Alumni return to campus to celebrate Reunion 2025 -

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

��ݮ��Ƶ Kate’s welcomed alumni June 6–8 for the annual tradition.

Three women wearing lanyards pose with the Katie Cat mascot.

Scenes from Reunion 2025

Photos by Rebecca Zenefski Slater ’10

A group of women wearing lanyards sit around a table and smile.

A woman smiles while talking to someone whose back is to the camera.

One book club host gestures while talking; another listens in the background.

Two rows of women, the front row sitting, the back row standing, pose in front of a purple backdrop.

A tour guide speaks to a group of people gathered outside on a college campus.

Two people, one with their back to the camera, embrace in a hug.

The weekend of June 6–8 brought close to 200 ��ݮ��Ƶ alumni back to campus for the annual Reunion celebration. Graduates from class years ending in 0 and 5 reunited and reminisced with classmates and friends, filling the air with lively conversation and laughter.

The classes of 1975 and 2000 marked their respective 50-year and 25-year Reunions with class pinnings and photos. Reunion staples like class parties and campus tours offered opportunities for alums to reconnect with classmates and revisit old stomping grounds. Friday was Evening With ��ݮ��Ƶ Kate’s, a tradition open to alumni of all years. President Marcheta P. Evans, PhD, delivering her first “State of ��ݮ��Ƶ Kate’s,” addressed the alumni community and reflected on her first year of leadership at the University.

Other highlights of this year’s Reunion included a romance-focused Conversation with Books led by two alums and a social hour for recent grads, where members of the classes of 2010, 2015, and 2020 mingled and met with President Evans. In another new event, alumni had the opportunity to record their college memories for a ��ݮ��Ƶ Kate’s oral history that will be released as a podcast later this year (email alumni@stkate.edu with stories and ideas!). The weekend wrapped up with the longstanding Reunion tradition of Sunday Mass in Our Lady of Victory Chapel.

“We are grateful for the gift of time and memories shared with our alumni community throughout the weekend,” said Lindsay Butterfield Whipple '09, director of alumni relations. “It’s always a joy to welcome our alumni back to campus for Reunion and reflect on the incredible community of ��ݮ��Ƶ Kate's graduates that we have."