Alumni and Community Events
Celebrate your UNC connection when you attend an upcoming alumni or community event. Events provide a meaningful way to connect with your alma mater and the broader Bear Network. Events help you meet fellow Bears, learn something new, and provide an opportunity share what we all have in common - UNC!
Featured Events
Find additional university events and opportunities at calendar.unco.edu
HONORED ALUMNI
The University of Northern Colorado boasts outstanding alumni and dedicated friends who embody the university's tradition of excellence. Each year the UNC Alumni Association recognizes some of our most distinguished alumni and friends with Honored Alumni Awards.
REUNIONS
Reconnect to classmates and the University of Northern Colorado during a reunion celebration. Academic programs, athletic teams, and student life organizations from every area of the university host events throughout the year designed to bring alumni together.
BEARS FAN FEST
Join your fellow Bear fans of all ages for tailgating, travel, spirit and fun when you attend an upcoming Bears Fan Fest. Events are held during all home football games, select away football games and select basketball games and are open to all Bears alumni, fans and friends.
HOMECOMING
UNC’s Homecoming tradition goes back to 1923 when the Bears football team took on Montana State. Today’s Homecoming celebration includes some activities with decades of history and others that engage our university community in fresh and exciting ways.
Engage in UNC History
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Digital UNC
Digital UNC is a digital repository service offered by the University Libraries to preserve and provide public access to the University of Northern Colorado's information resources and intellectual output. Be sure to explore the yearbook archive, which encompasses more than seventy years of school history.
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University Traditions
Since the university was founded in 1889 as the State Normal School of Colorado, our alumni community has grown from an initial graduating class of 12 into an alumni association which engages more than 130,000 UNC graduates around the world. Get to know the history and traditions of our community.
