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Upcoming Events for Alumni & Friends
The events listed below are hosted through Fairleigh Dickinson University's Offices of Advancement and Alumni Relations. For a calendar of university-wide events, please visit the FDU event calendar.
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Wroxton Alumni & Friends Happy Hour
Date: Monday, March 24, 2025
Time: 5:00 – 7:00pm
Location: 1776 Morristown – Main Bar | 67 E Park Place, Morristown, NJ 07960How Much: $31.16 per person*. Your ticket includes 1 house wine or beer and delicious gourmet pizzas.
*Through our partnership program with the venue, 1776, registration is hosted directly through venue's registration system.
Tax and gratuity will be added to the $25 registration fee at the time of registration. The total event cost is $31.16.Join Dean Baldwin and fellow Wroxton Alumni for a special Wroxton Alumni & Friends event. Reconnect with old friends and make new ones while reminiscing about your Wroxton experience. Whether you're celebrating past adventures or simply catching up, this is the perfect opportunity to share stories, enjoy great conversation, and toast to the lasting bonds formed at Wroxton.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Questions: FDU Office of Alumni Relations | [email protected] | 201.692.7106
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Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Time: Dinner: 5:30PM | Show: 7:30PM
Location: Dinner: Lenfell Hall | Show: Dreyfuss Theater | FDU’s Florham Campus
How Much: $60.00. Registration includes dinner, beer/wine, soft drinks, general seating for Cinderella and an FDU gift.
Registration Deadline: Monday, March 31, 2025 or until sold out.
Info: Join us for our annual Dinner & a Show featuring the FDU Theater’s production of Cinderella. Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago,” alongside an up-to-date, hilarious and romantic libretto by Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane.Make it a date night, or bring the whole family to enjoy—and reinvent—the fairy tale with us! Audiences of all ages can expect a fantastic time.
Questions: Office of Alumni Relations| [email protected] | 201-692-7106
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Alumni Travel: Tropical Costa Rica
April 10-18, 2025
Trip Highlights: San Jose, Coffee Plantation, Arenal Volcano, Cano Negro Refuge, Lake Arenal Cruise, Farm Tour and Lunch, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Choice on Tour, Guanacaste
Trips are in partnership with our travel partner, Collette, but are not exclusive to FDU alumni. FDU has reserved spaces on each trip for our alumni to attend. If the spaces allotted for our FDU alumni are not entirely filled, the trip will be opened to guests outside of the FDU community.
Collette is responsible for all travel, travel-related questions and issues. Please call 800-852-5655 for Collette Customer Care.
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Hospitality Alumni Reception and Celebration
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: The Park Avenue Club | 184 Park Ave. | Florham Park, NJ 07932
How Much: $125 per person
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 18 or until sold out
The FDU Hospitality and Tourism Alumni Chapter cordially invites you to join us for the Third Annual Alumni Awards Celebration! This special evening will take place on April 24th at the beautiful Park Avenue Club in Florham Park.
Mingle, reconnect, and celebrate with fellow classmates, the school’s esteemed faculty, and friends. All proceeds of the event will support the International School of Hospitality, Sports, and Tourism Management.
Questions: Kane Pappas | Senior Lecturer | International School of Hospitality, Sports, & Tourism Management | [email protected] | 201.692.7276
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July 24-31, 2025
FDU alumni, Wroxton alumni, and friends are returning to Wroxton College, England in the summer of 2025. You are invited to join us for an exciting week of sightseeing, education, entertainment, and fun!
Join us on our 2025 Wroxton Alumni & Friends Summer Getaway as we view iconic sites, visit cultural and intellectual centers, and admire the natural beauty of the English countryside. Explore the Abbey and stroll the grounds of Wroxton College, attend lectures by faculty, and relax in the campus' Buttery pub.
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Alumni Travel: Southern Italy & Sicily
October 22-November 3, 2025
Trip Highlights: Palermo, Monreale, Agrigento, Valley of the Temples, Piazza Armerina, Giardini Naxos, Taormina, Strait of Messina, Winery Tour & Tasting, Matera, Sorrento, Positano, Pompeii
Trips are in partnership with our travel partner, Collette, but are not exclusive to FDU alumni. FDU has reserved spaces on each trip for our alumni to attend. If the spaces allotted for our FDU alumni are not entirely filled, the trip will be opened to guests outside of the FDU community.
Collette is responsible for all travel, travel-related questions and issues. Please call 800-852-5655 for Collette Customer Care.
Events
FDU Forward
In 2024, the tradition of Charter Day and The PINNACLE Society Induction Ceremony is combined into one signature event celebrating FDU’s past, present and future. FDU Forward celebrates our alumni and storied past, with a commitment to our future, all in an effort to provide students with the financial resources to transform their lives. On this special evening where we raise vital scholarship funds to support the future of our students, we honor the alumni who remind us that the possibilities of what you can achieve are limitless and we look to the future to transform the lives of our students and our university.
Welcome Home to FDU
Homecoming
Come home to FDU for a festive and fun-filled day on the Florham Campus. The annual Homecoming celebration on the Florham campus takes place in September or October each year. FDU's Homecoming tradition features food trucks, a beer garden, games for adults and children, a football game and most importantly you! Registration for Homecoming 2024 will be available during the Summer of 2024.
Honoring Distinguished Alumni
The PINNACLE Society
The PINNACLE Society was formed in 1989 to recognize the University’s most distinguished and accomplished alumni. Recipients of The PINNACLE are chosen by past inductees. Inductees to The PINNACLE Society demonstrate success or distinction in one’s chosen field of endeavor, significant contributions to society and humanity through public or humanitarian service and outstanding service to the University or reflection of the unique character of FDU in one’s life. Annually, PINNACLE Society honorees are inducted into The PINNACLE Society during a ceremony held during the Summer.