Alumni Reunion Weekend

We have two hotel room blocks for you to choose from or you may make your own arrangements. Prices below exclude any applicable taxes and fees.

Embassy Suites Omaha - Downtown/Old Market
555 S. 10th Street - Omaha

Book your room online or call 1-800-362-2779 and reference the UNMC Alumni Reunion 2025 block.

Room block dates: September 11-14, 2025. Rooms are available until August 12, 2025, or the block fills.

Rooms & Rates:

2 Room Suite - 1 King Bed = $192/night

2 Queen Beds - 2 Room Suite - 1 Bedroom = $192/night

Parking at 10th & Jackson

Overnight: $23 or $29 for valet

0-4 hours: $14 or $20 for valet

4-8 hours: $17 or $20 for valet

8+ hours: $23 or $29 for valet

Omaha Marriott
10220 Regency Circle - Omaha

Book your room online or call 1-888-236-2427 and reference the UNMC Alumni Reunion September 2025 block.

Room block dates: September 11-14, 2025. Rooms are available until August 21, 2025, or the block fills.

Rooms & Rates:

Apartment, 1 King Bed = $124/night

Guest Room, 2 Double Beds = $124/night

Parking

$19/day

Attire is summer business casual. We encourage you to wear comfortable shoes for walking on campus.

Recipients from the colleges of Medicine and Nursing will be recognized during the respective Dean's Receptions on Friday. The Pharmacy recipients were recognized during the May convocation ceremony. 

• College of Pharmacy Award Recipients
• College of Medicine - Coming Soon!
• College of Nursing - Coming Soon!

When registration opens and you register yourself online or by calling the Alumni Office, you will receive a copy of your registration via email. 

The Alumni Office will send a confirmation email to registrants within one week of the reunion. That message will contain all the information you need for your participation in Alumni Reunion Weekend. 

Attendees will be responsible for their own transportation throughout the weekend. Limited parking is available on campus, so we recommend carpooling if possible. Upon arrival to campus on Friday, shuttle transportation will be available from the parking lot to the reunion check-in location. More information about this will be included in a confirmation email to registrants. 

If you won’t have a car, here are some options to consider:

• Arrange a ride with a classmate
• Call a cab (Visit Omaha recommends zTrip at 402-292-2222)
• Use a ridesharing app like Uber or Lyft

For cabs or rideshare services, please enter this address for drop-off: 619 S 42nd Street. This is the address to the Michael F. Sorrell Center. Ask to be dropped off near the red stethoscope statue on the southwest corner of the building — check-in will be just inside the doors by the statue.

9 – 10:00 a.m.
Check in for the Day 
Truhlsen Campus Events Center foyer, 1st level, Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, 619 S 42nd Street.

10 – 11:30 a.m.
Campus Tour Breakouts 
Please only select one tour option. These tours involve varied amounts of walking and limited opportunities to sit down. If you have questions, please contact the Alumni Relations Office. 

Meet in the Truhlsen Campus Events Center foyer, 1st level, Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education. 

• Option 1: iExcel in the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center and the Wigton Heritage Center 
  • iExcel showcases high-fidelity simulation and experiential learning technologies and the Wigton Heritage Center features UNMC history exhibits.  

• Option 2: The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Chihuly Sanctuary 
  • The Chihuly Sanctuary features 10 site-specific art installations and offers a place of respite and reflection for patients receiving treatment in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.  

• Option 3: Campus Walking Tour 
  • The walking tour will see various campus locations such as the renovated McGoogan Health Sciences Library, campus artwork, the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, and more. 

12 – 1:15 p.m.  
Welcome Back Lunch
$20/person for a hot lunch.
Truhlsen Campus Events Center, 1st level, Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education. 

The lunch program will include: 

• Remarks from UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD 

• A feature presentation from UNMC Campus Facilities on Project Health — a $2.19 billion health care facility at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine. This state-of-the-art clinical learning center will serve as a hub for educating and training future health care providers, advancing medical research, and conducting clinical trials.

1:15 – 1:55 p.m.
Break 
Truhlsen Campus Events Center, 1st level, Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education. 

2 – 2:45 p.m.
Tour of the College of Medicine 
Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, 1st level, Truhlsen Campus Events Center. 

