Thirty alumni and friends of Acadia University joined together on the evening of February 5 at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club in Bermuda to celebrate their connection to Acadia and their friendship with one another. Alumnus Charles Swan (Class of 1981) welcomed the attendees and representatives for the University. Dean of Professional Studies, Dr. Heather Hemming (’78), brought greetings from the University and spoke of some of Acadia’s new academic initiatives. Ian Murray (’88), Executive Director of Alumni Affairs, provided a brief update from the Alumni Association and other news from campus. Jim Darnbrough, Acadia’s Executive Director of Enrolment Services, spoke of Acadia’s student recruitment initiatives in Bermuda and around the world. The evening ended with a rousing rendition of ’Stand Up and Cheer’ led by Charles Swan. Alumni Karolyn Darrell-Burgess and Shoshana Williams are working on a plan to have a CariCom element added to Homecoming and are inviting all Bermudian and Caribbean alumni to ‘come home’ to Acadia in October 2017 – stay tuned for details! Pictured at the event are: Mekisha Hill Simmons (’98), Vince Williams (’05), Shoshana Williams (’99), and Karolyn Darrell-Burgess (’00).