June marks the beginning of the summer. That means its time to mark your calendars for the UVM Young Alumni Summer Socials.

This year we are hosting in five cities: New York, Boston, Burlington, Washington D.C. and San Francisco. If you are close by, come party with your local UVM alums.

When you click to register, you will notice we use a clever acronym “G.O.L.D.” to describe the event. That is a fancy way of saying “graduates of the last decade”, which, of course includes you!

So get a bunch of your friends together and be the life of the party.

There will be hors d’oeuvres and drinks – Registration is FREE, so let’s get the party started!

Check out the details for each party below.

June 15th, 7-9 p.m.

Shades Of Green Irish Pub
Union Square
125 East 15th Street NYC

June 15, 2017, 6-8 p.m.

District Distilling Co.
1414 U St NW
Washington, DC 20009

June 20, 2017, 5-6:30 p.m.

UVM Alumni House
61 Summit Street
Burlington VT 05401

June 22, 2017, 6-8 p.m.

Tia’s
200 Atlantic Ave
Boston, MA 02110

June 22, 2017, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

620 Jones
620 Jones Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

‘Tis the season of giving, so today I have a fun giveaway for you.

I’m giving away 10 pairs of tickets for a UVM hockey game. T-E-N pairs!

Enter the raffle here to win tickets for you and a friend to join me for a UVM Hockey game against Northeastern on Saturday, January 7th.

We’ll meet at Alumni House for a pregame reception (read: happy hour of sort) before the game. There will be snacks and drinks.

Don’t forget to enter the raffle here.

I’ll announce the winner next week.

Good luck!
Ryan

November marks the start of the holiday season. That means it’s time to mark your calendars for the UVM Holiday Parties.

This year we’re celebrating in six cities: New York, DC, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle and Burlington. So if you’re close by, come party with your local UVM alums.

There will be hors d’oeuvres and drinks – sounds like a party to us!

Tickets are $25 for all young alumni and $15 for young alumni who are Alumni Association Sustaining Members (if you are a 2016er and bought a senior week ticket this is you!).

Check out the details for each party below:

Washington DC
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
6:30-8:30 PM
Mayflower Hotel

New York
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
6:30-8:30 PM
Penn Club of NY

Boston
Thursday, December 1, 2016
6:30-8:30 PM
Marriot Long Wharf

San Francisco
Thursday, December 1, 2016
6:30-8:30 PM
Hyatt Regency San Francisco

Burlington
Thursday, December 8, 2016
6:30-8:30 PM
UVM Alumni House

Seattle
Friday, December 16, 2016
6:00-9:00 PM
Pike Place Market

We’re throwing a Happy Hour at the newly completed UVM Alumni House. Come have a drink (on us, of course) and be one of the first alums to see the historic house.

Alumni House Happy Hour
Date: September 29
Time: 5:30 – 7:30PM
Location: UVM Alumni House, 61 Summit Street, Burlington, VT
The fun part: Your first two drinks are on us!

Not familiar with Alumni House? It’s your new home on campus. Check out this video – where Ryan gives a tour of the house, MTV Cribs style.

If MTV Cribs isn’t ringing a bell, let us remind you. It was that show where celebrities toured you around their homes and explained the contents of their fridges, showed you weirdly shaped pools, and talked about their tacky furniture (see this beautiful summary from Buzzfeed).

Register here and we hope to see you on September 29.

In July we asked you what kind of events you’d like to attend and the overwhelming majority said: happy hours.

Well, we heard you. The first Class of 2016 Happy Hour is happening on Saturday, September 24 during Alumni Weekend, and we hope you’ll be there. And it’s free!

Date: September 24, 2016
Time: 9:00pm (a little late for a happy hour, but you get the idea)
Location: DRINK (Burlington, VT)
The fun part: If you register (for free), your first two drinks are on us!

Below are three quick tips for getting through the registration form in under a minute:

1. Select Alumni Weekend and click “let’s get started” that will take you to this page where you’ll select the Class of 2016 package (don’t worry about the word “purchase”, it’s free for you).
   
2. Add any friends you plan to bring with you.
   
3. Skip to the bottom of the next page and click the “next” button to submit your form.
   

See you there!