The University of Cincinnati Alumni Association (UCAA) and
the various UC colleges expect “many happy Alumni Weekend.
Hundreds of alumni are expected back to campus — whichever UC campus they
attended — to visit with old and new friends and connect with their university.
Wait … Doesn’t all of that happen in the fall at Homecoming?
It sure does — but Alumni Weekend is the spring version of Homecoming, and it’s
growing. Each year more colleges participate in the festivities with programs
customized for their particular family of grads. The festivities are anchored
by a number of all-university events.
Alumni Weekend is billed to run Friday through Sunday, April
11-13, but it actually begins Thursday, April 10, with an Athletics breakfast
and golf outing for football lettermen alumni, a Distinguished Awards
Celebration and Alumni Silent Auction at UC Blue Ash, and President Ono’s State
of the University address and Faculty Awards Celebration.
College events dominate the next two days and evenings, and the
noon MainStreet Stride foot parade through the heart of campus marks the
midpoint of Friday’s agenda. Then everyone is invited to an all-alumni luncheon
(Skyline and Graeter’s!) midday Saturday at Myers Alumni Center. The iconic
Sigma Sigma Carnival will be held Saturday evening on Sigma Sigma Commons.
The weekend officially ends with Sunday’s Golden Bearcats
Brunch, where the Class of 1964 will be inducted into the Golden Bearcats Club
at the Alumni Center.
For avid Bearcat-watchers, the UC
Baseball team is playing a three-game home series against Connecticut all
weekend, and the UC Track
& Field squad is hosting the All-Ohio Championships Friday and
Saturday.
“Staying connected to the university has tremendous value
for alumni throughout their lives,” said Dee Robinson, UCAA’s interim executive
director. “All of us on campus are thrilled to provide this important
springtime opportunity to welcome Bearcats home.”
