Event prepares seniors for Life after UD, helps them transition from students to alumni

9:22 a.m., March 31, 2016--All University of Delaware seniors are encouraged to attend the Life After UD resource fair to be held April 13-15 on the second floor of the UD Barnes and Noble Bookstore during cap and gown pick-up. 

The three-day event will help graduates learn about the resources available to them as they transition from students to alumni, and all attendees will leave with a special giveaway. 

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June 5: Blue Hen 5K

University of Delaware graduates planning to attend Alumni Weekend are encouraged to register for the annual Blue Hen 5K walk and run, which will be held Sunday morning, June 5.

June 6-9: Food and culture series

The 20th annual June Lecture Series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UD in Wilmington will be held June 6-9. Titled 'June a la Carte,' this year's program focuses on great political documents, feminism, world politics and a Newark cuisine sampler.

• June 6-9: Food and culture series
• Through June 30: 'Saving White Clay Creek'
• July 22: WWE Heatwave Tour
• Through Sept. 16: Women of color in academia

Resource representatives will be on hand from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 13, from 12:30-3:30 p.m., Thursday, April 14, and from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Friday, April 15.

Representatives on hand will include:

• Admissions/Volunteer Admissions Support Team 
• Graduation Information/Office of the Vice President and University Secretary
• Homecoming and Alumni Weekend
• Kaplan
• Liberty Mutual
• Regional and Affinity Alumni Clubs
• Senior Class Gift
• SCPAB/Senior Fling
• UD Alumni Association
• UD Athletics
• UD Career Services Center
• UD Office of Communications and Public Affairs 
• Recreation Services 
• UD Student Alumni Ambassadors/The UD Bucket List

Attendees are encouraged to visit every table to learn more about the resources available from each of the representatives. 

Seniors who complete the Life After UD game card will be entered to win one of the following prizes:

• Admission prize pack. Prime seating at graduation for a graduate’s family (one box seats up to eight people)
• Homecoming 2016 prize pack. Two tickets to the football game (Athletics)
• Two tickets to Blue Hens on Main (Alumni Relations)
• Free admission to Dela-bration during Alumni Weekend 2017
• Kaplan on-site or anywhere course 
• (4) One free club event during the 2016-17 year after graduation
• Senior Class Gift
• $50 gift card to Main Street
• (2) UD license plate (must have car registered in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland or New Jersey)
• Season tickets for 2016 football season 
• One alumni Carpenter Sports Building membership
• Cap and gown package
• Diploma frame

In addition, Grad Images will be on hand to take headshots/portraits for interested seniors, Herff Jones will be selling class rings, Framing for Success will have diploma frames on display and UDairy Creamery ice cream will be available courtesy of the event host, the UD Barnes and Noble Bookstore.

About Development and Alumni Relations

The Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) engages donors, alumni, friends, parents, faculty, staff and students in a lifelong relationship and fosters a tradition of philanthropy to strengthen the University’s legacy as one of the great public institutions of higher education in America.