Alumni and guests will be split into small groups. Medical students will answer questions and share about their educational experience at UNMC while providing a tour of the College of Medicine building. 

3 – 4:30 p.m.
Dean’s Reception with Brad Britigan, MD 
Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, 1st level, Truhlsen Campus Events Center. 

This session will include a state-of-the-college update and recognize the 2025 award recipients and the class of 1975 on their 50th reunion. Following this, the Dean will host a reception and light hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided. 

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

For the Class of 1975 

• 50-year Oral History Video Taping  
  Rare Book Room, 8th level, McGoogan Health Sciences Library 

• Browsing Special Collections and Archive Materials 
  McGoogan Health Sciences Library 

1:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Break
Truhlsen Campus Events Center, 1st level, Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education.

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Options:

• 50-year Oral History Video Taping for the Class of 1975 
  Rare Book Room, 8th level, McGoogan Health Sciences Library 

• Browsing Special Collections and Archive Materials 
  McGoogan Health Sciences Library 
• Continued Break

2:45 – 3:25 p.m. 
Tour of the College of Nursing Simulated Hospital 
College of Nursing Center for Nursing Science, 3rd level, room 3008.   

This facility includes med-surg rooms, labor and delivery, and pediatric rooms. This is where students train with manikins (patient simulators) to prepare for patient care.

3:30 – 5 p.m. 
Dean’s Reception with Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP  
College of Nursing Center for Nursing Science, 3rd level, room 3030.  

This session will include a state-of-the-college update and recognize the 2025 award recipients and the class of 1975 on their 50th reunion. Following this, the Dean will host a reception in the commons area, where light hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided. 

Evening 
Various class parties are scheduled around Omaha. Please review the class party schedule below.

2 – 2:45 p.m.
Tour of the College of Pharmacy  
UNMC Center for Drug Discovery and Lozier Center for Pharmacy Sciences and Education, 2nd level, atrium. 

Pharmacy students will answer questions and share about their educational experience at UNMC while providing a tour of the new College of Pharmacy building, which opened in 2016. 

3 – 4:30 p.m. 
Dean’s Reception with Don Klepser, PhD 
UNMC Center for Drug Discovery and Lozier Center for Pharmacy Sciences and Education, 2nd level, room 2006.  

This session will include a state-of-the-college update and recognize the class of 1975 on their 50th reunion. Following this, the Interim Dean will host a reception in the atrium, where light hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided.  

Evening 
Various class parties are scheduled around Omaha. Please review the class party schedule below.

Saturday, September 13, 2025
5 p.m. 

Jerico’s (Private Party Room) 
1732 W. Dodge Road

Order off the limited menu; pay on your own. 

Saturday, September 13, 2025
5 p.m. 

Gorat's Steak House (Private Party Room)
4917 Center Street

Order off the limited menu; pay on your own. 

Class Leader

• Bill Bennett

Friday, September 12, 2025
5 - 7 p.m. 

Wigton Heritage Center (Atrium)
UNMC Campus 
Between Wittson Hall and University Tower

$50/person for heavy appetizers and beverages.

Saturday, September 13, 2025
5:30 p.m. - Reception 
6:30 p.m. - Dinner

Embassy Suites Downtown/Old Market
555 S. 10 Street

$150/person for reception, dinner, dessert, and beverages.

Class Leaders

• Michael Westcott
• Alan Sooho
• Linda Ford
• John Colombo
• Roger Kobayashi
• Jim Miller
• Kevin Wycoff
• Linda Head (Honorary Member)

Friday, September 12, 2025
6 p.m.

Happy Hollow Club (Masters and Wimbledon Room)
1701 S. 105th Street

$75/person for heavy appetizers and beverages.

Saturday, September 13, 2025
6 - 10 p.m.

The Home of Drs. Carol & Dan Lydiatt
Address to be shared with registrants.

$25/person; BYOB and a side dish or dessert.

Class Leaders

• Susan Boust
• Cynthia Ellis
• Thomas Kenney
• Carol Lydiatt
• Jim & Becky Reilly
• Leann Serbousek
• Charles Wesley
• Ann Woerth

Saturday, September 13, 2025
6 p.m.

