Alumni Celebration

Friday, October 11

8:30-9:45 a.m.     Registration and Breakfast
President's Room, Coffman Memorial Union

Registration opens at 8:30 am for registrants to check in, enjoy breakfast, visit with fellow alumni, and prepare for an engaging day.

10:00-11:45 a.m.     Celebrating Our Past, Building Our Future
Wangensteen Biomedial Library & Health Sciences Education Center

These 45-minute tours will take you through our past and into our future as a world-class medical school.  Space is limited to 25 people on each tour.

What Lies Beneath: an Unconventional Tour of the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine - Do you remember who the Circle of Willis was named for? Have you ever wondered what a Civil War-era amputation kit contained? Curious what a 12th-century Pope prescribed as a cancer treatment?  This tour of the Wangensteen Historical Library is led by curators with a flair for storytelling! One of the top 5 history of medicine libraries in the United States, the Wangensteen is home to over 80,000 rare books, manuscripts, and artifacts and is open for you to explore. Visitors can investigate the library's last exhibit, The Secret Lives of Books, and talk with curators about plans for the WHL's new exhibit space in the Health Sciences Education Center. Participants will also have the opportunity to closely examine and turn the pages of selected rare and well-known books spanning five centuries of anatomy, medicine, and surgery, learning stories about how the history of medicine continues to drive the direction of medical practice and research today.

Building the Future: A New Health Sciences Education Center - The new Health Sciences Education Center is getting ready to transform health education at the University of Minnesota. Walk through the completed spaces in the Phillips-Wangensteen Building, where you'll walk in the shoes of future students and explore the building's innovative new classrooms and spaces, and sneek a peek into the Health Sciences Education Center, currently under construction and slated to open in 2020.

12:00-1:30 p.m.     Lunch and Learn: The New Clinical Enterprise
Beacon Room, University Recreation and Wellness Center

Enjoy lunch, reminisce with fellow alumni and meet current medical students. Dr. Macaran Baird ('75), faculty emeritus, former head of the Department of Medicine and former CEO of UM Physicians, will share his perspective on the new joint clinical enterprise with Fairview and how this clinical partnership will expand opportunities for new medical research and impact student training.

2:00-3:00 p.m.     State of Medical Education
Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower, Room 2-690

Traditionally medical education is divided between preclinical and clinical studies. The former consists of the basic sciences such as anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, and pathology, while the latter consists of teaching in the various areas of clinical medicine. While this is still a key approach to medical school, the University of Minnesota Medical School is rethinking medical education. Hear about our advances in education, including the BA to MD program, Longitudinal Clerkships and other innovative teaching practices.   

3:15-4:00 p.m.     Medical School Highlights
Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower, Room 2-690

The University of Minnesota Medical School plays a crucial role leading healthcare transformation, through research and education.  Hear from Anna Zilverstrand, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, about the effort by the Medical Discovery Team on Addiction to create a large-scale addiction connectome.  Professor Jerica Berge, Director of the Center for Women in Medicine and Science, will review the steps taken to recruit, retain and mentor diverse faculty, ensure resources and salary equity, and empower faculty members to be agents of action at the Medical School.

5:30–9:00 p.m.     Class Reunions for Classes of 1979, 1989, 1994, and 2009
Graduate Hotel 

Alumni celebrating reunions from the classes of 1979, 1989, 1994, and 2009 will gather for class-specific dinners at the Graduate Hotel.  The evening will begin with combined hors d'oeuvres reception and cash bar, followed by private dinners and dessert for each of the classes.  Dinner choices include Herb and Lemon Chicken Breast with fingerling potato, asparagus, green olive, preserved lemon and roast fennel jus; Cabernet Braised Beef Short Rib with mushroom and potato pave, seasonal vegetable, braising jus, charred scallions; or Butternut Squash Tortellacci with root vegetables, toasted hazelnuts, amaretti crumbs, parmesan sage cream.

Saturday, October 12

10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.     Class Reunions for Classes of 1959, 1964, and 1969
Graduate Hotel

Alumni celebrating reunions from the classes of 1959, 1964, and 1969 will gather for class-specific luncheons at the Graduate Hotel.  The morning will begin with continental pastries and cash bar, followed by private luncheon and dessert for each of the classes.  Luncheon choices include Grilled Tarragon Chicken with herb orzo and seasonal vegetables with tarragon and tomato butter sauce; Petite Tenderloin of Beef with burgundy sauce, roasted fingerling potatoes and seasonal vegetable; or Cheese Tortellini with sun-dried tomatoes and broccoli. 

6:30 p.m.     Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. University of Nebraska Cornhuskers
TCF Bank Stadium 

Cheer on the Golden Gophers as they take on the Nebraska Huskers at TCF Bank Stadium.  Medical School alumni can purchase at a discounted price through the Football Tickets tab on the Alumni Celebration website.  Tickets are purchased separately from Alumni Celebration registration.

Attendees

The following people have registered for the Alumni Celebration as of 1:30 pm on Tuesday, October 8.  

