UAF Nanook Rendezvous

July 18-20, 2024

#NanookNation

 

Join us for Nanook Rendezvous, the all-class UAF reunion. Reunion weekend begins Thursday at 5 p.m. with a welcome reception and the alumni awards presentation. Before Nanook night at the Alaska Goldpanners baseball game, Friday is campus day. On Saturday, alumni may participate in the Golden Days Grande Parade, which will include a UAF entry.

Preparations are underway. Please check back to this page for updates to this year's schedule of activities.

Thursday, July 18

Welcome reception and alumni awards ceremony

5-6:30 p.m.

Regents’ Great Hall

Ryan Muspratt ‘08 2024 Distinguished Alumnus
Kelly Ward ‘09, 2024 William R. Cashen Service Award recipient

Free

There are two options following the welcome reception and awards celebration.

Alumni social at the UAF Pub

6:30-9:30 p.m.

UAF Pub

The UAF Pub will be open with music and an opportunity to reminisce and take a walk down memory lane back to the days when you were a student.

Free

Music in the Garden

7:30-8:30 p.m.

Georgeson Botanical Garden

If you'd rather be outside, Music in the Garden will be playing in the Georgeson Botanical Garden. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. FSAF American Roots: Emily Anderson and Ryan Bowers will play. Be sure to bring a chair or a blanket.

Free

Friday, July 19

Campus day

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Various locations on the Troth Yeddha' campus

Join us for a fun filled day on campus. All events are free and open to alumni, family and friends.

  • 8:30-9 a.m. - Continental breakfast - Alumni Lounge, 201 Constitution Hall
  • 9-10 a.m. - The MILL (The Making is Learning Lab) presentation and activity, 131 Bunnell Building
  • 10:15-11:30 a.m. - Discover drones tour, meet at Eielson Building shuttle stop
  • 12:15-1 p.m. - Lunch, Usibelli Building Atrium
  • 1-2:30 p.m. Meet alumni author Tricia Brown, Usibelli Building atrium
  • 2:30-4 p.m. Research showcase: Turning Ideas into Success with Alaska Center Ice (Center for Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship) and URSA (Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity)

Free

Nanook night at the Goldpanners

7 p.m.

Growden Memorial Park, 201 Wilbur St.

Bring your family and friends to Nanook Night at the Alaska Goldpanners baseball game. Admission is free with a UAF Alumni Association ticket.

Free

Saturday, July 20

Golden Days Parade

9 a.m.-noon

Carlson Center, 2010 Second Ave.

Join UAF for the annual Golden Days Grande Parade. This year’s theme is Tale as Gold as Time. All alumni and friends are welcome to walk in the parade or ride on the float.

Here are a few other things you need to know:

The parade is 2.1 miles long. If you would like to ride on the float, please let us know soon.

Participants must be in the north Carlson Center parking lot no later than 9:30 a.m. to get positioned before the parade begins at 10 a.m. Please catch a ride on the shuttle from Ryan Middle School allowing enough time to arrive at the Carlson Center’s north parking lot between - 9-9:40 a.m.

There is no parking at the Carlson Center.

Free

All weekend

 

 

2023 Nanook Rendezvous alumni reunion

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