Three-day event to help seniors transition from students to alumni

3:20 p.m., April 7, 2015--All University of Delaware seniors are encouraged to attend the Life After UD resource fair to be held 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 6-9: Food and culture series

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

The resource fair will take place April 15-17 and resource representatives will be on hand during the following times:

• Wednesday, April 15: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
• Thursday, April 16: 12:30-3:30 p.m.
• Friday, April 17: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Representatives on hand 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
• Senior Fling/SCPAB
• UD Alumni Association
• UD Athletics
• UD Career Services Center
• UD Communications and Public Affairs 

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 seven grand prizes: a “grad pack” (cap and gown and diploma frame), box seats at graduation, an Alumni Weekend prize pack, a Homecoming prize pack, athletics season tickets prize pack, a UD specialty license plate or a regional Alumni Club event of their choice. 

All students who participate in the event will leave with a special giveaway.

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.

This event is sponsored by the University of Delaware Office of Development and Alumni Relations. 

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.