Alumni Weekend

An all-out extravaganza, Alumni Weekend is the university's signature event held each spring for alumni who graduated more than a decade ago.

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We are excited to welcome back alumni celebrating their 50th, 45th, 40th, 35th, 30th, 25th, 20th, and 15th reunions for Alumni Weekend 2020! Alumni can expect special class-only events as well as live music, university speakers, alumni panel discussions, campus tours, and the annual Alumni Association Meeting held in Lee Chapel. This year, Alumni Weekend will take place on April 30-May 3, 2020. We can’t wait to see you back on campus!

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Weekend Information

Thursday, April 30

Time	Event	Location
12 - 6pm	Reunion Registration	Hotchkiss Alumni House
2pm	Campus Tours	meet on Alumni House porch
6 - 7:45pm	Class of 1970 - 50th Reunion Reception	Lee House
8pm	Reunion 2020: Opening Assembly ODK Spring Initiation Keynote Speaker: Lynn Rainville, Director of Institutional History	Lee Chapel
9 - 11pm	Alumni Association Welcome Reception All invited	Hotchkiss Alumni House

Friday, May 1

Time	Event	Location
All day	Play our new Disc Golf Course- course map found online, 18-hole course around the baseball field. Disc available for purchase in the bookstore, and a few loaner discs at hole #1.
8:30am - 6pm	Reunion Registration	Hotchkiss Alumni House
9am	Women's Leadership and Networking Brunch	Evans Dining Hall
9am - 4pm	Reeves Center Open House	Reeves Center
9am - 5pm	Staniar Gallery Exhibit Louise Herreshoff Eaton: Watercolors Featuring paintings from the University's collection by Louise Herreshoff Eaton who imbued her work with the color and brushwork emblematic of European Post-Impressionists and Fauves.	Staniar Gallery, Wilson Hall
9:30 - 11:30am	50th Reunion Panel	Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons
11:30am - 1:30pm	Alumni Luncheon All Alumni, Students, Faculty and Guests invited	Cannan Green
1 - 5pm	House Mountain Hike Please contact James Dick (540.458.4066 or outing@wlu.edu) to reserve your spot. Vans depart from the University Center-Early-Fielding building parking lot	Sponsored by the Outing Club
2pm	Campus Tours	meet on Alumni House porch
5:45pm	Class of 1970 - 50th Reunion Photo	Lee Chapel Plaza
6pm	Class of 1970 Celebration of Life	Lee Chapel
6 - 9pm	Class of 1975 Reception and Dinner	Belfield Home and Gardens
6 - 9pm	Class of 1980 Reception and Dinner	Lee House Tent
6:30 - 9:30pm	Class of 1970 Reception and Dinner	Evans Dining Hall
6:30 - 9:30pm	Class of 1985 Reception and Dinner	Law School Patio
6:30 - 9:30pm	Class of 1990 Reception and Dinner	Stemmons Tent (in front of Huntley Hall)
6:30 - 11pm	Class of 1995 Reception and Dinner Entertainment by CHO	Liberty Hall Ruins
6:30 - 9:30pm	Class of 2000 Reception and Dinner	Science Center Tent
6:30 - 9:30pm	Class of 2005 Reception and Dinner	Village Pavilion, Law School Lawn
9:30pm - midnight	Old-Fashioned Band Party Entertainment by Seven Til Sunrise	Law School Tent