Corkscrew Wine & Cheese - Rockbrook Village
10924 Prairie Brook Road

$25/person for heavy appetizers. Cash bar available.

Class Leaders

• Dan Baden
• Ann O'Keefe

Saturday, September 13, 2025
6:30 p.m.

Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education (Alumni Commons)
UNMC Campus
619 S. 42nd Street

$45/person for heavy appetizers, beer, wine, and soda.

Class Leader

• Richard Bean

Friday, September 12, 2025
5 - 8 p.m.

Corkscrew Wine & Cheese - Blackstone
3908 Farnam Street

$25/person for heavy appetizers. Cash bar available. 

Saturday, September 13, 2025
6 - 9 p.m.

Nosh
1006 Dodge Street

$50/person for heavy appetizers. Cash bar available. 

Class Leaders

• Ginny Ripley
• Dina Kogan
• Mara Paradis
• Lynn Exum
• Jen Bengston

Friday, September 12, 2025
6 - 10 p.m.

Beacon Hills
6750 Mercy Road

$35/person for heavy appetizers. Cash bar available. 

Saturday, September 13, 2025
4 p.m.

TBD

Class Leaders

• Beth Hartman
• Molly Beran
• Susan Evans
• Kelly Schroeder
• Kristina Garnett Pazik

Saturday, September 13, 2025
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Vala's Pumpkin Patch & Apple Orchard (Campsite Reservation)
12102 S. 180th Street - Gretna

$19/person covers picnic pad reservation with campfire, hot dog and s’mores catering, and one NA beverage. Per person admission to Vala’s must be purchased separately.  

6 p.m.

Wilson & Washburn (Upstairs Event Space)
1407 Harney Street

$40/person for heavy appetizers and dessert. Cash bar available.

Class Leaders

• Sarah Marsicek
• Grant Turner
• Jason Thomas
• James Wilcockson

Saturday, September 13, 2025
10:30 a.m.

WheatFields Eatery & Bakery
1224 S. 103rd Street

Order off the menu; pay on your own.

Class Leaders

• Cyd Grafft
• Connie Avey

Friday, September 12, 2025
5 p.m. - Social
6 p.m. - Dinner

Gorat's Steak House (Private Party Room)
4917 Center Street

Order off the menu; pay on your own.

Class Leader

• Peggy Pelish

Friday, September 12, 2025

A dinner reservation will be made.

Friday, September 12, 2025

A dinner reservation will be made.

Class Leader

• Maria "Alma" Johnson

Friday, September 12, 2025
6 p.m.

Pasta Amore (The Deli Party Room)
11027 Prairie Brook Road

Order off the limited menu; pay on your own.

Class Leaders

• Gail & Denny Russell
• Bob Marshall

Friday, September 12, 2025
5:30 p.m. - Reception
6 p.m. - Dinner

Jerico's 
11732 W. Dodge Road

Order off the limited menu; pay on your own.

Class Leader

• Connie Freeman

Saturday, September 13, 2025
7 p.m.

Kinkaider Brewing Co. Omaha
2279 S. 67th Street

$25/person for heavy appetizers. Cash bar available.

Class Leaders

• Julie Wright Banderas
• Brenda Gorsett

Friday, September 12, 2025
6 p.m.

TBD

Class Leaders

• Kim Chipman
• Kimberly Bentjen Lueders

Friday, September 12, 2025
6 p.m.

Field Club of Omaha (Goodman Pub)
3615 Woolworth Avenue

$25/person for heavy appetizers. Cash bar available.

Class Leaders

• Sabrina Beck
• Andrea Keifer

Saturday, September 13, 2025
6 p.m.

Corkscrew Wine & Cheese - Blackstone (Private Party Room)
3908 Farnam Street

$25/person for heavy appetizers. Cash bar available.

Class Leaders

• Kristen Cook
• Emily Knezevich
• Mikayla Spangler

Saturday, September 13, 2025
Time: TBD

Smash Park 
8121 S. 125th Street - La Vista

Pay on your own that day.

Class Leader

• Amanda Pekny

Saturday, September 13, 2025
2 p.m.

Blue Sky Bar & Patio
10730 Pacific Street Suite 150

More information coming soon.

Class Leader

• Anthony Donovan