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Black Alumni Weekend 2025: Tentative Schedule

Rooted in Excellence: Reawakening our Legacy, Rebuilding our Community

Friday, October 3, 2025

Registration Desk Open
JRC Lobby
8 a.m.–5 p.m.    

Class Visitation Opportunities
10 a.m.–4 p.m.    

Lunch on your own
Marketplace
Noon–2 p.m.     

Black Landmarks Tour
Various locations
2–4 p.m.

Artist talk: Anthony Nsofor
Weingart Pavillion (Renfrow)
4–5 p.m.

Middle of Everywhere
Jana Vadillo Godoy '26 Global Livingroom
4–5 p.m.

Artist’s Reception
Weingart Pavillion
5–6 p.m.

Welcome Dinner
JRC 101
6:30–8 p.m.

Saturday, October 4, 2025

Registration Desk Open
JRC Lobby
8 a.m.–noon

Morning Plenary
HSSC Global Living Room
8–9:30 a.m.

Lift Your Voice Town Hall
HSSC Auditorium
9:45–11:15 a.m.

Barbecue/Block Party
BCC Lawn
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

  • Mini Reunions incorporated: GSP, PCPOP, IPOP, Athletics, Posse, Questbridge, YGB, CBS/BSU, and ACSU

Panels
JRC
1:30–3:15 p.m.

  • Black Brilliance in the Boardroom: Navigating Business, Tech, and Law
  • Educating While Black: Transforming Classrooms, Campuses & Curricula
  • The Archive & The Future: Black Art as Resistance & Reimagination

Coffee Break
JRC 2nd Floor Lobby
3:15–3:30 p.m.

Recruitment and Retention Panel
JRC 101
3:30–5 p.m.

Cocktail Hour w/Variety Show
Bob’s & Gardner Lounge
6–7 p.m.

Dinner
Quad Dining Hall
7–8:30 p.m.

Sneaker Ball
Gardner Lounge
9 p.m.–1 a.m.

Movie/Game Night
BCC
9 p.m.–midnight    

Sunday, October 5, 2023

Choir practice with YGB
Herrick Chapel
9 a.m.

Black Church with YGB
Herrick Chapel
10:30 a.m.        

Ongoing: Multicultural Archive Project display, oral histories, and scavenger hunt.