8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Exhibit

Display of Ann Wilder Stratton ’46 memorabilia. 
Long Library. Free.

7:00 p.m.   Lecture and Book Signing

Award-winning author Sue Monk Kidd (The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair) will give a reading, talk, and book signing.
Phipps Auditorium, Macmillan Hall. 
Tickets: Free for Wells students. $6 other students/seniors/Wells community/children; $10 general admission. 
Click here for box office and general information.
 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

12:30 p.m.   Science Colloquium

"Making Health Care Better: The Genetics of Common Disease"
Presented by Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance, Wells class of 1973. Dr. Pericak-Vance is director of the Miami Institute of Human Genomics and a professor at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine.
Stratton 209. Free.
Click here for more information. 

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.  Science Open House

Celebrating Connections. Multidisciplinary demonstrations and performances by Wells College faculty and students will take place throughout Stratton Hall.
Stratton Hall. Free.
Click here for the full list of open house presentations.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

3:00 p.m.   Keynote Address

"From Thomas Edison to Heddy Lamarr: The Many Sources of Creativity"
Presented by Ira Flatow, veteran TV journalist and host of NPR’s “Science Friday.” 
Phipps Auditorium, Macmillan Hall. Free.
Click here for more information. 

4:00 p.m.   Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

The new science building will be formally dedicated.
Stratton Hall. Free.

5:00 p.m.   Community Celebration

Gala community reception.
Outdoors. All are invited.
 

Schedule of Events  |  Places to Stay

Key Speakers  |   Directions
 

Please call 315.364.3416 or email CelebratingConnections@wells.edu for more information or to let us know you will be joining us. We hope to see you on campus September 27 – 29, 2007 to Celebrate Connections and officially open Stratton Hall.

Last updated 09/26/2007