ALUMNI RELATIONS SERIES: Classes to Reunite

The Office of Alumni Relations is keeping alumni in touch with the University through chapters, and events planned for Homecoming weekend, taking place next week on-campus.
Alumni chapters are all across the country and world, including Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

“We try and be an alumni association for all the U.S. and the world,” said Marion Gosney, director of Alumni Relations.

There has also been chapter work on the west coast, in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle.

The chapters help to meet and keep fellow Cardinals in touch in all different parts of the world. Alumni chapters also help graduates to find other alumni to network, volunteer and have fun with.
Recently, a reception was held in June with students who were parliamentary interns studying abroad in

London and all of the alumni in Western Europe.

A pub and shopping tour in Ireland, to which all alumni are invited, has been planned for early December.

“The point of the travel trips is to spend time talking and listening to alumni, and provide them with an image of what a University student is like today. It is a way to “keep students connected to their alma mater,” said Gosney.

Homecoming will celebrate the reunions of the classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998 and 2003. The Office of Alumni Relations has planned numerous events for alumni.

Alumni Relations has partnered with Capitol City Brewing Company and Kelly’s Irish Times for happy hours next Friday.

“We want to focus on young alums and have events that will cater to them,” said Meghan Comey, associate director of Alumni Relations. There will be alumni drink specials at both locations. “We really want to speak to our young alums, because eventually they will be our 50 year class. We don’t want to loose you guys after you graduate.”

One of the biggest events is the alumni Pre-Game Tent Party, a barbecue for alums, which is held on the Saturday of Homecoming weekend.

“We are inviting the seniors to it for the first time ever because they are about to be alums and we want them to be included,” said Comey.

Alumni Relations has also redone their traditional Saturday night dinner dance, replacing it with an All Class Homecoming Bash. “We wanted to jazz it up, so it wasn’t as formal,” said Comey. Appetizers and an open bar will be available, but not dinner. They hope that 200 to 250 alumni will attend.

Special athletic events and individual school events are planned as well.

“We want homecoming to be a big fun weekend that people look back on, not just to reconnect with friends,” said Comey. “But as a way to come back and enjoy the campus in a different way.”

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