Parents' Weekend is coming up and this year's schedule is filled with a variety of entertainment, educational and sporting events to take place on Oct. 21–22.
"Our goal is to give parents a feel for what it's like to be a Geneseo student," said Tammy Ingram, director of parent relations. "[Parents College] shows parents of current students the passion that professors have for their areas of expertise."
Parents College offers a wide range of classes taught by Geneseo faculty members, such as "The Immune System: Friend and Foe" and "You Said What? Exploring Language as Symbolic Action." Around 400 of the 800 parents that come for the weekend sign up to participate.
"Parents know what their kids are experiencing socially, but these mini-college classes give parents an inside look on the academic aspect of the college life," Ingram said.
Many entertainment options are available to parents, including the Geneseo Theatre Club's production of "Equus" directed by Joshua Tarp, on both Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. and Kaleidoscope on Friday night, which will feature Geneseo's musicians and performing artists.
Parents will also have the opportunity to attend a Geneseo Opportunities for Leadership Development (G.O.L.D.) workshop on Saturday afternoon along with a program called "What I know now, that I wish I had known then …," during which a group of Geneseo alumni will talk about their past experiences and advise parents and students about how to stay a step ahead with college coursework and in the job market.
There will be a buffet-style Fall Harvest dinner on Saturday night followed by Limelight's presentation of comedian John Heffron, winner of the second season of NBC's popular television show "Last Comic Standing," in Kuhl Gymnasium.
Friday Oct. 21
3 - 8 p.m. Check-in at Integrated Science Center
3 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Plattsburgh, Saratoga Field
8 p.m. Kaleidoscope, Wadsworth Auditorium
10 p.m. Cothernus presents "Equus" by Peter Shafer,
Black Box Theatre, Brodie Hall
10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Late Knight Ice Cream Social,
MacVittie Union
Saturday Oct. 22
7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Check-in at Integrated Science
Center
7:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. Light continental breakfast,
Newton Hall
9 a.m. Parents College, Session 1, Newton Hall
10 a.m. Parents College, Session 2, Newton Hall
11 a.m. A Conversation with President Christopher
Dahl, Wadsworth Auditorium
12 - 4 p.m. Campus Galleries open
1 p.m. Men's Soccer vs. Potsdam, Saratoga Field
Men and Women's Swimming vs. Canisius,
Merrit Athletic Center, $6 admission, free for
students
2 - 2:45 p.m. Cothernus presents Equus by Peter
Shaffer, Black Box Theater
3 p.m. Parents Council Meeting, Erwin Hall,
Second Floor
3 - 5 p.m. Geneseo Generations Portraits, McClellan
House, Main Street
4 p.m. Men's Ice Hockey vs. Adrian College, Wilson
Ice Arena, $6 admission, free for students
4 p.m. Fall Harvest Dinner, seating 1
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Fall Harvest Dinner, seating 2
7 - 8 p.m. Fall Harvest Dinner, seating 3
8 p.m. Limelight and Accents Performing Arts Series
Presents Comedian John Heffron, Kuhl Gymnasium
Cothernus presents "Equus" by Peter Shaffer, Black
Box Theatre, Brodie Hall