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2011 Alumni Weekend Memories
Alumni enjoyed a whole weekend filled with professional seminars, fun activities, catching up with old friends, and coming home to remember where it all started. Below you will find highlights from the events from the weekend.
Bruce Buckley Lecture
Dr. Henry Glassie (Class of ’65)
For over forty-five years, Henry Glassie has been the foremost folklorist in the United States. Part of the inaugural class of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, Glassie helped change the face of the folklore field with his (now classic) book, Folk Housing in Middle Virginia. Glassie is currently College Professor Emeritus of Folklore at Indiana University Bloomington.
Didn't make it to Cooperstown for the Buckley Lecture?
View the entire Lecture on CGP's Youtube Channel.
CGA Contradance & Chicken Dinner
Current students, alumni, families, and community members strapped on their dancing shoes and enjoyed catching up with classmates at the Cooperstown Graduate Association’s contradance and chicken dinner. This family-friendly get together was led by Katie Boardman (Class of ’82). Dancers took a break to enjoy a delicious Brooks’ House of BBQ chicken dinner while reconnected with old friends.
Lectures & Workshops
The Well Crafted Legacy of Stickley
Greg Vadney (Class of ’06), former Director of the Stickley Museum, spoke about the history of the company using the Stickley furniture generously donated to the Cooperstown Graduate Program by the Audi family.
For over 130 years, Stickley furniture has been the bedrock of American craftsmanship. From the very beginning, a continuing tradition of excellence and superior craftsmanship defined Stickley furniture; that tradition continues today.
Virtual Gallerie Workshop
Dan Wallis (Baseball Hall of Fame) & Emilie Arnold (Class of ’11) presented a hands-on demonstration of Virtual Gallerie, as 3D software that allows museums to plan, create, and visualize their exhibitions.
Cooperstown Community Stories: A Tradition Continues
CGP professor, Dr. Walker, provided an overview of folklife and oral history recordings held by the New York State Historical Association and collected by Cooperstown Graduate Program students since 1964. The lecture discussed the uses and abuses of oral history and detailed efforts to make this collection available digitally on the Internet at cgpcommunitystories.org
Alumni Reception
Alumni, current students and community members celebrated CGP’s history and future as they officially opened the doors of our new building to the people we’re most excited to show it to—all of our alumni and friends! Built upon almost fifty years of tradition, the foremost program in museum studies continues to set the standard in excellence and innovation. Guests explored every nook and cranny of the new building. Students and staff were onsite to demonstrate and explain many of the building’s state-of-the-art features.
Thank you to all who attended our 2011 Alumni Weekend.
We look forward to seeing you next year!
CGP classmates Audrey Wolfe, Ginny Reynolds, & Mandy Kritzeck (all ’11) welcomed alumni back to Cooperstown.
Dr. Gretchen Sullivan Sorin (Class of 1975), Director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, toasts the Bruce Buckley Lecturer, Dr. Henry Glassie (Class of 1965).
John Hart (Class of 2008), Elinor Boisvert (Class of 1976), Jeane Bennett-ODea, Olivia Cothren (Class of 2012), and Katie Boardman (Class of 1982) provide entertainment at the CGA Contradance and Chicken Dinner.
Emilie Arnold (Class of 2011) leads a Virtual Gallerie Workshop with the new SMART board in the Exhibition Lab.
Dr. William S. Walker provides an overview of Cooperstown Community Stories, a collection of folklife and oral history recordings.
Ginny Reynolds (Class of 2011) and Kate Coyne (Class of 2011) assist Coordinator of Alumni Affairs Cathy Raddatz with announcing the silent auction winners.
Attendees gather for opening words at the Alumni Reception.