Date and Time
Saturday Sep 29, 2012
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM CDT
September 29th 10am-2pm
Location
Open House - 3rd floor, North Hall
Buffet & Banquet - Kilkarney Hills Golf Course
Fees/Admission
Open House - Free
Banquet Buffet Dinner - $29 per person
Reservations can be made by calling the office of University Advancement
977-258-6647 or by email: alumni@uwrf.edu
Contact Information
Micheal Norman
651-208-1721
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Description
The public is invited to an open house at the department’s facilities and student media on the third floor of North Hall on campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Current students and faculty will host alumni and friends at visits to The Student Voice (campus newspaper) offices and the campus radio station, WPR-affiliate WRFW-FM. Also open for visits will be the department’s offices and media lab. Former faculty members will be there as well. Refreshments will be served.
A banquet and program begins with a reception at 5 p.m. at Kilkarney Hills Golf Course, 163 Radio Road, River Falls. The program includes a tribute to the founder of the department of journalism, M. Wayne Wolfe, by his son, Minneapolis Star Tribune Reporter Warren Wolfe, and former department chair Lorin Robinson. One of the original faculty members, Don Brod, will recollect the department’s earliest years. Former students will share their memories of journalism and life on campus from the 1960s through today.
