Clarks Headline Alumni Weekend

The Clarks, a popular Pittsburgh-area rock and roll band will headline Alumni and Family Weekend Oct. 3-5 at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.

The concert is just one of many activities that are open to the public, including a career networking luncheon, athletic hall of fame induction, vendor fair in the quad, rededication of Swarts Hall and an open house for the new Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) House.

Activities begin Friday, Oct. 3, with a Career Networking Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in the Mukaiyama University Room in the Frame-Westerberg Commons.

A panel of alumni will share insight and advice on starting and advancing in a career through networks. This year’s panelists include Scott Bell ’94, a sales trainer for Sanofi Pasteur Pharmaceuticals; Sharon Hodgdon ’94, a senior financial aid counselor at Jamestown (N.Y.) Community College; Andy McCole ’93, an investigator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and Chris Napoleon ’87-’88, chief engineer and owner of Napoleon Engineering Services. The event is sponsored by the Pitt-Bradford Alumni Association, Pitt-Bradford Alumni Relations and Careers Services offices and County National Bank.

The event is free for Pitt-Bradford students. There will be a $10 cost for non-college students. To make a reservation, call the office of alumni relations at (814)362-5091.

Also on Friday will be the rededication of Swarts Hall at 4:30 p.m. with tours, program demonstrations, light refreshments and mini-reunions. Mini-reunions will be held for English, broadcast communications, writing, public relations and interdisciplinary arts; business management, economics, accounting and entrepreneurship; sociology, social sciences, history/political science and criminal justice; psychology; nursing; and human relations.

A bonfire will be held at 8:30 p.m.

On Saturday morning, events begin with the 9 a.m. Athletic Hall of Fame induction for Amanda Reese ’03, volleyball; Nichole Spindler ’04, softball; and Jessica Coene ’01, soccer, in the Sport and Fitness Center. To make a reservation, call the athletics department at (814) 362-7520.

An awards brunch at 11 a.m. Saturday in the University Room will honor professor Don Lewicki as recipient of the PBAA Teaching Excellence Award and Tim Fannin ’78 of Clearfield as recipient of the PBAA’s Distinguished Volunteer Award.

The cost is $12. Advance reservations may be made by calling the alumni office.

From noon until 5 p.m., vendors and student groups will hold activities and sell food, jewelry, clothing, art, handcrafted items, antiques, wine, toiletries, home décor, plants, and kitchen items in the Robert B. Bromeley Quadrangle.

Beginning at 1 p.m., there will be a series of special-interest classes, including a Simply Delicious Cooking Demonstration, Smart Estate Planning Ideas, and Elephants and Asses from 1 to 2:15 p.m. and a digital photography workshop and wine appreciation from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

From 2 to 4 p.m., the public can investigate Pitt-Bradford’s new CSI House at 31 Taylor Drive.

Other afternoon activities include a family swim in the Sport and Fitness Center from 1 to 4 p.m., a women’s tennis match at 1 p.m. at the Kessel Athletic Complex, and an alumni baseball game at 2 p.m. at the Kessel Athletic Complex.

Good Brother Earl will open for The Clarks at 8 p.m. in the Bromeley Family Theater of Blaisdell Hall, with The Clarks taking the stage at 9 p.m. The Clarks have appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and have sold more than a quarter of a million albums. For more information on The Clarks, visit www.clarksonline.com/.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called Good Brother Earl’s music “a full-bodied Triple-A rock sound that can fall right into place between the Counting Crows, Dave Matthews and the Jayhawks.” For more information on Good Brother Earl, visit www.goodbrotherearl.com/.

Tickets for the public are $20 and will be available the day of the concert. Any unused tickets will be sold at 8:30 p.m.

The weekend will wrap up with brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the KOA Dining Room in the Commons. Price is $7 for adults and $5 for children under 7.

For more information on Alumni and Family Weekend, contact the Office of Alumni Relations or go to www.upb.pitt.edu/cheers.aspx.

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