Homecoming Weekend

Food, friendship, and fun

Beautiful fall weather served as the perfect backdrop for our 50th Anniversary Homecoming Weekend, which took place October 14-16. On Friday, Trucks and Shucks, hosted by the Alumni Association, featured oysters and live music, and loads of happy guests (270 in all!). Generous Trucks and Shucks sponsors made this year’s event better than ever.

Thank you to Alumni Association Events Committee Chair Dani (Fraizer) Blake ’09 and Alumni Association Fundraising Committee Chair Harry Baron ’01 for all of the planning and hard work that went into making this event a success! A special thank you also goes out to our top-level sponsors: Hosted Backbone (a 1972 Sponsor) and RVA Kitchens and More, Scout

& Molly's, Strangeways Brewing, and West End Academy of Dance (Blue and Gold Sponsors).

On Saturday, revelers had a great time at SpartaFest, which was hosted by the Parents Association. Carnival games, train rides, food trucks, and music brought the community (more than 500 attendees!) together for a super-fun day.

Throughout the weekend, alumni mingled and reminisced at class reunions off campus, and on Sunday, they brunched in the Carolyn R. Brandt Gallery and enjoyed “A Year of Alumni Art,” a rotating exhibit.

SPARTAN NETWORKING 

Thanks to its close-knit community, Steward offers alumni a built-in network of professional connections. In early fall, alumni got together in the Bryan Innovation Lab for some “speed networking” fun. Participants paired up and took 10 minutes to chat one-on-one about their lives and career trajectories.

GET TOGETHERS 

In November, alumni met in Washington, D.C., at The Admiral restaurant for an informal regional gathering, and in December, alumni who are Steward staff members, current parents, or alumni parents, plus our beloved retired Spartans, met for coffee and pastries on campus. (Some were members of two or three of those categories!) Both events were filled with lively conversations and plenty of laughter.

SUDS AND SCOOPS 

A popular warm-weather alumni event is Summer of Suds, and 2022 brought alumni together at The Grill (operated by Ryan Byrne ’08), Tang & Biscuit, and Hardywood West Creek for friendship, selfies, and Steward-centric stories. And young alumni got together for a summery (and sweet) meeting at Gelati Celesti.