Alumni Weekend
Save the date for Alumni Weekend 2025! April 25-27, 2025
Alumni Weekend is an exciting opportunity to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. The 2025 Brave Like a Wolf Alumni Weekend will include a variety of signature events, with a mix of fun traditions and new activities. Join us on campus to reminisce and add to your West Georgia memories! We can't wait to see you there!
2024 Signature Events:
2024 UWG Alumni Weekend Kickoff and Wellness Walk: Friday, April 26, 10:00 AM | Starting on the Campus Center Patio.
Alumni, friends, and current students are invited to kick off Alumni Weekend 2024 with a wellness walk through campus and along a portion of the Greenbelt. Alumni and students will have the opportunity to connect with each other while learning about all UWG is doing to promote wellness on campus and in the community. The first 100 students will get a free Alumni Weekend Wellness Walk t-shirt! Shirts will be available for $10 for alumni & friends.
REGISTRATION: Free, donations to the UWG food/supplies pantry encouraged.
Alumni & Friends Take Over the Square: Friday, April 26, 7:00PM | The AMP in Downtown Carrollton.
Help us turn the Square red and blue as we partner with the City of Carrollton for “The 80s Live Rewind Experience,” a concert with live music from Atlanta Vice! Be sure to head into Local Ties during the concert to try UWG's own Love Valley Lager and get your co-branded beer glass!
REGISTRATION: Free!
***The UWG Bookstore will have a pop-up shop at the Amp during the concert!
Alumni Association Lunch on "The Concourse" at University Stadium: Saturday, April 27, 12:00 - 1:30PM | “The Concourse” at University Stadium.
Join us for a VIP experience, including updates from university leadership, photos with Wolfie and star athletes, and a complimentary lunch.
REGISTRATION: Free!
Alumni & Friends Bingo!: Saturday, April 27, 2:30-4:00PM | Biology Building - Room 125.
We are bringing Bingo back during Alumni Weekend! Meet Wolfie, play Bingo, and win fun UWG prizes. Light refreshments will be available. After Bingo, we encourage you to head to Cole Field to catch the 4:00 Baseball game against “That School Down South.”
REGISTRATION: Free!
Thriving Under 30 Reception and Cocktail Hour: Saturday, April 27, 6:00 PM | Campus Center Atrium.
Join us before Alumni Awards as we welcome the 2024 class of Thriving Under 30 recipients. This reception leads into the Brave Like a Wolf Celebration Dinner where the recipients will be honored as a class.
REGISTRATION: Included with Brave Like a Wolf Celebration Dinner registration. Thriving Under 30 recipients will receive complimentary registration to the dinner for themselves and 1 guest.
Brave Like a Wolf Celebration Dinner and Alumni Awards: Saturday, April 27, 7:00PM | Campus Center Ballroom.
All alumni & friends are invited to join us for cocktails, dinner, and entertainment as we transform the Campus Center Ballroom into the "UWG Comedy Lounge" featuring stand-up from Haley Casola ’18 and celebrate the 47th Annual Alumni Awards recipients. Dress is business formal/cocktail.
REGISTRATION: $30 per person (complimentary registration available for all 2024 Alumni Award recipients and one guest).
A Night at The Observatory: Saturday, April 27, 9:30PM | West Commons & UWG Observatory.
Join us for a night under the stars at The Observatory. Enjoy drinks, dessert, and a brief presentation from UWG Astronomy faculty. Then, see the stars from our new Virtual Reality space in West Commons and while peering through UWG's very own window to the universe at The Observatory.
REGISTRATION: $10. Limited tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis.
*Due to expected cloud coverage Saturday night, the observatory likely will not be able to open. We will still have the Astronomy talk with UWG Astronomy faculty and the virtual reality experience at West Commons, regardless of weather.
Alumni Weekend Aloha Brunch: Sunday, April 28, 10:00AM | Top of Love Valley/Grassy Triangle.
Before you head home, join us for an “Aloha Brunch” as we say hello to new friends and goodbye to Alumni Weekend 2024. Enjoy brunch and mimosas “Under the Big White Tent” in the heart of campus across from Ingram Library Starbucks. We’ll be joined by special guest head football coach, Coach Taylor.
REGISTRATION: $15.
REGISTER FOR SIGNATURE EVENTS!
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Recommended Hotels:
Courtyard Marriott
180 Barnes Ave.
Carrollton, Ga. 30117
– Use Code 8WG for Exclusive UWG Alumni & Friends Pricing –
Hampton Inn
102 South Cottage Hill Rd.
Carrollton, Ga. 30117
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