For graduating seniors and graduate students, 1961-62 was unique in school history: it marked SNR’s first academic year in its then-new home, the Natural Resources Building (later to be named the Dana Building). The school’s enrollment was 246, including 94 graduate students. Such traditions as the Paul Bunyan Ball, Michigan-MSU Liars’ Banquet and Fall Field Day were in full swing.

That memorable year and the Class of 1962 take center stage Friday, Oct. 12, as SNRE salutes them as part of the university’s 2012 Reunion Weekend. To help relive those memories, 1962 graduates and a guest are invited to a lunch at the school, a talk by the new dean and evening picnic and campfire at Saginaw Forest.

Alumni should register at the university’s main reunion website at reunions.umich.edu or by calling 866.799.0002. The university-wide celebration runs four days, beginning Thursday, Oct. 10, with a gala dinner and presentation of Emeritus pins. Other weekend events open to reunion registrants include:

• exciting talks and lectures across campus
• bus and walking tours of campus
• festive tailgate with classmates, followed by the Michigan vs. Illinois game.

Contact Heather Leszczynski, SNRE’s assistant director of development and alumni relations, at hnlutz@umich.edu, or go online to learn more.