What is Legacy Week?
Legacy Week is a celebration of the unique history of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. The week allows each university department, school, and student organization to celebrate their own unique history within the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø historical timeline as well as our Nobel Laureates and significant research findings.
The week gathers the university community in a celebration of campus pride and school spirit.
It is scheduled the week preceding the Hudson Relays in April, celebrating one of the longest standing traditions at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
When is Legacy Week?
Legacy Week is held every Spring Semester. Legacy Week 2025 is April 21-26, culminating in the annual Hudson Relays!
Join us in celebrating Legacy Week!
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Special thank you to the Student Presidents' Roundtable for all of their hard work on promoting Legacy Week 2025!
WEEK-LONG EVENTS
| Event | Sponsor | Location | Description | Who Can Participate? |
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| ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Trivia | University Spirit Committee | @cwruspirit Instagram | Check out the daily trivia questions on the @cwruspirit Instagram story for a chance to win prizes, including bicentennial jerseys! | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, and faculty |
| Celebrating Unsung Heroes Poster Series | University Spirit Committee | Tinkham Veale University Center Atrium Staircase | Stop by TVUC to see posters that display contributions past and present faculty, staff, and students have made to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and the surrounding community. We want to recognize ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's unsung heroes - those who have made an impact that others might not know about. | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, and faculty |
| Hallway Exhibit, Western Reserve College, 1826-1882 | University Archives | 11000 Cedar Avenue, ground floor, outside room 20 | Exhibit about the university when it was located in Hudson, Ohio and known as Western Reserve College | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, and faculty |
| History Pop-up Display | University Archives | Kelvin Smith Library | Come view displays on the Flora Stone Mather College Events and Camp Case! | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, and faculty |
| Bicentennial Web Exhibit, Celebrating 200 Years of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø | University Archives |
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Web exhibit featuring activities and events, people, and programs from the university's history, currently featuring the Hudson Era | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, and faculty |
| Greek Organization Yard Signs | Interfraternity Congress & Panhellenic Council | KSL Oval | IFC/PHC will be putting up yard signs along KSL Oval for each Greek Chapter under their organizations. | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, and faculty |
| Dean of Students Office: Past and Present | Dean of Students Office | Adelbert Hall, Rm 110 | The Dean of Students Office will be displaying their past and present staff in their office, so make sure to stop by and check it out! | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, and faculty |
DAILY EVENTS
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Event |
Sponsor | Time | Location | Description | Who Can Participate? |
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| Friday, April 18th | |||||
| ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Baseball vs. New York University | Department of Physical Education and Athletics | 3:00 PM | Nobby's Ballpark | Support your fellow Spartans at the Baseball game! | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, faculty, and community members |
| ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Softball vs. Chicago | Department of Physical Education and Athletics | 4:00 PM | Mather Park | Support your fellow Spartans at the Softball game! | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, faculty, and community members |
| Monday, April 21st | |||||
| University Media Board | 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Hart Crane Reading Room & Spartan Room in Thwing Center | Along with free donuts and UMB merchandise, we will be holding a scavenger hunt activity using archives from various UMB organizations as well as raffling off prizes! | Undergraduate students | |
| Tuesday, April 22nd | |||||
| Student Leadership Awards Ceremony | Office of Student Activities & Leadership | 4:30 - 7:30 PM | Foster-Castele Great Hall, Linsalata Alumni Center | The Awards Ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate all nominees! All students nominated for awards are encouraged to attend and will be recognized. Award winners are also announced during this event. Register here to attend. | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, and faculty |
| Wednesday, April 23rd | |||||
| SPR Legacy Week T-Shirt Giveaway | Student Presidents' Roundtable | 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Wet/Dry Fountain on Mather Quad | Join the Student Presidents' Roundtable (SPR) as they spread the joy with a free WRU or CIT t-shirt. | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø undergraduate students |
| Faculty/Staff/Grad Students Legacy Week T-Shirt Giveaway | University Spirit Committee | 12:00 - 1:00 PM | On the lawn outside Adelbert Hall (quad side) | Join the University Spirit Committee as they spread the joy with a free WRU or CIT t-shirt. | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø graduate students, staff, and faculty |
| ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø History Walking Tour | Dr. Janice Gerda | 5:30 - 7:30 PM | Adelbert Hall steps, on the Quad side | Join us on a stroll across campus and through stories of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's history! Learn about ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø beginnings, secrets, quirks, beauty, and its fascinating past. We'll begin at Adelbert Hall, walk through the Case Quad, and then cross Euclid to learn about the historic former campus of the Flora Stone Mather College for Women. Approx. 2 hours. Wear comfortable shoes. | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, and faculty |
| Thursday, April 24th | |||||
| Donuts with the Deans | Dean of Students Office | 9:30 AM -until donuts are gone | Binary Walkway | The Dean of Students office is helping to fuel our students so they can make their own legacy! Donuts will be served from 9:30am until they are gone. | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students |
| Center for Civic Engagement & Learning | 4:00 - 7:00 PM | Church of the Covenant | Volunteers will greet community members arriving for the meal, help them feel welcome, direct them to the dining room, help prepare plates, and serve food to guests. Volunteers are invited to join in the meal, sit among guests, and engage in conversation. After the meal, volunteers are needed to help with light clean up. | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students | |
