{"id":2213,"date":"2011-02-22T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T19:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keeneweb.org\/newsline\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2011-02-22T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T19:55:20","slug":"class-of-1961%e2%80%94its-your-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/02\/22\/class-of-1961%e2%80%94its-your-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 1961\u2014It&#8217;s Your Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;  Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE              MicrosoftInternetExplorer4              &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;                                                                                                                                            &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Reunion will be a special one for the Class of 1961: It&#8217;s their 50th! So, \u201961 grads, save that first weekend in June (3\u20135) to be here on campus and chalk up another milestone. As honored guests, make sure you&#8217;re standing behind bagpiper <strong>Robert Dinwoodie \u201961<\/strong> to lead the Parade of Classes down Appian Way. It will be all about you (well, mostly) at the Alumni Association Annual Awards luncheon, where you&#8217;ll receive your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keene.edu\/alumni\/goldencircle.cfm\">Golden Circle Society<\/a> Medallions\u2014and all along, you&#8217;ll be meeting old classmates and friends. \u201cThe friendships people made are the number one thing. It was such a small school that still at our 50th reunion we treasure those friendships,\u201d said Reunion committee member <strong>Dottie Simpson \u201961<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The reminiscing continues with a casual meeting and chat session after the luncheon, followed by a cocktail hour that evening and a celebratory dinner at Centennial Hall in the Alumni Center. \u201cI look forward to everyone coming back; it is going to be fun to see where they have gone since the last time we have been together,\u201d Simpson said. In addition to Reunion activities, the Class of \u201961 has also been working for the past several years to establish a $50,000 scholarship fund to benefit KSC students <!--EndFragment-->who demonstrate a financial need, with a preference for students entering the education field. They&#8217;ve raised more than $33,000 so far.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find a lot has changed on campus since 1961, but the memories of <a href=\"http:\/\/keeneweb.org\/newsline\/2011\/02\/22\/another-winter-wond\/\">Winter Carnival<\/a>, tanning on the Fiske roof, and Dr. Barnard remain undimmed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2041\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2041\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2011\/02\/1961wintercarnival.jpg\" alt=\"Recognize anyone at the 1961 Winter Carnival?\" width=\"458\" height=\"268\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recognize anyone at the 1961 Winter Carnival?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Calling all Alumni!<\/strong><br \/>\nReunion 2011 isn&#8217;t just for the Class of \u201961. There will be plenty of fun and reminiscing for every alum, so come on back to relive the wonderful time you spent here, the laughs you enjoyed, and the people that became your family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Reunion will be a special one for the Class of 1961: It&#8217;s their 50th! So, \u201961 grads, save that first weekend in June (3\u20135) to be here on campus and chalk up another milestone. As honored guests, make sure you&#8217;re standing behind bagpiper Robert Dinwoodie \u201961 to lead the Parade of Classes down &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2011\/02\/22\/class-of-1961%e2%80%94its-your-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Class of 1961\u2014It&#8217;s Your Year!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":2041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mark-your-calendar","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}