OHIO’s Black 校友 Reunion 2025 planning committees announce dates, share guiding principles and goals

newbb电子平台’s Black 校友 Reunion (BAR) will return to the 雅典 Campus in spring 2025. The BAR 2025 校友 Committee, Campus Committee and the newbb电子平台 校友 Association are working closely together to plan a reunion that will welcome more than a thousand alumni and friends for the triennial celebration in 雅典, 俄亥俄州, 从周四, 4月10日, 到周日, 4月13日, 2025.

The BAR 2025 校友 Committee identified the spring weekend after thoughtful discussion and with input from partners across campus and the 雅典 community.

“The BAR 校友 Committee considered every April and September weekend and discussed the potential for summer dates,” said 校友 Committee Co-Chair Jillian Causey (BSH ’13). “Our guiding principles of encouraging intergenerational connections and providing meaningful experiences for alumni and 学生 were central to selecting the April weekend, when 学生 will be able to participate.”

Immediately following BAR 2022, a fall weekend was tentatively set aside for 2025. When that weekend was later announced as when the OHIO Bobcats would take on The 俄亥俄州 State University Buckeyes in an away football game, BAR organizers began to consider alternative options for the reunion.

“A tradition that dates back to the 1980s, BAR originally was a spring reunion, with alumni gathering in 雅典 in May to connect, celebrate excellence, and engage with campus,” said 校友 Committee Co-Chair Terry Frazier (BS ’99, 地中海' 00). “After the University switched from quarters to semesters in 2012, the reunion was moved to the fall to be inclusive of 学生 and faculty. Planning committees over the decades have prioritized connecting Bobcats of all generations throughout the reunion weekend.”

The 校友 Committee kicked off its work in March and identified the following principles to guide their planning, as well as that of the Campus Committee and the OUAA:

• 连接
• 经验
• Communication/Transparency
• Influence/Advocacy
• Intergenerational

The 校友 Committee also outlined three primary goals for BAR 2025:

• Reconnect with one another and OHIO.
• Celebrate amazing alumni.
• 连接 with and mentor current 学生 and one another.

“The 校友 Committee, Campus Committee and the OUAA are working in close partnership to plan a spring weekend that will connect Bobcats from across the decades in meaningful ways that inspire and encourage future generations,” said newbb电子平台’s Interim Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Campus Committee Co-Chair Russell Morrow (BSC ’12, 地中海的14). “Programming will be designed to welcome the University’s alumni and to celebrate the Black alumni community and their ties to OHIO.”

The weekend will feature a mix of casual and formal 事件 – from networking and learning opportunities to entertaining and festive occasions.

“The OUAA is committed to hosting 事件 that foster positive connections with the University community and our alumni,” said Associate Vice President of 校友 Relations and Annual Giving and the Executive Director of the OUAA Jennifer Bowie (BSJ ’94, MSC的99). “I’m grateful to the BAR volunteer planning groups for their commitment to delivering engaging programming and to focusing on guiding principles that will ensure a memorable weekend for alumni, 学生, and our entire Bobcat community.”

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