2025 SPRUNT LECTURES
It’s time for the biggest alumni reunion event of the year: the Sprunt Lectures! Please plan to join UPSem alums from the past fifty years for a re-imagined event in Richmond from May 5-7.
What can you expect? Here’s a link to the preliminary schedule.
Highlights include:
Connect with colleagues and current and former faculty members including a variety of breakout groups.
Live on Stage True First Person Stories on a Theme—an opportunity to share and listen to moving stories from UPSem alumni and friends.
Dinners honoring Distinguished Alum Angela Sims, President of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester NY, and the Black Alumni Association’s Trailblazer, Brian Blount, President Emeritus of UPSem.
Lectures featuring internationally recognized Latine speaker, advocate, activist, and social ethicist Miguel De La Torre, who will invite us to learn more about people on the margins.
A chance to sing in a reUnion choir that combines the voices of students, graduates, faculty, staff, and friends during worship led by Baton Rouge, LA pastor Mamie Broadhurst.
Two new awards recognizing Rising Star Alum Megan Argabrite, pastor of Amity PC(USA) in Charlotte, NC, and Unsung Staff Hero Amanda Montague (with 30+ years of service) from Richmond, VA.
A concert by David LaMotte, storyteller, songwriter, speaker, and son of a UPSem alum who will also sing with the reUnion choir for opening worship.
Register Today
With new hotels and restaurants nearby, you’ll want to plan to arrive in RVA early to see why the city has been named one of the top places to live in the U.S. A lot has changed since you’ve been on campus.
There’s a sliding scale—please choose the rate that best reflects your circumstances. You’ll see this option when you register so this is an equitable event for everyone.
We look forward to hosting you in May at this exciting, reinvigorated series which will nurture your heart and soul.
Register today—don’t delay!
