They launched a campaign, cheered
at the fireworks, and boosted their home teams to victory.
More than 2,500 came to campus for
a Homecoming and Family Weekend that had some of the usual activities — fireworks,
games and receptions.
But what may have made the weekend
most memorable is an activity that one observer called “people out standing in
the field.” Library Field that is, where on Saturday morning nearly 1,000
alumni, students, friends and family spelled out their love for Union in giant
letters 200 feet tall.
“It was a spectacular weekend,”
said Nick Famulare '92, director of alumni relations. “We had all the favorite
homecoming events, but the launch of the campaign, the fireworks and the
spell-out on Saturday really put us over the top. People left Union
feeling a new energy about this place.”
Plans were to use a hot-air
balloon to photograph the spelling project from above, but high winds made that
impossible, said Julie Solomon, campaign director, who coordinated the event. Instead,
the photograph was taken from the catwalk of the Nott Memorial.
Every registrant received a commemorative
garnet t-shirt that read: “You Are Union.”