Approximately 1,500 alumni, friends and family attended five days of festivities during the 2008 Alumni Weekend, which was held from April 30 through May 4. The Weekend boasted more than 150 events and activities. Highlights included the Alumni Vintner Wine Tasting, which included 10 Pomona vintners; the All Class Dinner with more than 600 people dining in the Voelkel Gymnasium in the Rains Center; 22 academic department and program receptions and open houses held on May 2; and the alumni symposium "Reel Time: Sagehens and the Silver Screen," which featured several alumni, including Sylvain White '98, Robert Towne '56 and Melissa Jo Peltier ’83.

The Class Day parade on May 3 included classes from 1928 to 2003 and was led by members of the Balinese Gamelan. The parade wound its way around Marston Quad, down Stover Walk and into Big Bridges. Wilfred Taylor '28, here for his 80th reunion at age 101, was the Grand Marshall.