators in the United States and the third annual Quadstock music festival.
To kick off the homecoming weekend, David Schrader will perform An Evening of Baroque Music at the Harpsichord on Friday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Moser Performing Arts Center auditorium. Equally at home in front of the harpsichord, organ, piano or fortepiano, Schrader is an extraordinary musician of wide-ranging interests and accomplishments. He has performed with the Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco and Colorado Symphony Orchestras. Featured composers include Bach, Rameau, Bohm and Scarlatti. Tickets are $8; $5 for students and senior citizens. Reservations may be made by calling (815) 740-3404.
Sister Marianne Saieg, a USF alumna, will present Assisi Comes Alive, a Senior Saturdays program, at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2 in the Library. All are welcome to attend the presentation, which is sponsored by the university Library’s Learning Throughout Life program for senior citizens. Saieg is a spiritual director, speaker and photographer. The program will include a slide show and musical meditation of Assisi as well as photographs Saieg has taken while visiting Assisi, Italy, home of St. Francis.
Another USF alumna, Dr. Karen Kietzman, and USF
students will also help bring
St. Francis to life through art, literature, travel
and personal experiences. Kietzman, a practicing
Joliet artist and former art teacher at USF, will
discuss her paintings of Assisi, which will be
on display in the library lobby.
Adding to the presentation, USF students Elise Bukowski and Tom Adent will share their experiences from a recent pilgrimage to Assisi. Bukowski is a senior English major from Oak Forest and Adent is a junior elementary education major from Frankfort.
University of St. Francis President Michael Vinciguerra will present "A USF Renaissance: Corridors of Franciscan Engagement" on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Moser Performing Arts Center studio theater. USF has begun a new era of expansion in facilities, enrollment and community outreach in response to a rededication to the university’s mission and legacy of its founders, the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate. Vinciguerra will discuss the campus master plan and how it is central to the university’s growth.
A Fireside Chat with USF alumnus Kenneth Johnson is on Saturday from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Moser Performing Arts Center studio theater. Johnson is a nationally known, award-winning former journalist and serves as senior advisor to the Chairman of Communications Director for the U.S. House Select Committee on Homeland Security. In addition to acting as chief spokesman for the committee, which oversees all activities of the Department of Homeland Security, he is involved in helping implement the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations into law.
Also, on Saturday, Elvis Live will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Moser Performing Arts Center studio theater. Bring your blue suede shoes, devour a fried peanut butter banana sandwich and watch a live performance by one of the top Elvis impersonators in the United States. (Or is it truly the King of Rock and Roll? You decide!)
The Homecoming/Reunion celebration will culminate on Sunday with the third annual Quadstock festival. This year, the music festival will feature a variety of local performers, games, an auto show, food and family fun on Sunday, Oct. 3 from noon to 4 p.m. on the university’s quadrangle. The Joliet Fire Department will provide a fire safety presentation and the Joliet Police Department will provide fingerprinting for children. USF student clubs will offer food and games for kids, including face painting and a jumper. The USF Alumni Association will also have a booth. USF’s student-run radio station 88.7 THE EDGE will emcee the event.
Admission to Quadstock is free. The event is co-sponsored by The Herald News and Mr. Bill’s Music.
The Alumni Registration Desk will be open from
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. on Saturday at the Tower Hall entrance.
USF’s Bookstore will also be open. For more
information about Homecoming/Reunion weekend,
call (815) 740-5047.
The following events are also planned:
Friday, Oct. 1
- "Visions of the Future" Tours from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.; meet in Tower Hall, Uno Lounge.
- Mock Interviews and Networking from11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. in the Moser Performing Arts Center
Studio Theater.
- Alumni Luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. in the
Presidents Room.
- Pep Rally in the cafeteria from noon to 1
p.m.
- Women’s Soccer vs. Missouri Baptist at
4 p.m. at the Inwood Sports Complex
- USF GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade) will
meet from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Cemeno’s
Pizza, 1630 Essington Road, Joliet. Those who
graduated within the last 10 years are automatically
GOLD members.
- Training & Development/MBA/BBA/MSM/CETM/CETT
graduates will meet in the Presidents Room from
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Business Alumni Network will meet from 7 p.m.
to 10 p.m. for a cookout in the USF quadrangle.
- Recreation Administration Alumni will meet
from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Cemeno’s Pizza,
1630 Essington Road.
- Social Work alumni will meet from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m. for a wine and cheese party at USF.
- Homecoming/Reunion Dance is at 9 p.m. at the Silver Cross Stadium Concourse.
Saturday, Oct. 2
- One Mile Walk/Run for Health from 8 a.m. to
9 a.m.; meet at the Tower Hall entrance.
- Continental Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
in the Moes Room.
- Annual Alumni Association Board Meeting from
9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Presidents Room.
- "Visions of the Future" Tours from
9 a.m. to noon; meet in Tower Hall, Uno Lounge
- Family Fun Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on the USF Quadrangle.
- Bus Tour "Murals of Joliet" from
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.; meet in Tower Hall Uno Lounge
- Faculty and Sisters Reception from10 a.m.
to noon on Second Floor of Tower Hall
- Alumni Baseball Game from noon to 3 p.m. at
Silver Cross Field
- Alumni Reunions Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in
the Presidents Room
- Alumni Awards Ceremony from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. in the Presidents Room; Champagne Reception
immediately following in the Moser Lounge
- Women’s Softball Alumni Game from 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Inwood Sports Complex
- Tailgate – Alumni Tent tailgate party
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Joliet Memorial Stadium
- Football Game USF vs. St. Ambrose University, Iowa from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. with fireworks to follow at Joliet Memorial Stadium
Sunday, Oct. 3
- Alumni Mass from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. in
the Sister Anita Marie Jochem Memorial Chapel.
- Alumni Brunch from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Presidents Room