Additional Undergraduate Reunion Events

Important Information

Additional Events are complementary to the Main Schedule and are hosted by campus partners and individual alumni groups. If you are interested in hosting an alumni gathering (Mini Reunion) please email reunion@vanderbilt.edu

 

Blair School of Music

College of Arts and Science

Peabody College

School of Engineering

Affinity/Identity Group

  • APIDA Association of Vanderbilt Alumni (AAVA)

    Asian Studies Department and APIDA Association of Vanderbilt Alumni (AAVA) Reception
    Friday, November 8 | 3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
    Location: TBD

    Reunite with APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) alumni and meet current students on campus for a community reunion reception with AAVA (APIDA Association of Vanderbilt Alumni) and the Department of Asian Studies. The event will begin with a mini-lecture from professor Ben Tran, followed by a reception. 

    Inquiries: Jess Abbattista, Director of Affinity Networks (jess.m.abbattista@vanderbilt.edu)

  • Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni (AVBA) Events

    AVBA Mixer
    Friday, November 8 | 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 
    Location: Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Vanderbilt Campus, Nashville, TN 37212 

    Join members of the Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni (AVBA) to connect with community at a reception/mixer in the BCC Courtyard.

    Inquiries: Contact the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center: (615-322-2524) 

  • Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (BCC) - Homecoming Block Party

    Saturday, November 9 | 3 hours before kickoff
    Location: Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Vanderbilt Campus, Nashville, TN 37212   

    Join students and alumni at the Black Cultural Center for a Homecoming Block Party, 3 hours before kickoff. More details to come, as game time is TBD. 

    Inquiries: Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center: (615-322-2524) 

  • Black Homecoming Committee (BHC) Programming

    BHC Pageant 
    Thursday, November 7 | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
    Location: Sarratt Cinema, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240

    Join us for a night of talent, entertainment, and culture as we celebrate royalty across the Black diaspora. 

    Inquiries: Contact the Bishop Joseph Black Cultural Center (615)-322-2524

    BHC Service Event
    Saturday, November 9 | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
    Location: Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Auditorium, Vanderbilt Campus, Nashville, TN 37212

    Help us with creating care packages for families through There With Care. 

    Inquiries: Contact the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (615)-322-2524.

    BHC Pre-Professional Panel
    Sunday, November 10 | 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
    Location: Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Auditorium, Vanderbilt Campus, Nashville, TN 37212

    In association with the Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Black Business Student Association (BBSA), and the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA), AVBA members will provide pre-professional advice and networking to undergraduate students. 

    Inquiries: Contact the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (615)-322-2524.

  • Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (CLACX) and Vanderbilt Association of Hispanic and Latinx Alumni (VAHLA)   

    Friday, November 8 | 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. lecture with Marshall Eakin and 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. reception  
    Bryan Building, Suite 106, Nashville, TN 37212   

    Reunite with amigos, your favorite professors, and meet current students on campus for a community conversation with professor Marshall Eakin, followed by a reception.  
     
    Inquiries: Avery Dickins de Girón, Executive Director (avery.dickins-degiron@vanderbilt.edu) 

  • LGBTQIA+ Association of Vanderbilt Alumni (LAVA) Events

    Office of LGBTQIA+ Life Open House and Reception with the LGBTQIA+ Association of Vanderbilt Alumni (LAVA)
    Friday, November 8 | 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    Location: The K.C. Potter Center, Euclid, 2304 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37203

    The Office of LGBTQI Life and the LGBTQIA+ Association of Vanderbilt Alumni (LAVA) invite all LGBTQIA+ alumni for a reunion celebration at the K.C. Potter Center. Come join us for hors d'oeuvres and refreshments as we celebrate all the LGBTQIA+ alumni who were a critical part of Vanderbilt's vibrant community. 

    Inquiries: lgbtqi@vanderbilt.edu

    LGBTQIA+ Association of Vanderbilt Alumni (LAVA) Big Drag Bus Nashville Tour
    Saturday, November 9 | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
    Location: Baker Building (outside the Terrace Place Garage), 110 21st Avenue S, Nashville, TN 37203

    Board the Big Drag Bus with fellow LGBTQIA+ alumni to connect and celebrate our Reunion and Homecoming! Please note that this event is intended only for members of the LGBTQIA+ Association of Vanderbilt Alumni (LAVA). Advance registration for this event is required. 

    Inquiries: Jess Abbattista, Director of Affinity Networks (jess.m.abbattista@vanderbilt.edu)

  • Multicultural Mixer and Mimosas with the Student Center for Social Justice and Identity (SCSJI) and AAVA, AVBA, LAVA, and VAHLA

    Saturday, November 9 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    Location: TBD

    Event Description: The Student Center for Social Justice and Identity (SCSJI) will be hosting a Multicultural Mixer with Mimosas in advance of the tailgate and Homecoming football game! This event is an opportunity to connect with Vanderbilt faculty, staff, students, and alumni who are interested in or identify with the multicultural community.

