Carleton Class of '87
The Reunion
3/10/12 Registration is Open!
Remember what happened when you really wanted to take Prowe's European History class and become a history major, but you overslept after a late night eating bagels in the Cave and the class was full and you had to take Chemistry instead and ended up doing pre-Med and now have a successful orthopedic practice in Beverley Hillls, fixing hips of aging and terribly rich celebrities?
Remember that other time when you missed the bus to The Cities and ended up spending that weekend with that girl and then you started dating and eventually got married and had kids and have had a wonderful life together so far?
Remember when you didn't put that book on hold in The Libe early enough so you weren't able to check it out in time to study for the final and so you winged it and ended up acing it, leading to that Rhodes Scholarship, graduate work at the Sorbonne and your eventual run for President?
This isn't like those times. This is Reunion. Don't be late: register now.
Registration: https://apps.carleton.edu/reunion/registration/
Look Who's Coming (This site shows who's registered so far. For all of you that used to ask what your friend was having for dinner before you accepted an invitation): https://apps.carleton.edu/reunion/attendees/?class_year=1987
3/10/12 87+ Reasons
We've been adding some of the reasons to come back to reunion this year to the FaceBook group. We've also posted a few of them here on the 87+ Reasons page.
1/16/12 Money, Money, Money
Here's a quick update on the money side of things from Peter Chiappinelli, one of the folks driving the 'giving' side of our 25th reunion:
Just a quick update on class giving.
First, the Class of 1987 should know that the 25th is where, historically, classes really step up and give close to 5 times what they usually do. For our class, we chose a goal of $200,000 (stretch goal of $250k), and a 62% participation.
There's good news to report. At the halfway point in the calendar, we have raised over $120,000! [Editor: That's over 80,000 cups of coffee at Hattie's, or just under 20,000 Wild Pizzas] So we are well over halfway to our goal.
Anecdotally, there are some classmates who have given over 10x what they usually give. Secondly, we've got a few classmates who have committed to over $20,000. If you've given, many thanks. If you haven't yet, there's plenty of time. To date, only 17% of the class has given, so if you're part of the 83%, check out www.give.carleton.edu. Thanks from me, Ted MacLean, and 10 other classmate volunteers who are making phone calls, sending out letters and emails, and otherwise "hounding" you!
1/15/12 Q'ing the FA's.
Welcome to the first update of the new year. It's been a while since we posted anything here, but there's been burbling activity on the FaceBook site in the meantime (which is, after all, what it's there for. Jump in. Participate. Add Friends. Post. Like. Interact. Tell us what you had for lunch.).
Things will pick up as we get closer to registration and then to Reunion itself, and we'll post information here as it makes sense.
Speaking of making sense, we (and by 'we' I mean, of course, Becky Zrimsek) put together a helpful FAQ to answer some of the veritable plethora of questions that you might have about reunion. Check it out and see if it answers your questions.
10/22/11 RSVP 'n' Stuff
The first reunion letter went out this week to thousands of our classmates. The response has been stunning, the surge of traffic on this site took down the servers and required complete overhaul of the infrastructure here at carleton87.org central.
Meanwhile, the added load to FaceBook from people joining the Carleton - Class of 1987 group caused interruption worldwide as '87ers flocked to that social network site for the first time. Where they had no interest in connecting with friends, the appeal of connecting with classmates was overwhelming.
What, you haven't joined the FaceBook site yet? What are you waiting for? Get over there and sign up!
Meanwhile, Jeremy White has added some nifty functionality to let you RSVP to reunion, which will collect a list of the folks that plan to be there. It's nothing offical (you'll still have to actually go to the carleton site and register when that opens up in the spring). But we thought it'd be fun to see who's going, and to let you pester your friends that haven't rsvp'd yet. So go to the RSVP site and let us know whether you'll be there.
Remember: reunion without U is just renion, which isn't even a word, much less a party.
Holy Crap, It's Been Five Years Already?
Welcome to the reunion site for the class of 1987. That's right, it's the class voted the most likely to have graduated in 1987. June 14th-17th, 2012 is our 25th reunion. That's a big number by anyone's standards, but is particularly significant for our class because, well, because it's our 25th. Not the class of '86, not the class of '82, and definitely not the youngsters in the class of '88.
So happy 25th reunion: bring it on!
Oh, you're still here? Good, because there are a few preliminary details that you might want to know about:
This website: This website will continue to be the main place to come for info about the reunion, so check back. It's bare-bones so far, but we'll be adding to it gradually to build suspense and because we don't have enough time to do it all now. So come back to http://carleton87.org. Often.
FaceBook: In addition to this site, we will be using a new, private group on FaceBook so that everyone in the class can interact in a deeper and more meaningful way than ever before. So go to FaceBook now and join the Carleton - Class of 1987 group. Look for the link to request to be added to the group. No, you can't add yourself because we want to ensure that the people joining the group are actually people from our class. So request to join and one of the lovely admins will let you into the party (feel free to tip him on the way in).
Oh, you have questions about our use of FaceBook? Like "why?" Then please check out the FaceBook page on this site that we created just for you. And then join the FaceBook group. All your friends did.
Last Time:Are you missing the old site with all of its heartwarming pictures and messages of good cheer? Then go to the reunion2007 page and wallow in nostalgia.
Website by Chet Haase