08:00 – 14:00
- Gathering at the Culture and Convention Center; gown sales and pick-up
- Registration for the 55 th,60th and 65th Year Commemorative Medals
08:30 – 09:00
- Band Performance (The performance will end in front of the Culture and Convention Center as the buses depart for Anıtkabir.)
08:45 – 10:30
- Visit to Anıtkabir (Buses will depart from the front of the Culture and Convention Center at 09:00 and return to campus at 10:30.)
10:00 – 14:00
- Children’s Workshop (Culture and Convention Center, Small Foyer)
10:00 – 12:00
- Campus tours by open-top bus will depart hourly from the Culture and Convention Center parking lot. (10:00, 11:00, 12:00)
10:30 – 11:00
- Band Performance From the front of ODTÜDEN to the front of the Culture and Convention Center
11:00 – 12:00
- METU Alumni Day Opening Address by METU President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yozgatlıgil (In front of the Culture and Convention Center)
- Performance by METU President’s Office Choir and Classical Turkish Music Ensemble Alumni, conducted by Coşkun Açıkgöz (In front of the Culture and Convention Center)
- Performance by the Turkish Folklore Club Alumni “Fossils” (In front of the Culture and Convention Center)
12:00 – 17:00
- Society and Science Center and METU Archaeology Museum
The Society and Science Center exhibition area and METU Archaeology Museum will be open for visits by our alumni.
12:00 – 14:00
- Alumni Day Lunch (METU Cafeteria)
Menu: Ankara Tava, shepherd’s salad, keşkül or fruit, soft drink
13:30 – 14:00
- Opening of the Vecdi Diker Exhibition Hall
“ODTÜ’yü Kuranlar(1954-1964)” Exhibition
- Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro
- H. Eren Efeoğlu
- Zeynep Buket Üstün Kurt
- Dr. Selen Karadoğan
14:00 – 16:30
- 55th, 60th and 65th Year Alumni Medal Ceremony (Culture and Convention Center, Kemal Kurdaş Hall)
- Moment of Silence and the Turkish National Anthem
- Musical Performance
- Address by METU President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yozgatlıgil
- Presentation of Medals
14:00 – 16:00
- Campus tours by open-top bus will depart hourly from the Culture and Convention Center parking lot. (14:00, 15:00, 16:00)
14:00 – 17:30
- Department visits, medal ceremonies, and activities for alumni celebrating their 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th and 50th graduation anniversaries
15:30 – 16:30
- Commemorative Medal Ceremony for alumni of interdisciplinary graduate programs affiliated with the graduate schools (Culture and Convention Center, Hall A)
17:30 – 19:30
- Alumni Day Cocktail Reception with DJ Performance Organized in collaboration with the Alumni Office and Radio METU ( Garden between the Social Building and the Culture and Convention Center)
20.30-
- Pinhani Concert (Çim Amfi” Çimfi”)