60 Ways to Celebrate Villa Julie's 60th Anniversary

  1. Learn the lyrics to the Alma Mater.
  2. Attend a VJC sports game.
  3. Donate $60 to Villa Julie.
  4. Ride the shuttle between campuses.
  5. Participate in the Welcome Picnic on August 30th and Spring Back to Life in January.
  6. Make a memory at May Day 2008.
  7. Purchase some VJC gear at the school store.
  8. Join a VJC club or organization.
  9. Volunteer to help an on-campus office.
  10. Take a picture with the Mustang mascot.
  11. Play a game of Frisbee in the Owings Mills apartment quad.
  12. Take a tour of the new Rockland center.
  13. Have a picnic in the Stevenson quad.
  14. Get to know the names of all of your classmates in at least one of your classes.
  15. Talk with a professor outside of a classroom setting.
  16. Work out for 60 minutes in one of the VJC fitness centers.
  17. Journey through the Haunted Trail.
  18. Eat cake on Founder’s Day, October 1st.
  19. Go to mass with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur on Founder’s Day.
  20. Sit, relax, and read a book in the library.
  21. Visit the library and take a look at our history book, entitled, A Vision, A Promise: Villa Julie College.  It will be available in late September.
  22. Befriend a shy classmate.
  23. Wear green, yellow, and white!
  24. Grab a sub at SubConnection and eat outside under the stars.
  25. Attend an art gallery opening.
  26. Attend a VJC play.
  27. Enjoy the festivities at VillaFest Homecoming and Family Weekend in October.
  28. Decorate your windows during VillaFest weekend.
  29. Roast a marshmallow in the VillaFest bonfire.
  30. Update your alumni profile.
  31. Submit a work to the Spectrum.
  32. Read a copy of Spectrum.
  33. Read a copy of The Villager.
  34. Take a walk through the art wing.
  35. Participate in the VJC History Trivia Hunt before Founder’s Day, October 1st.  The questions will be distributed at the Welcome Picnic.
  36. Explore VJC’s website.
  37. Wear a VJC t-shirt on Fridays.
  38. Vote during class elections.
  39. Send a note of appreciation to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
  40. Take some time out to look at the bulletin boards around campus.
  41. Read Kathleen Winsor’s, Forever Amber, and discuss the novel at the November book talk in the library. 
  42. Take a walk around the Stevenson Campus and don’t forget to stop and smell the flowers.
  43. Walk through the new buildings on the Owings Mills campus.
  44. Participate in the Founder’s Day Class Project Contest in October.
  45. Get coffee for 60 cents every month at Jazzman’s.
  46. Go to Convocation in August.
  47. Go to the 1940’s style “tea,” hosted by the library, in October.
  48. Go on the New York City bus trip on December 1st.
  49. Attend Commencement in December and May.
  50. Go to the Black Student Union fashion show in January.
  51. Read Julie Billiart: Woman of Courage, by Roseanne Murphy, SNDdeN, and discuss the book in January at the library’s book talk.
  52. Participate in the New Year’s weight loss challenge.
  53. Check out the 60 successful women from Villa Julie at the leadership seminar (produced by the National Residence Hall Honorary) in March.
  54. Take a trip to Cuvilly, France in April.
  55. Go to the Spring Formal in April.
  56. Take pictures around campus.
  57. Invite your family to join you for lunch on campus.
  58. Take a look at the Rockland sketch done by Thomas Bruggman.  It hangs in the Rockland Center.
  59. Encourage 60, pre-college students to attend Villa Julie College.
  60. Spread the word! Villa Julie College is celebrating 60 years! Highlight our past. Celebrate our future.
     
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