Written by Pounce de Lion.
Phew, what an exhausting weekend we had on campus last week! I almost thought about going into hibernation like a bear just to recover from it all. That being said, I couldn’t have had a better time and I love when the pride returns to campus and we can all relive our time together again. In fact, I keep reliving the weekend with the Storify that was recreated.
In case we haven’t met before, my name is Pounce, and I am the alumni office lion, not to be confused with my brothers King Warrior or Jerome from St. Jerome’s. I am the older, wiser and generally just the favourite of the group and we have all lived at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ for years. (And my bald spots in my mane are just a sign of my vintage). This is a photo of me on the right with some alumni, again, another example of me as the favourite.
For those of you who didn’t come back, here is a quick recap of what you missed.
- Nearly 300 people in our alumni VIP tent, which included a lion’s share of food, beer samplings and À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ swag.
- Grads celebrating their 50th anniversary with engineering and an amazing iron ring ceremony.
- Families and friends in AHS taking part in the longest standing tradition of Reunion, the AHS Fun Run.
- All of the colleges had exciting events including St. Jerome’s family carnival, Renison’s East Asian Festival, a traditional Pow Wow at St. Paul's, and the Taste of Conrad Grebel.
I was lucky enough to attend all of these events and it was by far the best time I have had since the premiere of Lion King II, as shown in my newly released video.
I will clearly be the next Youtube sensation.
I asked to write this blog post because I wanted to personally thank EVERY alumnus that returned to campus this past weekend to celebrate their time at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. Whether you were returning for your 50th reunion in Engineering, or have only been away for a year, THANK YOU. We loved having you all back on campus to revisit, and you helped make this our most successful Reunion EVER. (Take all the times I am using caps as a lion’s roar of excitement).
Thank you again to everyone that came back to celebrate our collective À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ pride, we hope you will join us again next year and bring back some more friends to add to the pride. I promise it will be one of the best times you have at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and I look forward to us all reuniting.
To see more photos of me, and I guess some reunion ones too, check out .