UT to Welcome Back Alumni and Students at Homecoming Oct. 16-18

In Tampa, where even in mid-October the palm trees are still swaying in the warm seas breezes, the signs of fall are more subtle: pumpkins on front porches, less humidity in the air and The University of Tampa’s annual homecoming.

From Oct. 16–18, the University will celebrate homecoming with a full lineup of events open to all UT alumni and students.

Festivities will get underway on Thursday, Oct. 16, with a Young Alumni Trivia Night from 6:30–9 p.m. at The Bungalow, 2202 W. Kennedy Blvd. This event, sponsored by the Tampa Bay Alumni Chapter, is complimentary to UT graduates of the last 10 years (2004 and later) and appetizers will be provided. For more information, contact Jessica Burns Fugate at jfugate@ut.edu.

Celebrations will continue on Friday, Oct. 17, with a President’s Reception at 6 p.m. on the Plant Hall verandah, offering complimentary cocktails and appetizers. The Rathskellar will reopen as a bar for one night only at 8 p.m., offering beer, wine and snacks for $5 a person. Dubbed “A Night in the Rat,” this event will celebrate the reunion of the classes of 1984 and 1989.

The Golden Spartans Society includes alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago, and this year the class of 1964 will be inducted into the society during a lunch on Saturday, Oct. 18, at noon in the Vaughn Center Crescent Club. The University will host a reception for the class of 1964 in the Vaughn Center President’s Conference Room prior to the lunch at 11 a.m.

Also on Saturday beginning at 11:30 a.m. is the All Alumni Barbecue Lunch and Biergarten on the lawn of the Sykes College of Business, featuring a variety of craft beers on tap to sample and activities throughout the afternoon. Special guests at the barbecue will be the Tau Kappa Epsilon and Pi Kappa Phi fraternities, as well as alumni with class years ending in 4 or 9. Complimentary craft beer and wine are included in the price, $15 per person.

For more information or a complete schedule of homecoming events, go to alumni.ut.edu/?HC, or contact Jay Hardwick at jhardwick@ut.edu or (813) 253-6209.