Gaines 40th Reunion: October 23-25, 2025

Thursday, October 23rd

6:00PM
- Bale Boone Symposium featuring Ebony Patterson
  Singletary Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall
7:30PM
- Faculty & Alumni VIP Reception
  Singletary Center for the Performing Arts, Atrium & President's Room

10:00AM
- Ribbon Cutting- New Commonwealth Gallery featuring Alumni artwork
  Commonwealth House, Gaines Center for the Humanities
11:00AM
- Brunch with Gaines Directors, past and present
  Commonwealth House, Gaines Center for the Humanities
1:00PM
- Gaines Welcome Panel
  Hardymon Theater, Thomas Marksbury Building
2:00PM
- Gaines Seminars "Revisited"
  - Ron Pen- "Folk Music and Self Expression"
  - Leon Sachs- "Humanities and Democracy in Crisis"
  - Mel Stein- "Health and the Humanities"
5:30PM
- "The Feast: Revisited:" Catered event with Chef and Gaines Alumna Ouita Michel
  Limestone Hall at the Old Courthouse