Class of 1959

Richard Bendel
Benjie Goldfarb
Russell and Karen Larsen

Class of 1964

Walter and Ginger Bailey
Thomas Canfield
David and Karen Carlson
Jon and Elizabeth Fredlund
Jim and Pat Lehmann
David and Peggy Lucas
George and Ann Nemanich
John and Elizabeth Reichert
Gerald Ronning
Robert and Betty Van Tassel

Class of 1969

Tim Cady
Ed DeHaan
John Eichten
John and Mary Gorny
Richard Guthrie
Thomas and Patricia Hildreth
David and Jennifer Johnson
Wesley and Julie Lindquist
Bruce Norback
Garry Peterson (Friday day only)
Bert Reiman
Jane Reiman
Bert Spence
Paul Spilseth
Richard Stennes
Jeffrey and Karen Strickler
David Stuart
John Tobin
Rud Wasson and Timmy Wasson

Class of 1979

Jeff Aldridge
Tom Aufderheide
Scott and Susan Augustine
Eugene and Margaret Berg
Jim Buck
Edmund Chute
William Downey
Michael Dukinfield
Thomas Ferrara
Philip Halverson
Jan and Skip Johnson
Michael Koopmeiners (Friday day only)
Westscot Krieger
Ave Lachiewicz
Joseph 'Jay' O'Grady
Jennifer Olson
Maureen Reed and Jim Hart
Donald and Ann Roach
Richard Stanek
Helen Story
Janis Strickler
Carole Summers and John MacDonald (Friday day only)
Richard Sveum
Kristin Sweeney
Alan and Susan Weingarden
Benajmin Whitten
Jane Wilkens
Lucy Wollaeger

Class of 1989

Brenda Abraham
Mark Austin
Susan Austin
Mary Bretzman
Peter Dahlberg and Anuradha Tummala
Andrew Dorwart
Erik and Ellen Dovre
Lisa Drage
Bruce Eaton
Beth and Bob Elfstrand
Kathrine Frey
Sonya Fuad
Kathleen Hectorne
Stephen and Jennifer Jameson
Jessica and Lee Johnson
Steven and Mary Kapla
David Kroschel
David and Elizabeth Lee
Christine Leitgen
Denise Long
Mark and Ronda Matthias
Jaime Milavetz and Gisela Gierczak
G Thomas O'Bryan
Eric Olson
Gregory Plotnikoff
Patricia (Trish) and Brian Prokosch
Susan and Brian Quinn
Joseph Rabatin
Elizabeth Schertz
Eric and Diane Storvick
Joan Trowbridge
Anders Ulland
Michael and Kim Vener
David Wallinga

Class of 1994

David Antezana
Lynne Gibeau
Martha and Paul Ripon

Class of 2009

Michelle Carlson and Aaron White
Bethany Cook
Elisabeth Hurliman
Leigh and Corey Koidahl
Melanie Lo
Sandra and Andrew Schultz

Lodging

A small block of rooms is reserved for University of Minnesota Medical School Alumni Celebration guests at the the Graduate Hotel near campus.

Graduate Minneapolis


615 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis MN 55414

To make reservations, visit z.umn.edu/graduate-medschool.  The hotel encourages online reservations, but guests can also make reservations over the phone.  Call 612-379-8888, press 1 for Reservations, and ask for the UM Medical School Alumni Weekend Room Block.  The reservations department is open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Reservation deadline: September 25, 2019

Football Tickets

Join us in cheering on the Gophers as they take on the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers! We have teamed up with Athletics to provide alumni with a special discounted rate on football tickets. You can purchase any available ticket, but we're encouraging Medical School alumni to purchase tickets in sections U 208 or U 209 so that you might be seated near one another.

Discounts range from $10-$25 off of the ticket price, depending on which seats you select.  Click the button below to purchase tickets at the discounted rate. Note that the discount has already been applied and is reflected in the ticket prices listed.

NOTE: Football tickets are purchased separately in separate transactions from the Alumni Celebration.  If you want to attend the football game and Alumni Celebration events, please make sure you've completed purchases for both events.

GET YOUR FOOTBALL TICKETS

Please contact Zach Czubakowski in the ticket office with any questions, zczubako@umn.edu, (612)-625-4205.

Morning Bagels Walk 'n Run

WEATHER UPDATE!!!  Due to the expected inclement weather, the location of the Walk 'n Run has been changed.  Instead of East River Flats, we will gather at the Caribou Coffee located on the 2nd floor of Moos Tower on campus.  The closest parking ramp is the Washington Avenue Ramp.  

Co-hosted by classmates Jan Johnson, Maureen Reed, Kristin Sweeney, Lou Wagner, Linda Williams, Lucy Wollaeger, Dick Sveum, and Jennifer Olson.

Please join us for coffee and bagels, walking or running, or just more conversation.
Completely informal; family members welcome

Saturday Oct 12
8-9:30 a.m.
Meet at Caribou Coffee in Moos Tower

Class of 1989 Brunch

Classmates who attend the reunion dinner are invited to continue the celebration with brunch on Saturday, October 12, at the home of Trish (Huberty) and Brian Prokosch.  Location and details will be emailed to those who register.

Saturday, October 12
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Prokosh Home (near the airport)

Space for the brunch is limited. Alumni are welcome to bring one guest. Please only register if you are certain you will attend and notify the Reunion Committee at UMNMEDClassof1989@gmail.com if your plans change after you register.  Note: registration is separate from Alumni Celebration registration.  Click the button below to register for the brunch.

Register for Brunch