Thursday October 15, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Ryan Fine Arts Gallery
Alumni Art Exhibit
Van Moore ’00 and Eric Villarreal ’99
5:00 p.m. | Wah Wahtaysee Park
McMurry Band Concert
5:30 p.m. | Wah Wahtaysee Park
Sunset Ceremony & Tipi Raising
7:00 p.m. | Mabee Room, Garrison Campus Center
Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner (Ticket Purchase required)
Honoring Dr. Stephen Mittelstet ’67 and Dr. Pug Parris ’73
Special recognition of the 2009 Cross & Flame Award recipients
Friday October 16, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Furr Welcome Center
Alumni Registration
Complimentary snacks & beverages
McMurry Bookstore open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Wah Wahtaysee Park
Tipi Village Tours
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Ryan Fine Arts Gallery
Alumni Art Exhibit
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Swagerty Tennis Center
Alumni & Friends Tennis Tournament
12:15 p.m. | Diamondback Golf Club
McMurry Golf Classic (Registration Required)
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Shotgun Start
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Aldersgate UMC Sanctuary
Chanters Reunion Rehearsal
3:30 p.m. | Aldersgate UMC Sanctuary
Chanters Choral Concert
Reception immediately following in the Aldersgate
4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Presidents’ Dining Room
McMurry Football Reception
5:30 p.m.
Class Reunion Dinners (Ticket purchase required)
J.W. Hunt Society honoring the Class of 1949
Including the class of 1958 and prior
East Foyer, Ryan Fine Arts (no steps on west side)
50th Reunion honoring the Class of 1959
Mabee Room, Garrison Campus Center
40th Reunion honoring the Class of 1969
Village Market Meeting Room, Dining Hall
Decade Reunion honoring the Classes of ‘79, ‘89, ‘99
Joe Allen’s Corral (301 S. 11th Street)
7:00 p.m. | Kimbrell Arena
McMurry Volleyball vs. East Texas Baptist
7:30 p.m. | Radford Auditorium
Homecoming Musical - The Music Man (Ticket required)
Coronation/Beating of the Drum Ceremony
Immediately following coronation
Bonfire & Pep Rally
Wah Wahtaysee
11:00 p.m./Kimbrell Arena
Midnight Madness
Come join in this new Homecoming tradition and meet the Men's and Women's Basketball teams as they prepare for the 2009-2010 season. There will contests, games and fan participation.
Saturday October 17, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Welcome Center
Alumni Registration
Complimentary snacks & beverages
7:00 a.m. | Wilford Moore Stadium
32nd Annual McMurry 5000 Road Race (Registration required)
Registration & Check-in 7:00 a.m. until
7:45 a.m. at Hunt P.E. Center, Room 200
Race begins at 8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. | Library, First Floor
J. W. Hunt Society Breakfast/ Induction New Event!!!!!
of New Members (Class of 1959)
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Ryan Fine Arts Gallery
Alumni Art Exhibit
Artist Reception – Saturday 11:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. | Wah Wahtaysee
Tipi Judging
9:30 a.m. | Bynum Band Hall
Music Alumni Breakfast (Ticket required)
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Windjammers Lounge, Garrison Campus Center
Book Signing
Dr. Rob Sledge will be signing the book he co-authored
with the late Dr. Darris Egger, Prexy: James Winford
Hunt: Founder of McMurry College. This book details the
colorful life of Dr. J. W. Hunt, McMurry’s founder and
first president.
9:30 a.m. - Kimbrell Arena
McMurry Volleyball vs Mississippi College
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Bottom floor of Gold Star
Honors Program Reception
Honors Living and Learning Community
10:30 a.m. | Windjammers Lounge, Garrison Campus Center
McMurry University Retiree Fellowship (MURF) Reception
10:30 a.m. | Presidents’ Conference Room (Maedgen Administration Building)
Boyce Hall Reunion
11:00 a.m. | Jay-Rollins Library (mezzanine, second floor)
Alpha Phi Omega Reunion
11:00 a.m. | Room 214 Hunt P.E. Center
Track Reunion
11:00 a.m. | Quad
Spirit Painting and Walk to Victory
Join us in this tradition as we invite the whole campus
to the Spirit Painting of the McMurry football team in
the Quad. Then help us form a victory line from the
Library to Wilford Moore Stadium, as our players walk
the path to victory!
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Quad, near Library
Family Tailgate (Ticket Required)
Bring children for fun, games, face painting and lunch!!!
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Mabee Room, Garrison Campus Center
Café Ala Cumba Luncheon (Ticket required)
All alumni invited!
12:30 p.m. | Blue Tent in Wilford Moore Stadium
McMurry Cheerleaders’ Reunion
The alumni cheerleaders will be invited to start the game
with the current McMurry cheerleaders by leading the
crowd in the McMurry Beat (formerly the Indian Beat).
2:00 p.m. | Wilford Moore Stadium
Sul Ross State University vs. McMurry Football
(Ticket required or Tickets available at gate)
Half-time Presentation of Chief & Princess McMurry,
Class Favorites & Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
5:00 p.m. | Kimbrell Arena
Mary Hardin-Baylor vs. McMurry Volleyball
6:00 p.m. | Presidents’ Dining Room, Garrison Campus Center
McMurry Student Government Alumni Reception
7:30 p.m. | Radford Auditorium
Homecoming Musical - “The Music Man”
l0:00 p.m. | Interior Courtyard, Garrison Campus Center
Social Club and Alma Mater
Sunday October 18, 2009
8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. | Aldersgate UMC
Homecoming Worship Service
Rev. Namiqa Ardhuerumly Shipman ’79
Homecoming 2009 |