ALL ABOARD…
THE HIPPEST TRIP IN RAIDER COUNTRY – IT’S A SOUL TRAIN WEEKEND!
THE 2013 ALL-CLASS AFRICAN AMERICAN ALUMNI REUNION
HOMECOMING WEEKEND, OCTOBER 11 – 12, 2013
FLASHBACK FRIDAY, October 11
Anytime - Soul Scramble (pick up info at Alumni Awards or Game Night) - A Wright State scavenger hunt that doubles as a fun, self-guided campus tour
1 – 5 p.m. - ASPIRE Career Exploration Fair (please sign up to participate) - Student Union Atrium
7 p.m. - Alumni Achievement Awards (Part of Homecoming weekend) - Berry Room
9 p.m. - The Game Train featuring “Sips for Scholarships” - Rockafield Alumni Center
The Game Train - Welcome reception and game night includes games, food, music and a Soul Train Scramble Board! The Sips for Scholarships is a purchase by the taste wine tasting benefitting the African American Alumni Society Scholars Fund.
SOULFUL SATURDAY, October 12
10 a.m. – noon - Scholarship Brunch (Part of Homecoming weekend)
noon - Cruisin’ Campus - A self-guided campus tour and scavenger hunt
2 p.m. - Club Football (Part of Homecoming weekend) - Rinzler Sports Complex
5 p.m. Homecoming Soccer Game (Part of Homecoming weekend) - Rinzler Sports Complex
7 p.m. Soul Food & Scholarships - Apollo Room - Proceeds benefitting the AAAS Scholarship Fund - See below for more details:
- Umh, umh, umh – Delicious, soulful cuisine
- That’s my JAM! – Music to keep you on the dance floor (Vibe 5 and DJ Odis Parker to perform)
- Rep your decade – Come in your best Soul Train gear (optional but encouraged)
- Guess who – Photo boards from all four WSU decades
- Show us what you’re workin’ with – It wouldn’t be a party without a Soul Train Line!
Events in green above are the African American All Class Reunion ONLY. Events in italics are part of Homecoming weeeknd for Wright State and NOT INCLUDED IN THE $35 PASS FOR THE REUNION.
UNTIL THEN, WE WISH YOU LOVE, PEACE… AND SOUL!
YA DIG!
Sponsored by the African American Alumni Society
Hotel Accommodations
Blocks of rooms have been secured at the following hotels at group rates. Please contact the hotel to make your reservations. All blocks are released by September 11, 2013 and rates will go back up to normal rates. Central State has their homecoming the same weekend so hotel rooms are at a premium.
Hampton Inn, 2550 Paramount Place, Fairborn, Ohio 45324 (across Colonel Glenn from Wright State) 937-429-5505 or online. Ask for the "WRIGHT STATE ALUMNI" group. Rate is $109 a night.
Fairfield Inn, 2500 Paramount Place, Fairborn, Ohio 45324 (across Colonel Glenn from Wright State) 937-427-0800 or online. Ask for the "WSU ALUMNI HOMECOMING" group. Rate is $95 a night. If you are booking a room with two queens online, the code will be WRHWRHA, a king bed the code will be WRHWRHB. Please click the "special rates" box on the left hand side of the screen and then the group code option in order to type them in.