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

  • Mechanical Engineering & The School of Engineering 

    Friday, November 8 | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
    Location: TBD 

    Attendees will include current ME & IMS grad students, faculty and staff. 

    RSVP/Inquiries: Josh Caldwell (josh.caldwell@vanderbilt.edu) or Sarah Nagy Haoxiang Luo (haoxiang.luo@vanderbilt.edu)  

Affinity/Identity Group

  • Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni (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) 

  • 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) 

  • 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  

  • 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

  • Tours of the Black Cultural Center (BCC) given by BCC Student Ambassadors 

    Friday, November 8 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
    Location: Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Vanderbilt Campus, Nashville, TN 37212

     Immediately following the Unity Step, alumni of the council are invited back to the BCC for an open house and tours of the facility with BCC Student Ambassadors.

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

  • 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) 

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) 

  • 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) 

     

  • '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 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 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 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) 

     

  • 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)