2024 Preliminary Reunion Schedule

Programs will be posted and updated as they are confirmed throughout the spring. Note that private class programs, including class dinners, do not appear on the public schedule; they will be included in the schedule attendees will receive upon check-in. Please check back frequently to see what's new!

All programs are 60 minutes unless otherwise noted. Find locations on our Campus Map.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024
2:00 - 8:00pm Alumni House Reception Center Open

Stop by for registration, schedules of class activities, messages, information on the Amherst area and light refreshments. Telephone: (413) 542–2065.

Alumni House, 75 Churchill Street

Thursday, May 30, 2024
8:00am - 10:00pm Alumni House Reception Center Open

Stop by for registration, schedules of class activities, messages, information on the Amherst area and light refreshments. Telephone: (413) 542–2065.

Alumni House, 75 Churchill Street

10:30 - 11:30am Tour of the Amherst Bunker, Holyoke Range

Tour the former U.S. Strategic Air Command (Northeast Command) nuclear communications bunker and learn of its history, led by Aaron Hayden, the College’s Capital Projects Manager and the unofficial authority on the history of the Bunker. The Bunker has served as the Amherst College Book Depository since its purchase by the College in 1992. Each tour is limited to 30 people. Please sign up in advance online or by phone at 413-542-2313 (beginning April 1). If space is available, you may sign up on-site at the Alumni House Reception Center (75 Churchill Street). Please note: You will need to provide your own transportation to and from the Bunker.

Amherst Bunker, 100 Military Drive, off Route 116 in the Holyoke Range

10:30 - 11:30am Faculty Lecture

Location and details to be announced

1:00 - 2:00pm Faculty Lecture

Location and details to be announced

1:00 - 2:00pm Beneski Museum “Bones and Stones” Tour

Join Fred Venne, museum educator and Student Docents, for a walk through the Beneski Museum of Natural History, which houses outstanding collections and exhibits that include vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, minerals and other geologic specimens collected locally and from around the world since 1825. Particularly noteworthy is the world-famous dinosaur track collection. Bring your cameras. 

Beneski Museum of Natural History

2:30 - 3:30pm Faculty Lecture

Location and details to be announced

4:00 - 5:00pm Faculty Lecture

Location and details to be announced

Friday, May 31, 2024
8:00am - 11:59pm Alumni House Reception Center Open

Stop by for registration, schedules of class activities, messages, information on the Amherst area and light refreshments. Telephone: (413) 542–2065.

Alumni House, 75 Churchill Street

9:00 - 11:30am College-Sponsored programs

Locations and details to be announced

1:00 - 2:00pm Beneski Museum “Bones and Stones" Tour

Join Fred Venne, museum educator and Student Docents, for a walk through the Beneski Museum of Natural History, which houses outstanding collections and exhibits that include vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, minerals and other geologic specimens collected locally and from around the world since 1825. Particularly noteworthy is the world-famous dinosaur track collection. Bring your cameras.

Beneski Museum of Natural History

1:00 - 5:00pm Class-Sponsored Programs

Locations and details to be announced

2:30 - 3:30pm Tour of the Amherst Bunker, Holyoke Range

Tour the former U.S. Strategic Air Command (Northeast Command) nuclear communications bunker and learn of its history, led by Aaron Hayden, the College’s Capital Projects Manager and the unofficial authority on the history of the Bunker. The Bunker has served as the Amherst College Book Depository since its purchase by the College in 1992. Each tour is limited to 30 people. Please sign up in advance online or by phone at 413-542-2313 (beginning April 1). If space is available, you may sign up on-site at the Alumni House Reception Center (75 Churchill Street). Please note: You will need to provide your own transportation to and from the Bunker.

Amherst Bunker, 100 Military Drive, off Route 116 in the Holyoke Range

5:00 - 6:30pm Reception with President Michael A. Elliott '92

Join President Michael A. Elliott and others from the College for conversation and celebration. All are welcome. Reception ends at 6:30 p.m.

Living Room, Science Center

Saturday, June 1, 2024
8:00am - 8:00pm Alumni House Reception Center Open

Stop by for registration, schedules of class activities, messages, information on the Amherst area and light refreshments. Telephone: (413) 542–2065.

Alumni House, 75 Churchill Street

9:00 - 11:15am Class-Sponsored Programs

Locations and details to be announced

10:15 - 11:15am Ed Popielarczyk: Comedy and Magic

Join us for an entertaining and fun magic show with the amazing Ed Popielarczyk, a professional magician, balloon sculptor, flea circus ringmaster and storyteller. Ed will keep kids enthralled and adults smiling during this comedy magic show with lots of audience participation.

Main Quadrangle

10:15 - 11:15am Reunion Soccer Game

The Amherst men’s and women’s soccer teams will sponsor a game between odd- and even-class soccer alumni. Bring your black shorts, cleats and shin guards; we’ll supply shirts and socks. RSVP to Coach Alex Ortega (aortega@amherst.edu) so we have a headcount and spread the word to your classmates and teammates! Plan to go right to Gooding Field to get your shirt and socks prior to the match!

Gooding Turf Field

11:30am - 12:30pm A Conversation with President Michael A. Elliott '92 and the Annual Meeting of the Society of the Alumni and the Alumni Council

Johnson Chapel

11:30am - 1:30pm Balloon Sculpting with Ed Popielarczyk

Hats, animals, airplanes, cartoon characters, flowers, motorcycles—Ed can sculpt hundreds of things with balloons! Stop by until 1:30 p.m. and make a request!

Main Quadrangle

12:00 - 1:30pm Annual Reunion Luncheon

Join us for a complimentary luncheon under the tent on the Valentine Quad. Look for your classmates under the decade signs!

Valentine Quad

1:45 - 4:00pm Class-Sponsored Programs

Locations and details to be announced

2:00 - 4:00pm Amherst Reunion Crew Row

If you peered between the trees along the riverbank and were startled to see a rowing shell gliding across the face of the water, the urge to jump into the boat would be difficult to extinguish. How satisfying would it be to lean on the rudder again and holler at individuals who are not your children, or press your weight against the foot stretcher to leverage the shell forward? The experience would fill the hollowness that has ensued since the last time you sat in a boat. Please join us for an afternoon on the river at our annual Reunion gathering at the boathouse. Coach Bill Stekl will also give an update on the progress and success of the students on the Amherst College rowing team, who move boats faster than any of us.

Amherst College Boathouse (Sportsman’s Marina, Route 9 at Coolidge Bridge)

9:00 - 10:00pm The Zumbyes' Reunion Show

The Zumbyes welcome all Zum-alums, Amherst alums, friends, fans and anyone else to celebrate the 74th year of the group with a free concert of new songs, classic songs and, of course, our beloved College songs.

Buckley Recital Hall, Arms Music Center

Sunday, June 2, 2024
8:00am - 12:00pm Alumni House Reception Center Open

Alumni House, 75 Churchill Street

9:00 - 10:00am Service of Remembrance and Community

Please join us for an ecumenical service to remember the lives of those alumni we have lost this year.

War Memorial, Memorial Hill