Saturday, May 2

Time	Event	Location
All day	Play our new Disc Golf Course - course map found online, 18-hole course around the baseball field. Disc available for purchase in the bookstore, and few loaner discs at hole #1
8am	"Stormin" Norman Lord Memorial Fun Run	Lee Chapel Plaza
8:30am - 4pm	Reunion Registration	Hotchkiss Alumni House
9 - 10:15am	President's Champagne Breakfast Shake off the morning cobwebs and enjoy a hearty breakfast. Remarks by President Will Dudley	Evans Dining Hall
9am - 4pm	Reeves Center Open House	Reeves Center
9am - 5pm	Staniar Gallery Exhibit Louise Herreshoff Eaton: Watercolors	Staniar Gallery, Wilson Hall
10:30 - 11:30am	Generals Assembly: Annual Alumni Association Awards Ceremony Stephanie Wolfe '99, Alumni Board President, presiding. Election of incoming directors, 25th and 50th reunion gifts, presentation of Class Reunion Awards and bestowal of Distinguished Alumni Awards	Lee Chapel
11:30am - 1:30pm	Alumni Picnic	Cannan Green
1 - 3pm	Class of 1995 Gathering Entertainment by Eric Heinsohn '83 and Roger Day '85	Village Pavilion, Law School Lawn
2 - 4pm	Classes of 2000 and 2005 Gathering Entertainment by Shoot Toby Twice	Liberty Hall Ruins
2 - 4pm	Little Generals Fair	beside Liberty Hall Ruins
2 - 4pm	Class of 1990 Gathering	TBD
2:30 - 4:30pm	Class of 1970 Gathering	Belfield Home and Gardens
2:30 - 4:30pm	Class of 1980 Gathering	Home of Neil Treger '79
3 - 5pm	Class of 1975 Gathering	Home of Jim Kahn '75
4 - 6pm	Class of 1985 Gathering Entertainment by Eric Heinsohn '83 and Roger Day '85	Home of Craig Frascati '85
6 - 7pm	Kentucky Derby Party	Evans Dining Hall
7 - 10:30pm	1970 50th Reunion Dinner	Hostetler Home on Brushy Hill
7 - 10:30pm	Reunion 2020: Alumni Celebration! An evening of merriment, music and dining. Entertainment by Datz Us Ramblers	Cannan Green

Sunday, May 3

Time	Event	Location
8 - 10am	Class of 1970 Getaway Breakfast	Wingate by Wyndham

Due to the large number of alumni and guests who will return to Lexington, we have blocked rooms at most area hotels under the name "W&L Alumni Weekend." Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. NOTE: You are responsible for making your own lodging reservations directly with the hotel. The hotels will release all previously blocked rooms to the general public on March 30, 2020.
Class of '70 ONLY Headquarter Hotel:
Wingate by Wyndham (540) 464-8100
Please note that we will be running door-to-door transportation from this hotel ONLY to the activities planned for the 50th reunion. It would make the most sense to stay at this hotel.
Class of '95 ONLY Headquarter Hotel:
Country Inn & Suites (540) 464-9000 | Book online
Other hotels that have rooms available for reservations:
Best Western Hunt Ridge (540) 464-1500 | Book online
Best Western Lexington Inn (540) 458-3020
Comfort Inn (540) 463-7311
Hampton Inn (540) 463-2223 mention the SRP (special rate plan) code W50.
Holiday Inn Express (540) 463-7351; code ALU
Quality Inn (540) 463-6400
Sleep Inn (540) 463-6000
RE Lee Hotel (540) 461-8484
Information about other hotels and accommodations can be referenced at https://lexingtonvirginia.com/directory/lodging
*If you are not able to find a room by calling the above numbers, do try to find one using a travel website like Travelocity or Expedia. They often have rooms that we are not able to access in our blocking process.

Your class reunion fee includes all meals, open bar receptions, transportation on Friday and Saturday nights to and from the following hotels, entertainment and class favors. Hotel costs not included.

We understand that things happen. If you cancel by April 24, your registration fee will be fully refunded. After that, we cannot issue a refund.

Check in at Hotchkiss Alumni House next to Admissions. You will get the revised weekend schedule, class-specific news, special notices, your name tag and any class reunion favors. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR NAME TAG BECAUSE IT WILL SERVE AS YOUR ADMISSION TICKET THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

Free shuttle bus service will be available Friday and Saturday evenings to and from your hotel and campus. Parking is also available in the W&L parking garage located behind Warner Center gymnasium. Be smart, please don't drink and drive. Local police will be enforcing the law.

Alumni Weekend 2019

We celebrated Alumni Weekend May 2-5, 2019.