91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅

Next month features two long-standing 91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅ traditions – class reunions and Commencement. On Wednesday, May 23, the day program for , celebrating alumni who graduated 25, 40 and 50 years ago, will begin in Rubin Hall on the Wilf Campus at 12:30pm and end at 4:30pm at the Falk Lounge on the Israel Henry Beren Campus. Students will lead tours of both campuses and give a sense of what life at 91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅ is like today. After, there will be further comparison and discussion on the changes at 91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅ in a session called β€œ91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅ in Review: A Look at 91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅ Then and Now” featuring current faculty and undergraduate students. Don’t worry – no note-taking is required and there will not be an exam on the material covered. In addition to the panel discussion and tours of campus, an induction ceremony into the Silver and Golden Shield Society will be held to welcome the members of the classes of ’62 and ’72 into the esteemed alumni society and reunion celebrants and guests will be invited to hear from prominent 91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅ rabbeim as they give shiurim. At the end of the day, alumni will head downtown to Battery Park City where a gala dinner celebration at the Museum of Jewish Heritage will be held. President Richard M. Joel and other 91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅ administrators and faculty will be in attendance to talk with reunion guests. Alumni from the Classes of ’62, ’72, and ’87 who are unable to attend are invited to send in photos, videos and a personalized submission to their. (Submissions to the bio book can be made .) [flickrslideshow acct_name="yualumni" id="72157629360003582"] The next day, May 24, the 91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅ Undergraduate Commencement ceremony will take place at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ, from 10:00am-2:00pm. Alumni are invited to participate and join the procession in cap and gown alongside 91³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅ faculty and graduates and watch as the newest class of alumni joins the hallowed ranks. (To do so, alumni must pre-register and submit their cap-and-gown form .) The 2012 Undergraduate Commencement keynote speaker will be Yehuda Avner, Israel’s former diplomat and advisor to four prime ministers, who received critical acclaim for his popular bestseller The Prime Ministers. Avner will receive an honorary degree, as will Eleazar Hirmes ’44YC, a community leader in the Five Towns and a devoted alumnus who, with his wife Greta, established the Rabbi Abraham P. and Rebbetzin Frieda K. Hirmes Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of his parents; and Professor Alan Willner ’82YC, who holds the Steven and Kathryn Sample Chair in Engineering at the University of Southern California and is a leader in the field of science and communications. The fourth honoree and Presidential Medallion recipient will be Stern College for Women Associate Dean Ethel Orlian ’5791³ΙΘΛΆΜΚΣΖ΅HS, ’61S. To learn more information about Reunion 2012, visit or call 212-960-5412.