Join us to reconnect and rediscover during the 2007 MCG Homecoming celebration. Events are planned for alumni, faculty and students of all five schools.

Check out this list of school-by-school activities and make plans today to attend. Registration is required, and advance registration is strongly encouraged. (Space for some events is limited.) Alumni have been mailed brochures and registration forms.

To register online, visit www.mcg.edu/alumni/Homecoming.html

School of Allied Health Sciences

Thursday, April 26
Biomedical and Radiological Technologies Program
“Stem Cells and Stem Cell Transplants from A-Z,” MCG Alumni Center. Dr. Edmund K. Waller, professor of medicine and oncology and director of the Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Center at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute, and Ellie Hamilton, supervisor of Emory’s Hematopoetic Progenitor Laboratory, will discuss concepts of stem cells, how stem cells are measured and stem cell therapy for cancer and heart disease. Continuing education credits available (one hour of instructional time).

5:30-6:30 p.m. – Buffet Dinner
6:30-7:30 p.m. – Continuing Education Presentation
7:30-8:30 p.m. – Distinguished Alumnus Awards

Friday, April 27
Dental Hygiene Alumni Day
7:50 a.m.-12:15 p.m., MCG Alumni Center. MCG dental hygiene alumni, $65; others, $85. Stacy McCauley, professional educator for Philips/Sonicare, will discuss “Oral Health Interventions for Infants, Children and Teens.” Four hours of continuing education credit.

Saturday, April 28
Time Capsule Ceremony
9:30 a.m., Health Sciences Building. Join us as we bury a time capsule full of School of Allied Health Sciences memorabilia. The time capsule will be entombed for 25 years, leaving a historical record of the school.

Health Sciences Building tours
10 a.m. to noon. Come see allied health sciences labs and classrooms in MCG’s newest building. Tours open to all Homecoming attendees.

School of Allied Health Sciences Banquet
featuring 2007 Distinguished Alumna Emily Craig, Ph.D. (medical illustration, ’76), 6:30 p.m., Marriott Hotel and Suites, $35. Dr. Craig, Kentucky’s state forensic anthropologist, will discuss her career, detailed in her book, Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America’s Most Infamous Crime Scenes. Student scholarships and Alumni Association lifetime member awards also will be presented.

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School of Dentistry

Thursday, April 26
Table Clinic Day
MCG Wellness Center, 9:30 a.m. Join us for a full day of fun and education as vendors demonstrate their products and students present table clinics.

Student and Faculty Talent Show
7 p.m., MCG Auditoria Center, Large Auditorium, room 141. Come see just how talented and comical our students, alumni and faculty really are!

Friday, April 27
29th Annual Goldstein Lectureship:
“Esthetics” by Dr. Gerald Chiche, and luncheon honoring Distinguished Alumnus Clark Carroll, D.M.D. (’74), 7:30 a.m. course registration, 8 a.m. lecture, noon lunch, Marriott Hotel and Suites, $75

School of Dentistry Alumni Association Reception
3:15-5:30 p.m., Marriott Hotel and Suites, featuring light hors d’oeuvres and conversation in a relaxed setting with fellow alumni, faculty and friends.

Saturday, April 28
Saturday CE with Faculty
School of Dentistry room 1020, 8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast, 9-11 a.m. program. Free for School of Dentistry Alumni Association members and lifetime members, $45 for others. (Pre-registration required.)

Canal Boat Tour
3 p.m., Augusta Canal Interpretive Center, sponsored by the School of Dentistry Alumni Association. Dr. Wade Hammer, a retired faculty member, will be our captain as we voyage down the great Augusta Canal.

School of Dentistry Banquet
celebrating reunions for the classes of 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992 and 1997, 6 p.m., Marriott Hotel and Suites, $40. All School of Dentistry alumni, faculty and friends invited.

Tim Conway Photography will take class photographs. $20 per 8X10, payable to the photographer by cash, check or credit card.

If you and a group of friends are interested in playing golf, contact Barrett Trotter at 706-860-2442 by April 13 to schedule tee times.

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School of Graduate Studies

Thursday, April 26
School of Graduate Studies Alumni Association Board Meeting
Noon, MCG Alumni Center

Friday, April 27
School of Graduate Studies Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award Presentation and Speech
honoring Distinguished Alumnus Laura Murphy, Ph.D. (endocrinology, ’83), 6 p.m., MCG Alumni Center, $25

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School of Medicine

Friday, April 27
School of Medicine Dean’s Reception
5:30 p.m., Old Medical College

School of Medicine Alumni Association Banquet
featuring Distinguished Alumnus for Loyalty Walter E. Brown Jr., M.D. (’64) and Distinguished Alumnus for Professional Achievement Arthur C. Fleischer, M.D. (’77), plus installation of the Alumni Association president and recognition of the classes of 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1967, 6:30 p.m., Old Medical College, $45

Other reunion classes are 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2002. A table can be reserved for your class.

Saturday, April 28
School of Medicine Alumni Association Board Meeting
9:30 a.m., Alumni Center

School of Medicine Reunions
for the classes of 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002. 6 p.m., Marriott Hotel and Suites, $50

Tim Conway Photography will take class photographs. $20 per 8X10, payable to the photographer by cash, check or credit card.

Sunday, April 29
School of Medicine Alumni Association Memorial Service
10:30 a.m., Old Medical College

School of Medicine Alumni Association Emeritus Club Luncheon
11:30 a.m., Old Medical College, $27

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School of Nursing

Saturday, April 28
School of Nursing Dean’s Brunch
9:30 a.m., Health Sciences Building, featuring a historical display, poster presentations, faculty-guided tours and an update on the school from Dean Lucy Marion. This is the perfect opportunity to visit MCG’s newest building, home to the School of Nursing. The reunion class of 1972 will be recognized.

School of Nursing Alumni Association Banquet and presentation of 2007 Distinguished Alumni Awards to Dr. Maggie Dorsey, Ph.D. (’76 and ’81) and Susan Simmons, Ph.D. (’90), 6:30 p.m., Pinnacle Club, $30. Highlights will include Dean Lucy Marion’s update on the school; reunions for the classes of 1967, 1972 and 1977; and a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Ph.D. program.

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