Alumni Weekend 2023 Preview

Oglethorpe will welcome alumni back to campus for the annual Alumni Weekend on April 21-22, 2023. The weekend will provide fun events and celebrate the university’s past, present and future!

In addition to a range of events for all alumni, this year’s event will host reunions for the classes of 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018.

Connect and Engage

True to Oglethorpe’s tradition of engagement, the schedule of events has something for everyone to enjoy.

  • Alumni who miss the educational value of attending lectures and listening to intellectual discussions can sit in on classes that Friday, and all can take part in campus tours or attend an informational session about the modernization of the Core Program at OU.
  • A special luncheon open to all current and former faculty and staff, co-hosted with the Office of the Provost, will give alumni a chance to reconnect and thank their favorite professor or staff member for their time, commitment and dedication.
  • Family members can join in the fun during the Quadfest Family Picnic and stop by the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art to see the latest exhibit.
  • All are invited to cheer on their classmates in the Alumni Basketball Game or the 18th Annual John P. Salamone ’86 Alumni Soccer Tournament, both taking place on Saturday.
  • All reunion-year classes have the opportunity to participate in a Carillon Ceremony, and several special events for the 50th Reunion of the Class of 1973 will also be held throughout the weekend.

Celebrate Alumni

  • An Alumni Weekend highlight will be a Friday evening event combining Alumni AwardsAthletics Hall of Fame inductions, and the Golden Petrel Ceremony and Reception. All are invited to this special event to honor the four 2023 alumni award winners, new Athletics Hall of Fame inductees, and the Golden Petrel Society’s Class of 1973 inductees.
  • Special Saturday evening festivities will include the Class and Affinity Group Reunion Celebrations taking place on the Academic Quad and nearby locations, as well as the Class of 1973 dinner.

We can’t wait to welcome alumni back to campus this spring for these and other special Alumni Weekend events—sure to be full of Petrel spirit!


View the schedule of events.

If you’re interested in joining the host committee for your reunion class or affinity group, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations. Help us spread the word by sharing this information with your OU friends or sharing on social media.