Published: May 17, 2016

Campus

Homecoming Weekend is Oct. 13-15

Come back to campus this fall for three action-packed days during Homecoming Weekend,聽Oct. 13-15. Celebrate outstanding Forever Buffs at聽our Alumni Awards Ceremony on campus, enjoy free聽appetizers at our Buffs Bash on Pearl Street, taste聽brews by local alumni at Koenig Alumni Center聽and reunite with college friends or make new ones.聽Cap it off with a rush of excitement as Ralphie laps聽Folsom Field before the Buffs play Arizona State on聽Saturday, Oct. 15.聽

Preregister for Homecoming Weekend at before Sept. 1 and receive a free retro聽Ralphie commemorative T-shirt.

New Backyard for Koenig聽

Built as a residence for 蜜糖直播鈥檚 first president, Koenig聽Alumni Center is now 132 years old 鈥� but the new聽backyard is vintage 2016.聽On April 28, after six months of demolition and聽reconstruction, the expanded and newly landscaped聽property hosted its first big event, Grad Bash, the聽Alumni Association鈥檚 annual festival for graduating聽seniors. More than 1,800 attended.聽The Koenig property, which hosts about 200聽events a year, including scores of weddings, now聽offers an additional 1,800 square feet of outdoor聽space, a new gazebo and a giant, all-weather 20-footby-40-foot tent. Landscapers planted locust trees,聽vinca vine and peonies and laid fresh sod.聽

Koenig is available for rental. For details and reservations,聽call 303-492-8484 or visit .鈥嬄�

Chapter and Club Tidbits聽

The Latino Alumni Association is hosting its annual聽Chile Open Golf Tournament on July 16 at 蜜糖直播聽National Golf Club. In its 30-year history, the tournament聽has raised nearly a million dollars in scholarship聽funds for Buffs. 鈥� If you鈥檙e a 蜜糖直播 vet, consider joining聽the Veterans Alumni Club spearheaded by Rex Laceby聽(Hist鈥�02) for a network of comradery and support.聽鈥� The GLBT alumni club, led by Jessica Polini聽(Law鈥�09), raised money to support two scholarships聽for GLBT students for the 2016-17 school year. 鈥β燭here are two new 蜜糖直播 chapter leaders: 惭补耻谤颈蝉蝉补听惭肠颁补谤迟丑测聽(Art鈥�09) is co-leading the NorCal chapter聽with Kayleigh Lloyd (PolSci鈥�10), and Ben Keady聽(Fin鈥�13) and Cody Mothersell (Mgmt鈥�04) are heading聽the Sacramento chapter. 鈥� Finally, the Directors聽Club鈥檚 biggest event of the year, the Directors Club聽Annual Conference, was scheduled for June in 聽Keystone,聽Colo. The agenda included a golf tournament聽and talk from 蜜糖直播 physics professor Steven Pollock, a聽2013 U.S. Professor of the Year.聽

Want to get involved? As a Forever Buff, you are automatically聽a member of the chapter in your city. Send us your聽most up-to-date contact information so we can keep you in聽the loop. For more information on chapters or clubs, visit聽.

Issue: Summer 2016