MEDIA ADVISORY

10/22/99

Editors, news directors: Following are details of Ohio University's Homecoming Weekend Oct. 22-23. For more information, call Dwight Woodward at University News Services, (740) 593-1043.

Friday Ohio University President Robert Glidden will deliver the annual state-of-the-university address at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, in 194 Irvine Hall. The address will be broadcast live on WOUB-AM 1340 and on the World Wide Web at: http://www.ohiou.edu/about/new/index.html After the weekend, the address will be on the Web at: http://www.ohiou.edu/about/new/10-22-99.html . The address will also be available live on CatVision channel 55 in the residence halls. Copies of the address will be available at University News Services, 164 Scott Quad.

Descendants of Ohio University's first male and female African-American graduates, John Newton Templeton and Martha Jane Hunley Blackburn will be in Athens for the rededication of Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Descendants of William Williamson, whose family owned Templeton family members as slaves before freeing them and bringing them to Ohio from South Carolina, will meet with descendants of the Templetons for the first time Friday afternoon. The families will be available for interviews with the media at 4:15 p.m. Friday in the Lindley Room at the Ohio University Inn.

Saturday

  • 10 a.m., Parade and Float Competition, Court Street and Convocation Center, with Parade Grand Marshals Don. H. Voelker, Alumnus of the Year, and Marge Spooner Voelker, Medal of Merit honoree.

  • 11 a.m., Dedication of Lindley Cultural Center, Lindley Hall.
  • 1 p.m., Ohio University vs. Bowling Green State University, Peden Stadium.

  • 7:15 p.m., Dedication of African American Alumni Heritage Wall, Memorial Auditorium, (740) 593-1762.

  • 8 p.m., Rededication of Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium and Concert, Dianne Reeves and The Count Basie Orchestra. For concert tickets, call (740) 593-1780.

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