Homecoming & Family Weekend
Homecoming & Family Weekend — September 20-22, 2024
Homecoming & Family Weekend is always an opportunity for alumni to return to their alma mater, reconnect with old friends, and celebrate their pride and passion for UC! It’s also a time for families to get to know their students’ home away from home and see what makes UC such a special place.
Event Registrations
Friday, September 20, 2024
3:00 PM — Campus Tours
If you have not been here to see the campus updates in a few years or you want to walk through your old stomping grounds, enjoy a campus tour guided by our admission counselors.
4:00 PM — Golden Reunion
This is an annual event held to gather classes celebrating their 40th, 45th, and 50th reunions. If you graduated in 1984,1979, or 1974, this is YOUR year! Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served in the Boathouse. Join President Roth, the Office of Alumni Staff, and fellow graduates as we raise a toast to these special milestones!
(We also extend this invitation to anyone who will be celebrating 50+ year reunions, please feel free to join us!)
5:00 PM — Bricks and Breezeway
Renovations to the Breezeway are complete and we welcome this opportunity to thank our Give Day 2024 donors once more. Come join us as we dedicate the bricks that bear the names of alumni and friends!
5:30 PM — Dinner on the Lawn/Pep Rally
This Friday evening tradition is an alumni favorite! Come to enjoy dinner and drinks on the Geary Student Union patio, celebrate the alumni award recipients, buy a single barrel select UC bottle of bourbon with UC whiskey glasses, and join in the cheers of the pep rally.
6:30 PM — Athletic Hall of Fame
The 2024 UC Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner will recognize Kimberly D’Angelo Smee (’14, women’s soccer), Rebecca LeBrake (’08, women’s volleyball), Coach Tony Demeo (football), and Dion Peters (’13, men’s soccer). Come and support these accomplished athletes and enjoy dinner in the Erma Byrd Gallery.
The cost of registration for this event is $25 and capacity is limited.
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Saturday, September 21, 2024
11:30 AM — Tailgate
The party moves to UC Stadium at Laidley Field at 11:30 am on Saturday morning with food and drinks under the tail gate tent. Enjoy fellowship with your Golden Eagle friends and then head into the stadium for the Homecoming Football game and halftime festivities set to begin at 1:00 pm.
(Your football game tickets are not included with your Tailgate registration.)
7:00 PM — Athletic Reunion
A NEW event!
If you were a student athlete, you are invited to gather at the Boathouse for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and s’mores by the fire pit. Come to reminisce about all the wins and lessons learned as a Golden Eagle athletic competitor!
(If you are a Golden Eagle athletics fan, we welcome you to join us, too.)
The cost of registration for this event is $25.
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Alumni Hotel Discounts
Four Points by Sheraton Charleston
600 Kanawha Blvd. E
Charleston, WV 25301
Book before August 20, 2024 to secure your UC Alumni discount.
Holiday Inn and Suites Charleston West
400 2nd Ave. SW
Charleston, WV 25303
304-744-4641 (Ask for the University of Charleston Homecoming group rate.)
Book to secure your UC Alumni discount.
Fairfield Inn and Suites Charleston
402 2nd Ave. SW
Charleston, WV 25303
304-744-4444 (Ask for the University of Charleston Homecoming group rate.)
Looking Back at Homecoming 2023
