New Haven 4/9/08 Check out the latest! Our Reunion Symposiumline-up now includes Darren Samuelsohn, senior reporter for Greenwire in Washington, D.C., who will provide an insider’s view on climate and energy positions of Senators McCain, Clinton and Obama. We will also have former Dean John Gordon, Professor Bill Burch along with additional alumni and faculty. Click on “Symposium” below for more details.
Program Schedule Thursday Biennial Dinner Meeting with U.S. Alumni of Color Friday Field Trip Opening Dinner/TGIF with film features Saturday Symposium Awards Luncheon Banquet Distinguished Service Awards and Distinguished Alumni/ae Awards Dean’s State of the School Address Alumni/ae Association Meeting Class Parties / History Dinner Party Sunday Breakfast / Tree Planting		Lodging Information View a List of People Currently Registered

Schedule at a Glance

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Program Schedule

THURSDAY, May 15

5:00 – 9:00 PM
Biennial Meeting with U.S. Alumni of Color

Join special guest Nydia Gonzalez, Chief Diversity Officer at Yale, for a reception, dinner and conversation about the ways Yale University and the School of F&ES are breaking new ground in leadership development among U.S. communities of color. Hosted by Assistant Dean Pilar Montalvo.

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FRIDAY, May 16

8:30 – 4:30 PM (departing Sage Hall)
Yale Myers Forest Field Trip

Enjoy a guided tour of Yale Myers Forest:

• See recent facilities upgrades and hear about future plans;
• Tour site of recent timber harvest for Kroon Hall wood, the first harvest sold as FSC-certified;
• Walk the demonstration trails to see progress on silvicultural prescriptions and wildlife habitat management;
• Visit faculty research sites and/or an active timber harvest.

Bring your poncho in case of May rains!

5:30 – 9:30 PM
Special Event: Opening Dinner/TGIF with special film features

Gather for a family-friendly buffet dinner, followed by a film short on Kroon Hall by Bill Finnegan ’03 and Pete Land ’03. Then settle in for our featured presentation, King Corn, introduced in person by co-producer and co-star, Ian Cheney ’03. Follow his adventure with Curt Ellis, planting a single acre of the nation’s most powerful crop in the rural town of Greene, Iowa, and setting out to follow it to America’s tables. You will witness in film what they learned about the destiny of their harvest.

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SATURDAY, May 17

8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Symposium: Crises, Opportunities and Politics: What can we really do?

As a community of leaders facing ecological and environmental crises, F&ES alumni/ae are struggling to respond at local, regional and international scales. Our community of scientists, managers, advocates and consultants is vigilantly creating and applying new knowledge through policy initiatives, management strategies and conservation mechanisms. This year we are also anticipating the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Symposium participants will consider such questions as:

• What can be done within the political process?
• What critical needs fall outside of electoral politics?
• How can we more effectively respond—individually and professionally—to these crises? What existing tools are useful and where do we need to be inventive? What can we really do?

John Gordon	William Burch

Among our Special Guests:

• Darren Samuelsohn, senior reporter with Greenwire (http://www.eenews.net/gw/)
• John Gordon, former F&ES dean (1983–1992)
• Bill Burch, F&ES Hixon professor
• Ben Cashore, F&ES professor
• Energy/environment advisors from the presidential campaigns
• Robert Michael Pyle, Ph.D. ’76, author
• Florence Miller ’03, Center for Whole Communities
• Saleem Ali ’96, ed., Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution

12:30 – 2:45 PM
Awards Luncheon Banquet
Distinguished Service Awards and Distinguished Alumni/ae Awards
Dean’s State of the School Address

3:00 – 4:30 PM
Your F&ES Alumni Association Executive Council will host a meeting for alumni/ae to discuss future priority projects for the Association. All are welcome.

Saturday Evening

Class Parties

Class Parties with dinner as pre-arranged with the Office of Alumni Affairs—contact the office for information regarding a specific class event. (alumni.fes@yale.edu OR 203.432.5108)

Join a Class Party (BYOB)—plans are in the works for these classes:

• Class of 2003
• Class of 1998
• Class of 1993

F&ES History Dinner Party

All Alumni/ae are welcome to a Retrospective Supper & Storytelling in Sage Hall focused on F&ES history from the 1970s and 1980s, with F&ES historian Jim Fickle and former dean John Gordon (1983–1992). This remarkable time of shared memories and perspectives will be facilitated by Terry Chester ’75.

Please call the Office of Alumni Affairs at 203.432.5108 or e-mail (alumni.fes@yale.edu) if you still wish to arrange an event for Saturday evening.

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SUNDAY, May 20

9:00 –11:00 AM
Breakfast and Tree-Planting

The traditional end note to Reunion Weekend—a flapjack breakfast and a new tree for Marsh Hall and Gardens—brings the time to an appropriately fun and reflective close. Great for the whole family!

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Registration Information

Deadline for registration: Thursday, May 1, 2008

Hotel Information

Lodging in New Haven – Make Your Travel Plans Soon

Group Rates Expired

Courtyard by Marriott at Yale
(Reservation deadline: April 15, 2008)
30 Whalley Avenue
Phone: 203.777.6221
Group Rate: $129.00 plus tax
Daily Parking: $12 plus tax
Check-in 3:00 PM/Check-out 11:00 AM
No Shuttle Service.

La Quinta Inn & Suites
(Reservation deadline: April 24, 2008)
400 Sargent Drive
Phone: 203.562.1111
Group Rate: $109.00 plus tax
Parking: Free on site
Check-in 3:00 PM/Check-out 11:00 AM
Shuttle Service to Yale F&ES: Arrange at check-in.

Omni Hotel – New Haven at Yale
(Reservation deadline: April 15, 2008)
155 Temple Street
Phone: 203.772.6664
Group Rate: $143.00 plus tax
Garage Parking: $18 per night self park
Check-in 3:00 PM/Check-out 12:00 PM
No Shuttle Service. Note: 20-minute walk to F&ES/Sage Hall.

The Hamden Clarion Hotel & Suites
(Reservation deadline: April 15, 2008)
2260 Whitney Avenue, Hamden
Phone: 203.288.3831
Group Rate: $99.00 plus tax (Thursday only),
$149.00 plus tax (Friday & Saturday)
Check-in 3:00 PM/Check-out 11:00 AM
Shuttle Service to Yale F&ES: Arrange at check-in.

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