Registration Open for Next Week’s Wentworth Weekend, All Are Welcome

Get ready for a weekend of connection, celebration, and discovery!  

Wentworth Institute of Technology is hosting a jam-packed weekend Oct. 18-20 filled with exciting events, from campus tours and athletic competitions to alumni panels and off-campus excursions.  

Alumni, families, and friends are invited to the inaugural Wentworth Weekend. Events will include an alumni-based “Where are They Now” panel, Accelerate Pitch Round, crafts and family activities, a barbecue, a Class of 1974 50th Reunion, and much more. 

“We wanted to create something special for everyone and go big,” said President Mark A. Thompson. “If you’re an alum, it’s a great chance to reconnect with classmates and, if you haven’t been to Wentworth in a while, it’s a way to see the new things our campus and Boston have to offer.”
 

Big-Fun Friday 
 

Over three days, guests will have the chance to participate in a variety of activities, starting with campus tours on the morning of Friday, Oct. 18, featuring Wentworth's state-of-the-art Center for Engineering, Innovation, and Sciences (CEIS). 

Embrace autumn in the afternoon with the Campus Community Fest. All five academic schools will present on design and architecture, engineering, sciences and humanities, computing and data science, and management. And there will be special food and fall activities.  

Here’s a peek at what the schools will be up to: 

• Architecture and Design: Working with recyclables with focus on sustainable design 
• Computing and Data Science: Skyscraper puzzle that blends special reasoning with logic 
• Engineering: 15 different student club displays including Baja Car, Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, and Underwater ROV 
• Management: Canstruction Build student competition display, a virtual site visit, lab demo, and more, as well as a cybersecurity visualization 
• Sciences and Humanities: Scientific demonstrations centered on physics and a truncated version of Boston 2050: Climate Crisis simulation game 

Free campus entertainment in the CEIS lobby will round out Friday. 

Super-Packed Saturday 
 

Saturday, Oct. 19 should be one for the ages. A wide range of activities are sure to entertain throughout the day: 

• Coffee with President Thompson 
• Class of 1974 Reunion and Legacy Family Recognition 
• Campus Tours 
• Fall Carnival and BBQ 
• Women’s Volleyball and Women’s Soccer 
• Leopard Launch Pitch Competition and Student Marketplace 
• Alumni “Where are They Now” Panel 
• Men’s Soccer 
• Alumni Basketball and Soccer Games 
• Blue Man Group at the Charles Playhouse 

Location, Location, Location (Sunday, Sunday, Sunday) 
 

If you graduated some time ago or simply haven't been back to campus in a while, you might be pleasantly surprised with how much the Wentworth campus and the surrounding area have changed in just a few short years. Or perhaps you’re new to Wentworth and still figuring out where all of the cool locations are. Whatever the case, Sunday’s Wentworth Weekend schedule has you covered!  

Start the day with a continental breakfast in the bright and airy Beatty Pavilion. If you choose to stay on campus for a while, there will be an alumni softball game taking place.  

Those who want to explore the city afterwards will have the chance through two different group outings. You may opt for traveling by land and sea through some of Boston’s historic sections with a Duck Boat Tour or gain a different type of bird’s eye view by traveling to the top of the Prudential Center through the View Boston 360 Experience. 

“The planning team has put a lot of thought into making this an unforgettable weekend,” said Thompson. “We’re excited to welcome everyone back to campus, and we hope our alumni and their families leave with wonderful memories.” 
 

RSVP now to secure your spot at the inaugural Wentworth Weekend!