Fun-filled Weekend Brought

Alumni Home to VWU

Ademonstration of a high-tech virtual dissection tool. A gathering at Shorebreak Pizza and Taphouse. A JukeVox concert by Vox Vera. A family picnic and sporting competitions.

These are some of the ways Marlins from near and far enjoyed each other’s company during VWU’s 2023 Spring Alumni Weekend.

Friday’s spring business meeting of the Parents Council kicked off the weekend. There, VWU President Scott D. Miller shared an update on University projects and initiatives. Senior members of the Parents Council Cecil and Julie Chapman (Joseph ’23), presented a check on behalf of the group to President Miller and Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement Tina Milligan. Collectively, the Council raised $22,022 for VWU’s Excellence Fund.

Following the Council meeting, Professor of Biology Vic Townsend provided a demonstration of the University’s Anatomage Table, a high-tech virtual dissection tool that enables students to examine the human body using digital cadavers. Parents Council members then attended a reception at the president’s home, DeFord Manor.

The fun continued Friday night with an alumni gathering at Virginia Beach’s Shorebreak Pizza and Taphouse, followed by VWU’s JukeVox Concert in the Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center.

Saturday, alumni reconvened at the Marlin Family Picnic on Birdsong Field. Several friendly alumni competitions also took place, including games for women’s soccer, field hockey, volleyball and men’s soccer. VWU intercollegiate athletics were also in action on campus, with conference games for men’s lacrosse and softball. Save the date for the 2024 Spring Alumni Weekend April 5-6, 2024

Alumni Weekend

Celebrates “First

A highlight of the 2023 Spring Alumni Weekend was the return of alumni from the first five graduating classes at Virginia Wesleyan: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974. The “First Five Pioneers” gathered in a reunion tent and took part in a Scroll Signing Celebration.

The celebration for the “First Five Pioneers” continued Saturday evening at a reception in Brock Commons sponsored by VWU Trustee Bill Shelhorse ’70. A First Five chapel service was held Sunday morning in Monumental Chapel.