Schedule of Events

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Explore how your personal story can allow you to connect and enhance your workplace culture. Specifically, understand how diverse perspectives can help to create and design a more enriching workplace culture. 

Visit the walkway in front of Old College to see your engraved brick and talk with UD staff.

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• Open to Delaware Diamond Society members and their guests

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The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is delighted to welcome its alumni back to Newark and UD! We take great pride in the success of our alumni and their post-UD pursuits. We look forward to the opportunity to reminisce about your days as a student and to learn more about what you are doing now.

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• Open to alumni & friends
• Includes appetizers, beer and wine

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Horn Entrepreneurship welcomes alumni back to campus by hosting a happy hour at the Venture Development Center.

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• Open to alumni, faculty/staff, community members & friends

Please join the Dean of the Biden School, Amy Ellen Schwartz, at the annual Ice Cream Social. Hosted at the Biden Institute, this Open House will include the UD Creamery Moo Mobile, yard games and lots of Blue Hen fellowship. 

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Mix and mingle with fellow CIS Blue Hen alumni, faculty, students, and friends as you enjoy hors d'oeuvres and refreshments. Hear updates about the CIS department and view presentations and lab demonstrations with faculty and students.

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Hey, MechE Family, it’s reunion time! Come on back to Spencer Lab for our 3rd Annual MechE Family Cookout. This is an informal, family-friendly event on the front lawn of Spencer Lab (moving inside Spencer Lab if raining). We'll have food, drinks, music, lawn games, and free UD MechE gear for all to enjoy. The UD MechE faculty will be out in full force and would love to see you again.

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• Open to Blue Hens & friends (21 yrs+)

6:00 PM | Reception

6:30 PM | Awards Ceremony Begins

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Come celebrate the 2023 recipients of the UD Alumni Association's Alumni Wall of Fame, Outstanding Alumni, and Warner and Taylor Awards.

5:45 PM - Doors open

6:30 PM - Ceremony, reception immediately following

Cost: $35 per person

• Open to alumni & their guests (21 yrs.+)
• Includes a selection of local craft beers
• Enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres
• Live music by Chorduroy.
  

Cost: $25 per person

Open to Blue Hens & Friends (21 yrs.+)

Cost: $25 per person

Open to Blue Hens & Friends (21 yrs.+)

Cost:

$18 | Blue Hens & Friends (21 yrs.+)
$12| Future Blue Hens & Current Students (ages 2-20)
Free | Children under 2 yrs.

• Includes all-you-can-eat brunch
• Mimosas available for those 21 yrs.+
• Face painting and other activities are available
• Meet YoUDee & Baby Blue

Cost: $5 per person

• Includes wine, beer and light refreshments
• Casually peruse past University of Delaware yearbooks and other materials from our collections
  
• Take a selfie with the bust of Judge Morris

Cost: $25 per adult

• Open to Blue Hens & Friends (21 yrs+)
• Includes 8 rounds of bingo & lunch buffet
• 1 free drink, cash bar available for additional purchases

You’re making a difference at UD—$5 of your registration will be considered a gift to the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Gift Fund, which helps provide programs, resources and opportunities to cultivate UD students, faculty and staff who not only understand societal challenges related to equity and social justice but have the tools to create solutions to address them. 

Visit the walkway in front of Old College to see your engraved brick and talk with UD staff.

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• Open to Delaware Diamond Society members and their guests

• Limited space available
• Includes samples throughout the tour
• Children are welcome and must be accompanied by an adult

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• Open to Delaware Diamond Society members and their guest
• Limit 2 people per party

Cost: $10 per person

Conceptualized and hosted by Professor Xiang Gao, the Master Players Concert Series is proud to present an unforgettable chamber music concert starring accomplished alumni who have achieved success in the music industry and beyond. Take a relaxing breather during your busy Alumni Weekend with this captivating one-hour performance featuring a program of well-loved favorites by composers ranging from Mozart and Tchaikovsky to Gershwin and Ennio Morricone. The musicians will also share their favorite UD memories from the stage, making this event a love letter to their alma mater.

After the concert, you’ll have the chance to meet and mingle with the talented alumni artists during a complimentary reception with ice cream from UDairy Creamery!

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• Open to Delaware Diamond Society members and their guest
• Limit 2 people per party

Learn piping and cupcake decorating techniques from the chefs at Vita Nova! Your ticket includes a box of 4 cupcakes so you can take home your delicious creations.

Please email vitanova@udel.edu with any allergies or dietary needs when you register.

Cost: $15 per person (limit 4 people per party)

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• Open to Blue Hens & friends (21 yrs.+)
• Limited space available.  Register early!

Join fellow Civil and Environmental Engineering alumni for food and drinks at Autumn Arch Beer Project. Hang out with current faculty and staff and see what's new in CEE!

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• Includes ice cream and 1 photo per couple

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• Open to Delaware Diamond Society members and their guest
• Limit 2 people per party

• Limited space available
• Includes samples throughout the tour
• Children are welcome and must be accompanied by an adult

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• Open to Delaware Diamond Society members and their guest
• Limit 2 people per party

View new state of the art facilities for learning, discovery, and innovation around the foundational sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences and learn about the College’s vision to strengthen these areas.

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• Catch up with former teammates and other student-athlete alumni 
• Includes 2 drink tickets; cash bar

Join fellow student-athlete alumni and Delaware Athletics coaches to catch up, reminisce about the glory days, and enjoy some food and drinks before heading to Dela-bration! We hope to see you there!

Cost: $25 per person

Open to Blue Hens & Friends (21 yrs.+)

You’re making a difference at UD—$5 of your registration will be considered a gift to the Blue Hen Strong Fund, which directly supports the ever-evolving needs of UD students. The fund helps provide resources and assistance—such as safe housing, tuition support, advanced technology, career readiness and so much more—to students in critical need.

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• Open to Blue Hens & Friends (21 yrs+)
• Includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres and 2 drinks for Honors alumni who register
  
• Cash bar also available 

Honors College (formerly Honors Program) alumni are invited to a reception before Dela-bration to reconnect with fellow Blue Hens, along with Honors faculty and staff. 

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Join fellow student-leader alumni and Student Life leadership to reconnect at a reception before Dela-bration. Any student leader- whether former OLs, RSO executives, SGA/DUSC officers, RAs, and beyond- is welcome to join. We hope to see you there!

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• Lite apps and beverages will be provided
• All former BHAs, DELs, and BHAMs are welcome!
  

Cost:

$55 | Early Hen (ends April 25)

$65 | General Admission (Begins April 26)

• Open to Blue Hens & Friends (21 yrs+)
• Open beer, wine & hard seltzer bar
• Food buffet, including burgers, &  grilled chicken  
• Vegetarian, Vegan and Gluten-Free options are available
• Includes an exclusive Alumni Weekend 2023 mug and T-shirt

4 PM on June 3 | Event Check-In & Swag Pick-Up Opens 

You’re making a difference at UD—$5 of your registration fee will be considered a gift to the Blue Hen Strong Fund, which directly supports the ever-evolving needs of UD students. The fund helps provide resources and assistance—such as safe housing, tuition support, advanced technology, career readiness and so much more—to students in critical need.

Join Blue Hens, friends and family for this active Alumni Weekend event! Go for the gold, set a new personal best or just enjoy a leisurely tour of the north campus.

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Cost: 

• $20 | 5K Pre-Registration
• $25 | 5K onsite registration
• Free | Kids Fun Run

8:30 a.m. | Check-in and On-site Registration opens

9 a.m. | Kids fun run starts

9:30 a.m. | 5K starts