Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Events

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Visit the Alumni House to pick up your nametag, which serves as your ticket to many events. You can also add or modify events in your registration, pick up your class button, browse W&M gifts and gear, make a reunion gift and more. 

Join members of the OWJ Board for their annual meeting to learn more about OWJ’s plans for the coming year. 

Celebrate the Year of the Arts and the opening of the first phase of the new Arts Quarter, an 180,000-square-foot facility that comprises a renovated Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall and a new Music Building.

The Order of the White Jacket fosters and strengthens the bonds between alumni who served in food service.  Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails starting at 6 p.m.

Class of 2024 only. Cheers to your Senior Year brings the Homecoming experience to our senior class before anyone else. Gather under the big tent and dance to music from a DJ. Quench your thirst and appetite with free food, wine and beer.

Visit the Alumni House to pick up your nametag, which serves as your ticket to many events. You can also add or modify events in your registration, pick up your class button, browse W&M gifts and gear, make a reunion gift and more. 

Join your fellow Olde Guarde members — alumni who graduated 50 years ago or more — and their guests for a morning of food and fellowship. The morning will start with a bloody mary and mimosa reception, followed by lunch and a guest speaker.

Title: Navigating the Future of AI-Augmented Research and Education
Speaker: Douglas C. Schmidt
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor and Associate Chair of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University

McGlothlin Street-Hall Room 020

Reception to follow

Come out to Hearth on Friday afternoon of Homecoming Weekend. Talk with Lemon Project team members about their reparative work.

Join the Office of Career Development & Professional Engagement for an opportunity to build and tap into your W&M network. Learn about W&M One Network and meet fellow members of the W&M community for professional networking.

GSWS Homecoming Lecture by Prof. Leisa Meyer (GSWS, HIST, AMST)

Find the perfect spot along Richmond Road to cheer for Grand Marshal Glenn Close ’74, D.A. ’89, H.F. ’19, student organizations, alumni groups and special guests in the parade!

In the courtyard of the Wren Building, we honor alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the university who passed in the last year. In the event of severe weather, the ceremony will be moved to Commonwealth Auditorium.