Saturday, June 6
7:30 a.m.
Family Fun Run: "The River Run"
Meeting Spot? Dunkin' Donuts at the corner of Eliot and JFK.
Run the classic bridge loop. Likely Western to Eliot, or Weeks to Eliot with the additional mileage to get to the river. ~3 to 3.5 miles
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Check-in at Headquarters
Cabot Library, Science Center
Please come to headquarters to check in when you arrive on campus. You will receive your name badge, favor, additional Reunion materials, and your House/dorm room key and assignment, if you are staying on campus. Luggage storage is available on-site. Learn more and pre-purchase your luggage storage here.
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
Annenberg
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Our Unexpected Journeys: The Paths We Have Traveled Across 25 Years
Sanders Theatre
Life doesn't come with a roadmap, and no Harvard course could prepare us for all its surprises. But we don’t have to go it alone. Reflecting on the twists and turns in their own paths, nine classmates open up about what they’ve been learning about ambition, pain, love, regret, forgiveness, uncertainty, joy, rebuilding, aging, being enough, and navigating mid-life toward a life well-lived. Come sit with us and connect.
11:30 a.m.
Class Photo
Widener Library Steps, no signage permitted*
12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Field Day Class Luncheon
Tercentenary Theatre
Come join your classmates for a BBQ lunch with an open beer and wine bar and yard games. After you eat, head into Harvard Yard for more games and activities with the other Reunion classes. Suggested dress code is casual. See you there, rain or shine!
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Education – 25 Years Later
Science Center Hall B
A lot has changed in education over the past 25 years! Join us as we showcase our 2001 classmates leading the space today and provide a bit of insight into what our kids can look forward to in High School, College, and beyond.
Steven Kruczek (Former Sr. Director, University of Phoenix) will moderate this panel, which will feature:
- Diego Arambula, Vice President, Educational Transformation, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Mayme Hostetter, President, Hamline University
- Michael Volonnino, President, Bishop Fenwick High School
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Arts Across Industries
Science Center Hall D
This panel examines creative process, storytelling, artistic thinking, and cultural impact with Director & Executive Producer Alexandra Dean, Producer/Writer/Comedian Sarah Haskins, and Harvard Professor & Author Sarah Lewis. Join us as we explore the arts across academia and the film and television industries.
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
IRL Harvard '01 Book Club at Reunion
Science Center 110
We've been meeting now for almost six (!) years on Zoom. At Reunion, we will sit down for real. Come join us to discuss The Class by Erich Segal (the author of Love Story), a novel about members of the class of 1958 and the lead-up to their 25th reunion. Very meta. (Lower case meta, not upper case Meta.) We will meet at 3pm on the Saturday of reunion in the Science Center - hope to see you there!!
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
The Class Survey Featuring Matt O'Hare
Science Center Hall B
The ULTIMATE pre-game event. This year’s rendition of the World Famous (we have ‘01ers conveniently located throughout the world) Class Survey Results as presented by our very own Matt O’Hare and special guests. Your answers, your data, your experience…aggregated for all to enjoy in one of your favorite lecture halls. Hall B!! Can you B-lieve it?!?! Do not miss this and be forced to wait five more years to join in the fun.
7:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Class Dinner & Party
Northwest Building, 52 Oxford St
Welcome to the main event - twenty five years in the making! Enjoy dinner, drinks, and dancing and maybe even some late night snacks. Attire? Think summer cocktail…unless it’s unseasonably cold (which happens) and then think unseasonably cold cocktail.