    Inquiries: scsji@vanderbilt.edu

  • NPHC Unity Step

    Friday, November 8 | 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

    Location: Sarratt Student Center, Rand Terrace, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240 

    NPHC Alumni and members of the Vanderbilt community are invited to view the Annual Unity Step sponsored by the National Pan-Hellenic Council on Rand Terrace. Immediately following the Unity Step, alumni of the council are invited back to the Black Cultural Center for an open house and student tours from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 

    NPHC organizations represented at Vanderbilt include Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 

    Inquiries: Contact Ashton Sawyers ashton.sawyers@vanderbilt.edu  

  • Vanderbilt Hillel

    Open House 
    Friday, November 8 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

    Wine & Cheese Reception before Shabbat Services 
    Friday, November 8 | 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 

    Shabbat Services 
    Friday, November 8 | 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 

    Shabbat Dinner 
    Friday, November 8 | 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 

    Tailgate 
    Saturday, November 9 | Two hours before kickoff 

    Location: Schulman Center for Jewish Life, 2421 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville TN, 37212   

    If you plan to stop by any Vanderbilt Hillel events, we invite you to fill out this interest form HERE.   

    Inquiries: Shannon Small, Development Director, Vanderbilt Hillel (shannon.small@vanderbilt.edu) 

Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research

  • A Game Plan for Solving Addiction: Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research

    Saturday, November 9 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
    Location: TBD

    Dive into the excitement of Vanderbilt’s Reunion Weekend on game day – November 9th - at 10:30 AM. The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research is hosting a lively Meet and Greet to celebrate its launch, and you’re invited!

    Here’s why you’ll want to be there:
    Sports Meets Science: Discover how our new addiction research center is teaming up leaders across campus, including from Vanderbilt’s athletic programs, to tackle addiction head-on. See how we’re blending groundbreaking research and cross-campus partnerships.
    Meet Leaders Across Campus: Connect with Provost Raver, Athletic Director Lee, and the Director of the Addiction Center Erin Calipari. Hear firsthand their passion for championing a healthier future for the community.
    Connect and Engage: Whether you’re a student, a parent, or a community member, this is your chance to be part of something bigger. Network, learn about our mission, and be inspired by how Vanderbilt is leading the charge in addiction research.
    Get Excited: With a game-day buzz in the air, this event is your pre-game warm-up to beat the traffic and celebrate innovation, collaboration, and a shared passion for making a difference. Don’t miss out on the fun!

Additional Campus Partners

  • Army ROTC Brunch

    Army ROTC Brunch 
    Saturday, November 9 | 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 
    Location: Center for Teaching, 1114 19th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212  

    Join Fellow alumni and current Cadets at the annual Army ROTC Alumni Brunch. R.S.V.P. with names of those attending and the year commissioned no later than October 25th, 2024. 

    Inquiries: Kenneth Walden to RSVP (kenneth.w.walden@vanderbilt.edu) 

  • 'Dores to the Past: Opening Night Reception

    Thursday, November 7 | 9:00 p.m.
    Location: Neely Auditorium, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240 

    Join other 'Dores across all graduation years to enjoy special Nashville food and drink and reflect on the performance and your time at Vanderbilt!

    Inquiries: Jessica Owens and Will Bonfiglio (dorestothepast@gmail.com) 

  • 'Dores to the Past

    Thursday, November 7 - Saturday, November 9 | 7:30 p.m.
    Sunday, November 10 | 2:00 p.m.
    Location: Neely Auditorium, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240 

    Be transported back to your days at Vanderbilt with DORES TO THE PAST, a new play written by alumni Will Bonfiglio (’12) and Jessica Owens (’12) and sponsored by a Vanderbilt Sesquicentennial Grant. Directed by recent VU Theatre alumna Tobi Akisanya (’24). This performances will captivate audiences from November 7th – 10th.

    Jessica Owens '12 lives in New York City and works for Good Morning America. After Vanderbilt, she spent a year in London at the Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts, then returned to the States to intern in the literary department at the Public Theatre. Previous to her job at GMA, she worked in labor relations for the Broadway League and Roundabout Theatre.  

    Will Bonfiglio '12 spent a year in Spain on a Fulbright fellowship after Vanderbilt and later attended graduate school at Washington University in St. Louis, where he currently works in Overseas Programs and serves as a Lecturer in American Culture Studies. He previously developed and facilitated applied theatre programs at the multidisciplinary arts nonprofit COCA-Center of Creative Arts.  

