Herkimer College to Host Fall Fest & Alumni Weekend

Herkimer College will hold its annual Fall Fest & Alumni Weekend Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October 2. In recognition of the College’s 50th anniversary, there will be several new and enhanced activities this year.

An Alumni Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony and Reception will be held Friday at 7 p.m. in the Robert McLaughlin College Center. Donald J. Snyder’04, West Winfield, NY, and Dartray Belk’06, of New York, NY, will be inducted, and former honorees will also be recognized. Reservations can be made by calling the Foundation Office at 315-574-4015. The event will be followed by a fireworks display at dusk.

Saturday activities include a ‘Faculty Retrospective’ art show, car show, horse drawn wagon rides, a variety of presentations and displays, cartoon caricatures, pumpkin painting, solar star gazing, master chainsaw artist Mark Tyoe, campus tours, recreational swimming in the Cristman Pool and more. A chicken barbeque will be available for eat in or take out, and concessions will be available at Wehrum Stadium.

Athletic events will include a cross country meet at 11 a.m., men’s intercollegiate soccer game at 12 p.m. and women’s intercollegiate soccer game at 2:30 p.m. Poland and Oriskany girls soccer teams will face off at 4:30 p.m. There will also be several alumni games including baseball at 12 p.m., softball at 1 p.m., men’s basketball at 1:30 p.m. and men’s lacrosse at 7 p.m.

A ‘Cruise with the President’ will take place on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hosted by President Cathleen McColgin, participants will enjoy brunch while on board an Erie Canal Cruise. The price per person is $20, and tickets can be purchased at www.herkimer.edu/cruise or by calling 315-574-4015 no later than Friday, September 23.

For a complete schedule of events, visit www.herkimer.edu/fallfest.