Erskine College will host an Alumni Weekend celebration Friday and Saturday, March 24-25. Registration information is available here. 

Friday’s activities feature a variety of athletic events from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. A barbeque supper on the Erskine Mall at 5:30 p.m. will be followed at 7 p.m. by a hymn sing with Jeremy Casella on the Bowie Arts Center steps (register for barbeque and hymn sing here). 

The Saturday schedule starts with registration and coffee in the lobby of Bowie Divinity Hall (located on Main Street) from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The Alumni Association Meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. in Bowie Chapel (also located in Bowie Divinity Hall) with a chapel service to follow at 11 a.m.

Inflatables and cornhole will be set up on the Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with cotton candy, popcorn, and face painting available.

A student art display and pottery sale will be presented from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Galloway Applied Arts Building.

The Chamber Singers will perform on the Watkins Porch at 1 p.m., and the Bowie Arts Center will open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for “Lessons of Legends: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Love from Narnia to Middle-earth.”

Back to Class sessions begin at 1:30 p.m. Come hear from Professor of Systematic Theology Dr. R.J. Gore in the Patrick Room of Bowie Divinity Hall or take a tour of local plants with Professor Emerita of Biology Dr. Jan Haldeman (meet in front of Daniel•Moultrie Science Center).

Erskine’s literary societies will compete at the basketball inflatable at 1:30 p.m., and at 4:30 p.m. the Euphie Men will present their Bluegrass Bash and Dinner at the Ellenburg Pavilion.

Tickets will be distributed at registration for a complimentary lunch on the Mall from noon to 1:30 p.m. A seminary lunch is set for noon in the Patrick Room of Bowie Divinity Hall.

A gathering of the Classes of 1979-1986 is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon in the Alumni House (pictured above). Other reunions and afternoon sporting events will round out the day.

A complete schedule of events is available here.