Although this year's event is billed as the first, the concept for the reunion weekend was shaped in part by last year's University of Delaware Forum. That event culminated in Harker introducing the school's new strategic plan and detailing efforts to stake a claim for UD as one of the nation's best colleges.

schedule features a series of "showcases" for several colleges and departments on campus and a noon picnic on the campus Green.

a survey was sent to about 30,000 alumni asking what they wanted to see and do over the course of the weekend. About 5,000 people responded

why would I want to create yet another account for another social media site

I look at our own U and I see where the attempts for the niche alumni association social media site have gone. We've already been through 2 software systems, and yet I seem to get connected to more alumni via Facebook than through the "official" alumni association site.