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 91ÊÓƵ 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 91ÊÓƵ 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 . 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:
- Parade .
- A must be submitted for any participants younger than 18. Email this completed form to uaf-univ-relations@alaska.edu.
- Please read through the .
- Email forms to University Relations at uaf-univ-relations@alaska.edu.
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
- Free admission to the Student Recreation Center and Patty Center pool
- Free admission to the UA Museum of the North for UAFAA members
2023 Nanook Rendezvous alumni reunion
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