Nursing Class of 1965 Reunion & 80th Birthday Party
October 2-6, 2023
Omaha, Nebraska
Accommodations
Element Omaha Midtown Crossing
3253 Dodge Street - Omaha
Rate is $109/night for Monday, October 2nd – Friday, October 6th (with check out on the 6th)
Parking is $15/night.
To book by phone, call Bre Kleckner at 402-884-3306 or use this online registration link to book in this special room block.
Draft Schedule
** Finalized information and online registration is coming this summer. Stay tuned to your email for more.
Monday, October 2nd
Daytime
Alumni & Guests arrive in Omaha. Check-in is available at the Element Hotel beginning at 3 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Hotel-sponsored happy hour
Evening
Casual dinner on your own or make plans to meet up with classmates.
Tuesday, October 3rd
6:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Free breakfast in the hotel
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Classmates take the hotel shuttle to the UNMC campus for the day.
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Circle time in the Linder Reading Room (Classmates only)
12:00 p.m.
Possible shuttle transport for guests to join for lunch and the afternoon
12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch in Williams Science Hall Room 2.0.010.1
1:45 p.m.
Walk to the Wigton Heritage Center
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Tour of the Wigton Heritage Center
3:30 p.m.
Leave campus for the Element Hotel
3:45 p.m.
Social or relaxation time at the hotel
5:30 p.m.
Hotel-sponsored happy hour
6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
80th Birthday Party in UNMC's Wigton Heritage Center
Wednesday, October 4th
6:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Free breakfast in the hotel
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Take the hotel shuttle to the UNMC campus for the day.
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Tour the Davis Global Center
12:00 – 12:15 p.m.
Walk to the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
12:15 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch – The Restaurant, inside the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Attendees order and pay on their own.
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Tour the Chihuly Sanctuary & Leslie's Healing Garden in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
3:30 p.m.
Leave campus for the Element Hotel
3:45 p.m.
Social or relaxation time at the hotel
5:30 p.m.
Hotel-sponsored happy hour
6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Dinner & Merriment at Jerico's
Thursday, October 5th
6:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Free breakfast in the hotel
Daytime
Attend activities of choice. Options include:
- The Henry Doorly Zoo
- Lauritzen Gardens
- The Durham Museum
- High Tea at the Cottonwood Hotel (if available)
- Going to Lincoln to tour the nursing campus there and/or a tour of the Capitol building.
- The Kiewit Luminarium Science Museum
Lunch
In the Cottonwood Hotel in the Orleans Room
5:30 p.m.
Hotel-sponsored happy hour
6:30 p.m.
Dinner at Gorat's Steakhouse
Friday, October 6th
6:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Free breakfast in the hotel
Travel home.