🎊FAMILY WEEKEND IS HERE!

Fri., September 27 to Sun., September 29

 There will be so much to experience on campus with your AU Eagle!

Join us for the Welcome with President Alger, the Change Can’t Wait Festival, art-making, an exploration in the library, school events, faculty lectures, faith observances, student performances, art exhibitions, a Comedy Show with Roy Wood Jr, music performances, tours, activities, events, and more!   

Check out the full program schedule at https://www.american.edu/stud.../families/family-weekend.cfm (Please note, select events are sold out.)

We can't wait to welcome AU families and alumni back to campus!

This year, Family Weekend is proud to support The Market: AU’s Food Pantry. At AU, we believe that students should never go hungry or skip meals because they can’t afford enough to eat. To assist students who are facing food insecurity, AU's Market Food Pantry provides free groceries and limited personal-care items to all students in need.

The Market will host a canned food drive as part of Family Weekend on Friday, September 27, 2024 from 11:00am – 3:00pm in the lobby of the Mary Graydon Student Center. Additionally, you may donate canned goods and shelf-stable items through The Market’s Amazon Wishlist. Consider this wonderful opportunity-- and make a difference!

AU parents and families joined President Jon Alger for a listening session earlier this month. Throughout the semester, President Alger is engaging in an active listening tour to learn more about the AU community by asking questions and soliciting feedback as he develops his vision for the university’s future. 

President Alger gave brief remarks and parents and families shared their thoughts about what makes AU special and unique, and how we can build a stronger, better AU.

President Jon Alger and Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith America, chatted about building relationships across difference to kick off the Perspectives on the Civic Life Presidential Speaker Series.

SPA professor Thomas Zeitzoff explores the relationship between education and prejudice across countries.

AU’s Office of Community and Government Relations welcomed campus neighbors for a free screening of Inside Out 2.