We hope you can join us for the 2025 Iowa Black Alumni Association Reunion!

Check-in begins on Friday, April 4, at noon at the Hilton Garden Inn registration desk where you’ll receive an information packet for the weekend. Check-in will continue throughout Friday as well as Saturday morning. Other than the IBAA/African American Studies Recognition/Awards program at the Iowa City Public Library and a campus tour, all events will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn.

Friday: The IBAA/African American Studies Recognition/Awards program runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library (Meeting Room A), followed by a Mix & Mingle Variety Performance at the Hilton Garden Inn. If you’d like to showcase your skills at this event, sign up to be a performer.

Saturday: Participate in reunion workshops from 9 a.m. to noon, a campus tour, and the Black & Gold Gala at 6 p.m., which includes a banquet and dance. Venise Berry (77BA, 79MA) will lead a workshop to discuss the nature of racial ideology that has changed in our society. She and filmmaker Steven Berry created a documentary that explores racialism beyond traditional racism. It involves images, ideas, and issues that are produced, distributed, and consumed repetitively and intertextually.

Sunday: Our business brunch meeting begins at 9 a.m. If you’d like to attend a church in the area, we will have a list available during registration. If you wish to attend Bethel A.M.E. Church, you may take a personal tour of the newly renovated church. 

Visit the registration page for more details and the complete schedule.

The hotel’s hospitality room will be open periodically throughout the weekend for registrants. Free Wi-Fi and parking are included with your hotel reservation.

If you have questions, email alumni.engagement@foriowa.org. We look forward to seeing you!