{"id":193,"date":"2025-08-11T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/afe\/?p=193"},"modified":"2025-08-12T07:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:13:37","slug":"newsletter-1-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/afe\/2025\/08\/11\/newsletter-1-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Open: Home(coming) Is Where The Hill Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c5db5183f41a15275d3df12fea743936\">Guess what just went live?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Registration for Homecoming 2025 is now open!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/afe\/files\/2025\/08\/2508_hcfw_all-alumni_email-banner_640x220_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454\" style=\"width:838px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/afe\/files\/2025\/07\/HCFW-947-Enhanced-NR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" style=\"width:838px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\">You already know that Home is where The Hill is! Join your alumni community for a <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/afe\/hcfw-schedule\/\">day full of fun activities<\/a> and new ways to enjoy campus on <strong>Saturday, October 11.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Why drive down and come home to the Hill for the day?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Celebrate music and athletics on the Hill! <\/strong>Enjoy the football, men\u2019s soccer, and women\u2019s soccer games. Check out the Alumni Swim and Dive Meet, plus enjoy the St. Olaf Band evening performance! And new this year dedicated Athletics and Music tailgates!&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Stop by the curated St. Olaf Homecoming archives <\/strong>for a special pop-up exhibit of memorabilia and photos in Buntrock Commons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Head out to the Campus Green<\/strong> for a fun-filled afternoon of lawn games, pumpkin painting, and delicious treats like apple tasting, boba tea samples, and classic popcorn and cotton candy.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">And of course, <strong>reconnect with the St. Olaf community<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1708\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/afe\/files\/2025\/08\/HCFW-080-Enhanced-NR-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-472\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-60368cc2b8b49353c4aca1bf9de423da\">Lock in your spot by <strong>Sunday, September 15,<\/strong> and we\u2019ll reserve a <strong>limited-edition pair of St. Olaf pint glasses <\/strong>for you at check-in\u2014perfect for an Ole-style cheers with friends old and new.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn--lg\" style=\"background-color: #b11556; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/stolaf.events.alumniq.com\/go\/hc25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">REGISTER TODAY!<\/a>\u00a0 <a class=\"btn btn--lg\" style=\"background-color: #e4a01b; color: #242121;\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/afe\/hcfw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn about homecoming &amp; Family Weekend<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">See you back on the Hill this October! Um! Yah! Yah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Alumni and Parent Relations Team<\/strong><br><em>alum-office@stolaf.edu<\/em> <br>507-786-3028<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what just went live?! Registration for Homecoming 2025 is now open!&nbsp; You already know that Home is where The Hill is! 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