D.C. Preunion and Cinco de Mayo Celebration
5:30pm, Poste Moderne Brasserie, 555-8th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Enjoy a beverage with alumni from the Classes of 1999 and 2004 in preparation for their upcoming reunions, June 5-7. Guests and alumni of neighboring class years are welcome. Contact Stephanie Medwid for more information.
Preunion Happy Hour at the Muddy Pig
5:30pm, The Muddy Pig, 162 Dale Street, St. Paul
Alumni from the Classes of 1984, 1999, and 2004 are invited to warm up for Reunion 2009 happening June 5-7. RSVP to John Schatz '99
or Ben Van Thorre '04.
Find out more about Reunion 2009
Finals Week Volunteer Calling Night 2
6pm, On Campus, Lampert Building, Annual Fund Calling Center
Alumni are invited to make calls for the Annual Fund. Come help Macalester reach its fund-raising goals and give student callers more time to study during finals week. Sign up for a three-hour shift by emailing Zachary Teicher '07.
MPR's Broadcast Journalist Series with author and former Washington correspondent Roger Mudd
7pm, Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel
Roger Mudd, author of The Place to Be, Washington, CBS and the Glory Days of Television News, was the documentary host and correspondent for The History Channel from 1995 until he retired in 2004. Between 1961 to 1992, he was a Washington correspondent for CBS News, NBC News and the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour on PBS. He won the George Foster Peabody award for 'The Selling of the Pentagon' in 1970 and for 'Teddy' in 1979 and the Barone Award for Distinguished Washington Reporting in 1990. Between 1992 and 1996, he was a visiting professor of politics and the press at Princeton University and at Washington & Lee University. He enlisted in the US Army in 1945 and served with the 2nd Armored Division. Free and open to the public, but tickets are required and available at any of the four Bibelot Shops locations.