150th Founder’s Celebration Schedule
November 10-13, 2016
Sunday – November 6, 2016
9:30am ………………… Bell Ringing Ceremony
Asbury United Methodist Church
Wednesday – November 9, 2016
11:00am……………… City Recognition Program for Students
Spring Hollow Plaza
Thursday – November 10, 2016
7:30pm ………Coronation of Miss Rust College 2016-2017
McMillan Multi Purpose Center
Friday – November 11, 2016
12:00 – 3:00pm ….. Alumni & Friends Registration
Doxey Fine Arts
5:30pm …………..Alumni & Friends Pre-Banquet Reception
Brown Mass Communications Building, Room 104
6:30pm …………Alumni & Friends Awards Banquet
Brown Mass Communications Building/ Shaw Cafeteria
* Class of 1966 – Golden Anniversary (50 yrs)
* Class of 1991 – Silver Anniversary (25 yrs)
9:30pm ………………………………………… Alumni Social
Beckley Conference Center
Saturday, November 12, 2016
8:00 am – 8:45am ……….Alumni & Friends Registration (continued)
Doxey Fine Arts Center Foyer
8:50am – 9:45am ………Individual Alumni Class Meetings
(Class Projects, personal updates, etc..)
9:50am – 1 0:50am ………. International Alumni Association Meeting
Doxey Fine Arts Center Auditorium
11:00am ………….… 150th Founder’s’ Day Parade
12:30 – 1:30pm ………………… Alumni Luncheon
Brown Mass Communications Building
1:30pm …………………………Concert of Bands
McMillan Multi Purpose Center/Lawson Gym
5:30pm …………..… Homecoming Basketball Game
Rust College Bearcats vs. Wiley College Wildcats
McMillian Multi Purpose Center/Lawson Gym
Sunday, November 13, 2016
8:00am ………………… President’s Breakfast & Photo Session
Mildred N. McMillan Dining Room, Brown Building
* Golden Anniversary Class
* Silver Anniversary Class
8:00am …………….. Founder’s Brunch for Alumni
Brown Mass Communications Building/ Shaw Cafeteria
9:30am …………………………Memorial Service – Pilgrimage to Founders’ Gravesite
A .C. McDonald Gravesite – Hillcrest Cemetery
11:00am …..……… 150th Founder’s Convocation
Doxey Fine Arts Center, Morehouse Auditorium
Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Jerry Young, ’74
President, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
