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Reunion 2026

This week, we celebrate Reunion 2026 that brought back more than 1,000 alumni and their families to campus. Here, the Class of 1996 poses for a photo before the start of the traditional Pulteney Street Parade. At the “Lives of Consequence: An Examination of HWS Alumni Service” exhibit in the Davis Gallery, President Mark D. Gearan chats with Eric Lax ’66, L.H.D. ’93. Lax served as a Peace Corps volunteer before embarking on a career as a best-selling author. Peggy Bokan Greenawalt '66, L.H.D. '21, Honorary Trustee Katherine D. Elliott '66, L.H.D. '08, Bob Rosenblum '66, and Allen Verne '66 discuss their careers in the Vandervort Room during the mini-college class "Passions, Hats and Second Acts." Captain Dave Rockwell (right) discusses the travel route of the William Scandling research vessel before exploring Seneca Lake. The tour was led by Dr. Lisa Cleckner, director of the Finger Lakes Institute. Sophia Mughal ’25 and Director of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life Rabbi Dr. Ann Landowne examine a torah during the Abbe Center Open House. Mughal uncovered the previously unknown date and location of origin of the Torah and Esther schools in HWS’ possession. Professor of Art and Architecture Christine Chin leads alumni in a demonstration during a mini-class on cyanotypes and silkscreens held in the Katherine D. Elliot Studio Arts Center. On the Café Patio, alums pose for a photo during the Friday Night Food Trucks. Joined by President Mark D. Gearan on the piano, Art Medici ’71 and classmates sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" during the Post-50th Reunion Classes dinner held at the President's home. Campus visitors enjoy hot air balloon rides as part of Reunion's Friday night activities. During her mini college class "Perfectly Imperfect," Dayanara Hernandez-Garcia '96 shares what it's like to live with vitiligo. Members of the Class of 2021 gather for a photo in front of the Scandling Campus Center. Members of the Class of 2001 march toward the Quad during the parade Saturday morning. Gil Carr '06 and his children march down Pulteney Street. Members of the Class of 1971 stroll down Pulteney Street. Mary Herlihy Gearan (left), President Mark D. Gearan (right), John McDermott ’56 (in white), and his family (all in t-shirts celebrating his nickname – ‘Hobart Johnny’), pose with the Elizabeth Blackwell statue. Alumni and their family members view the Quad from the top of St. Mark’s Tower. Dereck Norville-Bowie ’06 and Stephanie Goldson-Bremmer ’06 pose for a photo at the Taste of Finger Lakes and Family Festival. Members of the class of '71 pose for a photo with August Montiel '29, one of more than two dozen HWS students in “Red Shirts” on campus to help coordinate Reunion. At the President’s House, members of the Class of 1976 and their spouses join President Mark D. Gearan and Mary Herlihy Gearan for a photo. The sun sets over the Quad party as the band Uptown Groove performs. Fireworks illuminate the sky on Saturday night.

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