| Forget-Me-Not ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø | Undergraduate Student Government |
5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Tink Senior Classroom B |
This event is here to celebrate the coming of the spring and the beautiful flowers on campus with a fun floral event! This event will have water colors painting along with pressed flower design/drawing to help celebrate ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's legacy during Legacy week! We hope to see you there! |
Undergraduate Students |
| Friday, April 25th | |||||
| Spirit Day! | Class Officer Collective & the University Spirit Committee | All Day | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Campus | Show your Spartan Pride for Spirit Day: Legacy Week Edition by wearing your SPR Legacy Week shirts or your bicentennial jerseys! | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, faculty, and staff |
| Game 'n Goodies | Class Officer Collective | 12:45 - 2:00 PM | Mather Quad | Celebrate Legacy Week and get excited for Hudson Relays! Stop by the Mather Quad for cupcakes, ice cream, and giveaways! | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, faculty, and staff |
| UPBakery | University Program Board | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Thwing Atrium | More info coming soon. | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Undergraduate students |
| LUX Yearbook | 2:30 - 4:00 PM | Thwing Ballroom | Get featured in the 2024-2025 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø LUX Yearbook -- plus eat food, win raffle prizes, and craft away at our stations! Stay tuned for menu and raffle reveals! Follow us on Instagram (@cwrulux) for more updates. Register here: |
Food & raffles - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Undergraduate students Yearbook sale - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, faculty, staff, and community members |
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| Spartie Cartie | Office of Student Activities & Leadership | Various times | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Campus | Catch Spartie riding around campus in his golf cart! If you're participating in the Spirit Day, you might even win a prize! | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, faculty, and staff |
| Saturday, April 26th | |||||
| Hudson Relays | Class Officer Collective and the Office of Student Activities & Leadership | 10:00 AM | Main Quad | See description below | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, faculty, and community members |
| Hudson Relays Watch Party | Class Officer Collective and the Office of Student Activities & Leadership | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Jolly Scholar | See description below | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, faculty, or community members |
| Springfest | Springfest Committee and the Office of Student Activities & Leadership | 3:00 - 10:00 PM | East Bell Commons | See description below | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, staff, or faculty |
| UPB Drone Show | University Program Board | Directly following the Springfest Concert | East Bell Commons | Following the Springfest concert, join UPB for a spectacular drone show lighting up the night sky! Featuring 400 synchronized drones, the show will celebrate ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s history—including WRU and CIT—as well as highlighting campus traditions and local landmarks. Don't miss out on this first of a kind event for ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø! | ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, faculty, and staff |
Hudson Relays
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 10 a.m. on the Main Quad
In 1882, Western Reserve University moved 26 miles from Hudson, Ohio, to the University Circle area. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø annually commemorates this event with Hudson Relays, a 26-mile relay race around the current campus. The event originally began in 1910, starting in Hudson, Ohio, and ending at the rock in front of Adelbert Hall.
Join the watch party in the Jolly Scholar from 9:30am to 12:30pm!
Sponsored by the Class Officer Collective and the Office of Student Activities and Leadership
Springfest
Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 3 pm to 10 pm on East Bell Commons.
Springfest, which occurs the last Saturday of the spring semester, is a student-planned event that celebrates ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and fosters campus unity. The tradition continues each year with inflatable attractions, novelty games, student organization booths, and great food. Throughout the day you will hear local bands and a national headliner that entertains hundreds of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends.
Remote Resources:
Additional historical exhibits or displays:
, Veale Recreation Center
Physics Museum, lowest level of Rockefeller Hall and on the walls of the grand staircase
Red Cat and Rough Rider memorabilia, lounge displays, Wyant Athletic and Wellness Center
Nobel Prizes and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Hovorka Atrium
Cleveland history and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø artifacts, Cleveland Room, Thwing Center
Case School and Case Alumni Association, displays and artifacts, lobby and in the Case Alumni Association office, Tomlinson Hall
Historical Photos of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Flora Stone Mather Reading Room and second floor, Kelvin Smith Library
Trailblazers, first floor, Kelvin Smith Library
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Film Society history, lobby of Strosacker Auditorium
Portraits of Presidents, Adelbert Hall
History of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (rotating topics) second floor, Hitchcock Hall, Thwing Center
Campus Fun Facts
Fun fact – Flora Stone Mather – the namesake for the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women on campus - built Guilford House (originally a dormitory called Guilford Cottage) to honor her former teacher Linda T. Guilford. She also contributed funds toward the construction of Haydn Hall and Amasa Stone Chapel. She left her mark on campus and on us!
In Photo: Dr. Angela Clark-Taylor, Director of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, spends some quality time with Flora during Homecoming 2019!
Learn About Legacy Week
Legacy Week was established in 2017, to observe and showcase the history of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's momentous history. During this week various departments, offices, student organizations, staff and faculty members, and individual students will host various programs and events to bring to light the history of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
However, there is more! We know that ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø would be nothing without you! So, through programs and events, our campus will help celebrate YOU! Your legacy!
To learn more about the college flags, which are highlighted in the flyer, please visit HERE