    Inquiries: Jessica Owens and Will Bonfiglio (dorestothepast@gmail.com)

  • Vanderbilt University Bookstore Homecoming Author Event: Go to Hell Ole Miss by Jeff Barry '88

    Thursday, November 7 | 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  
    Location: Vanderbilt University Bookstore, 2501 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37213  

    Jeff Barry is a native Memphian with deep Mississippi roots. Over the past twenty years, Jeff has worked in the farmland business in the Mississippi Delta. He now lives in Tennessee with his wife and three children.  

    Set in the Mississippi hill country in the early 1970s, Go to Hell Ole Miss tells the story of a father’s willingness to do almost anything to save his daughter from the Southern gentleman he had pressured her to marry. Almost. At its heart Go to Hell Ole Miss is a historical family saga of hope and hardship, redemption and revenge, faith and doubt. It’s also a compelling Southern tale with characters that become people who make you laugh, cry, and think. 

    Inquiries: Cheryl Dalton, General Books Manager, Vanderbilt University Bookstore (cheryl.dalton@vanderbilt.edu)  

  • Vanderbilt Museum of Art Exhibit

    Gloss: A Measured Response to Recent Video Art 
    August 27, 2024 – December 8, 2024
    Location: Cohen Memorial Hall, 1220 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203  

    Over the last decade, video art has expanded from its grainy origins into a glittering spectacle of big feelings and big ideas as artists process our fraught interconnected culture. Featuring works from the US, UK, and South America, Gloss: A Measured Response to Recent Video Art brings ten cutting-edge video artworks to Nashville for the first time, the products of life as we experience it now: desperate and hopeful, and forever online.

    Inquiries: Mary Anne Caton, Sr. Associate Curator for Campus & Community Engagement (mary.a.caton@vanderbilt.edu) 

  • Vanderbilt University Concert Choir 2024 Alumni Reunion

    Friday, November 8 | 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  
    Location: Music Rehearsal Hall, 124 28th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212  

    Light refreshments and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Any VUCC alums are welcome to stop by to meet, chat, and sing the Alma Mater with current choirites!  

    Inquiries:  President - Elizabeth Arceneaux (elizabeth.m.arceneaux@vanderbilt.edu) or Alumni Historian - Neil Yao (qixiu.yao@vanderbilt.edu) 

     

  • Vanderbilt University Rugby Football Club Alumni Association Events

    Saturday, November 9th | 10:00AM 
    VURFC Current Versus Alumni Rugby Match  
    Location: Hendersonville Rugby Complex, 1788 Avant Lane, Hendersonville, TN 37075 

    The annual Vanderbilt Rugby Football Club Alumni versus Current Side rugby match is scheduled for Saturday of homecoming weekend at 10:00 AM and will be held at the Hendersonville Rugby Complex in Hendersonville, TN (just north of Nashville). Note the match is dependent on the team's success during the fall season and success in the post-season playoffs. Please reach out to Coach Jim Snell or alumnus Bob Matthews for more information. 

    Saturday, November 9th | 3 hours prior to kickoff 
    Vanderbilt Rugby Football Club Alumni Association 
    Location: The tailgate will be located at the corner of Natchez Trace and Jess Neely Drive, Nashville, TN, 37212   

    All Vanderbilt Rugby alumni are cordially invited to Dan McCormick's tailgating tent at the corner of Natchez Trace and Jess Neely Drive beginning 3 hours before game time and continuing until kickoff. 

    Saturday, November 9th | 7:30PM 
    Vanderbilt Rugby Football Club Alumni Association Social 
    Location: Springwater Supper Club and Lounge, 115 27th Avenue N, Nashville, TN 37203 

    All Vanderbilt Rugby alumni and friends are cordially invited to a no-host social Saturday evening of homecoming at Springwater beginning at 7:30 PM." 

    Inquiries: Bob Matthews (bobmatthews03@gmail.com) or Jim Snell (jamesesnell@yahoo.com)

  • Vandy-in-Hollywood Fall Reception

    Friday, November 8 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
    Location: Vanderbilt Career Center, Student Life Center, 2nd floor, 310 25th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37240  

    For over 20 years, Vandy in Hollywood has launched careers by placing VU students in exclusive internships at Hollywood’s most prestigious companies. Whether you’re a writer, director, actor, or agent, join ViH and the Career Center for a special Homecoming/Reunion reception this fall! You’ll connect with friends and former interns, learn about the program, and meet the future of the industry! Plus, we’ll have food, drinks, and a panel hosted by ViH co-founder Chad Gervich that will tell you everything about ViH and breaking into Hollywood! RSVP.   

    Inquiries: Lindsey Carroll (lindsey.l.carroll@vanderbilt.edu)