Highlights for Friday, September 23, 2011

Family Weekend Welcome Center
Friday: 11 am - 9 pm
Elaine Langone Center Mall, Ground Floor

Plan on making your first stop the Family Weekend Center. Register and pick up tickets, a final schedule of events to guide you through the weekend and more. Receive a complimentary Bucknell Totebag, and enter to win hotel reservations for Commencement Weekend during your graduate's special day!

Student for a Day – Select one of the following lectures (Registration Required)
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Karen Morin, Professor of Geography
The Geography of Gender
This presentation offers an introduction to the field of feminist geography, an area of study that examines how our gender identities, gender roles, and gender relations are integral to the ways the world around us is organized -- from our homes to our neighborhoods, workplaces, cities, and beyond.

Luiz Felipe Perrone, Associate Professor, Computer Science
Simulation for the Masses
In this presentation, Professor Perrone will give an introduction to computer simulation (one of the first applications of computer science and technology) and show how it is used in the development of computer networks. The discussion will address how the NSF sponsored project "Frameworks for ns-3" is working to provide researchers with easy to use experimental tools for ns-3, a state-of-the-art network simulator.

Meet our Faculty Recption - BEING HELD IN DAVIS GYM
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
(rain location: Davis Gym)
This is a chance for families and students to meet faculty in an informal setting and gain a better understanding of Bucknell's educational goals, insights and mission.

Family  Buffet Dinner ($) (Pre-registration Required)
6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room, 2nd Floor
$18.00 per person $10.00 for children 7 and under
Enjoy delicious food, and catch up with your students!

Womens Soccer vs. Marist - 7pm
Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium

Bucknell Orchestra Concert
7:30 p.m.
Weis Center for the Performing Arts

Theatre Showcase: The Zoo Story
8:00 p.m.
Tustin Studio Theater, Directed by Diego Chiri '11
$5 general admission

Christy's Entertainment A Capella Concert ($)
9:00 p.m.
Rooke Chapel
$10 per person - A Bucknell tradition, tickets sell fast for this concert featuring performances by Bucknell's student a cappella groups: the Silhouettes, Bison Chips, Two Past Midnight and Beyond Unison. Buy tickets online www.bucknell.edu/boxoffice.