The 600-pound cheesecake from Eli's will provide more than 2,000 servings. Sesquicentennial t-shirts will be awarded to each member of the winning teams. The video features interviews with alumni and rare images of the campus through the years. The screening will be followed by a special concert that features music specially commissioned for the event, poetry and dance from the University's early years. Deans Bernard Dobroski and Barbara O'Keefe will host the nostalgic evening.
Tickets are free but reservations are required for the video premiere and concert.
The video will be shown simultaneously in Coon Forum and Ryan Family Auditorium. Tickets are not required at those locations. Also available now is the full-color Sesquicentennial book Celebrating 150 Years, filled with historical and contemporary photos illustrating Northwestern's history. The weekend will also offer special tours of the Shakespeare Garden, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Frances Willard Rest Cottage, Alice Millar Chapel, campus architecture, backstage at Cahn Auditorium and Dearborn Observatory. The Sesquicentennial celebration will continue into the year 2001, Metzler said, with more special events, including programs for alumni around the country.