UMass Amherst’s Stockbridge School of Agriculture Holds its Centennial Celebration Oct. 5-6

 

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WHAT:       Stockbridge School of Agriculture Centennial Celebration
DATE:        Saturday, Oct. 6
TIME:        Centennial Gala, 6-9 p.m.
WHERE:    Student Union Ballroom, UMass Amherst

The Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will celebrate its 100th birthday with a weekend of activities Oct. 5-6 concluding with a Centennial Gala at the Student Union Ballroom, Saturday, Oct. 6 from 6-9 p.m. Gov. Charlie Baker has marked the event by declaring Oct. 6 to be Stockbridge School of Agriculture Day in the Commonwealth.

The celebration of that event begins with a reception at Old Chapel on Friday, Oct. 5 from 6-9 p.m. where UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy and Wesley R. Autio, director of the Stockbridge School, will welcome friends, alumni, faculty, staff and students. The reception will feature historical exhibits, food, refreshments and music.

Beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, there will be bus tours of the Agricultural Learning Center on North Pleasant Street in Amherst; the Cold Spring Orchard Research and Education Center in Belchertown; the Hadley Farm; the Joseph Troll Turf Research Center in South Deerfield and the Levi Stockbridge Homestead in North Hadley. The tours will be followed by lunch in the John W. Olver Design Building Atrium from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Afternoon events from 2-4 p.m. include a campus tree walk with alumnus Michael Dirr and tours of the new CNS Greenhouses, the Durfee Conservatory, the Olver Design Building and the Alpha Tau Gamma fraternity house.