Legacy Week: Celebrating �ǿմ�ý History | Student Activities and Leadership | Division of Student Affairs

What is Legacy Week?

Legacy Week is a celebration of the unique history of �ǿմ�ý. The week allows each university department, school, and student organization to celebrate their own unique history within the �ǿմ�ý 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 �ǿմ�ý.

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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2025 Events:

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?
�ǿմ�ý 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!	�ǿմ�ý 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 �ǿմ�ý and the surrounding community. We want to recognize �ǿմ�ý's unsung heroes - those who have made an impact that others might not know about.	�ǿմ�ý 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	�ǿմ�ý 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!	�ǿմ�ý students, staff, and faculty
Bicentennial Web Exhibit, Celebrating 200 Years of �ǿմ�ý	University Archives		Web exhibit featuring activities and events, people, and programs from the university's history, currently featuring the Hudson Era	�ǿմ�ý 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.	�ǿմ�ý 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!	�ǿմ�ý students, staff, and faculty

DAILY EVENTS

Event	Sponsor	Time	Location	Description	Who Can Participate?
Friday, April 18th
�ǿմ�ý 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!	�ǿմ�ý students, staff, faculty, and community members
�ǿմ�ý Softball vs. Chicago	Department of Physical Education and Athletics	4:00 PM	Mather Park	Support your fellow Spartans at the Softball game!	�ǿմ�ý 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.	�ǿմ�ý students, staff, and faculty
Wednesday, April 23rd
SPR Legacy Week T-Shirt Giveaway	Student Presidents' Roundtable	12:00 - 1:00 PM	Tinkham Veale University Center Atrium	Join the Student Presidents' Roundtable (SPR) as they spread the joy with a free WRU or CIT t-shirt.	�ǿմ�ý 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.	�ǿմ�ý graduate students, staff, and faculty
�ǿմ�ý 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 �ǿմ�ý's history! Learn about �ǿմ�ý 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.	�ǿմ�ý 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.	�ǿմ�ý 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.	�ǿմ�ý students
Forget-Me-Not �ǿմ�ý	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 �ǿմ�ý'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	�ǿմ�ý Campus	Show your Spartan Pride for Spirit Day: Legacy Week Edition by wearing your SPR Legacy Week shirts or your bicentennial jerseys!	�ǿմ�ý 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!	�ǿմ�ý students, faculty, and staff
UPBakery	University Program Board	1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Thwing Atrium	More info coming soon.	�ǿմ�ý Undergraduate students
	LUX Yearbook	2:30 - 4:00 PM	Thwing Ballroom	Get featured in the 2024-2025 �ǿմ�ý 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 - �ǿմ�ý Undergraduate students Yearbook sale - �ǿմ�ý students, faculty, staff, and community members
Spartie Cartie	Office of Student Activities & Leadership	Various times	�ǿմ�ý Campus	Catch Spartie riding around campus in his golf cart! If you're participating in the Spirit Day, you might even win a prize!	�ǿմ�ý 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	�ǿմ�ý 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	�ǿմ�ý 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	�ǿմ�ý 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 �ǿմ�ý’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 �ǿմ�ý!	�ǿմ�ý 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. �ǿմ�ý 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 �ǿմ�ý 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 �ǿմ�ý students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends.

Remote Resources:

Information about the Nobel Laureates
Michelson & Morley Experiment
�ǿմ�ý Archives

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 �ǿմ�ý, Hovorka Atrium

Dental Centennial Historical Museum 2124 Cornell Road (former School of Dental Medicine building)

Cleveland history and �ǿմ�ý 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 �ǿմ�ý, Flora Stone Mather Reading Room and second floor, Kelvin Smith Library

Trailblazers, first floor, Kelvin Smith Library

�ǿմ�ý Film Society history, lobby of Strosacker Auditorium

Portraits of Presidents, Adelbert Hall

History of �ǿմ�ý (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 Hayden 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 �ǿմ�ý'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 �ǿմ�ý.

However, there is more! We know that �ǿմ�ý would be nothing without you! So, through programs and events, our campus will help celebrate YOU! Your legacy!

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