Now this is a Spring Game!!

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Thursday, April 11, 2019
5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Legends Mixer Kickoff Jazz Night Out
Minerva Avenue
1002 Buchanan Street
Live Music and Complimentary Hors D' Oeuvres
Free admission | $10 Valet Parking
Hosted by: TSUNAA - Nashville Alumni Chapter

Friday, April 12, 2019
9:00 a.m.
Golf Tournament
Hermitage Golf Club
3939 Old Hickory Blvd.
Hosted by Beta Omicron Alumni Chapter
Contact: Mr. Horace Jones - [e-mail]
Register

11:30 a.m.
Engineering Awards & Recognition Luncheon
Jane Elliott Hall Auditorium
Costs: Tickets - $50, Table - $500, Corporate Table - $1,000
Contact: Sherrill Toran - [e-mail]
Dr. S. Keith Hargrove - [e-mail]

12:00 p.m.
Alvin "Cat" Coleman Symposium
Indoor Practice Facility, Room 102
Hosted by the TSUNAA - Football Alumni Chapter
Contact: Mr. Jerrold McRae - [e-mail]

2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
TSU Engineering Alumni Summit and Meeting
Research and Sponsored Programs Building, Room 163
Hosted by: TSU Engineering Alumni Chapter
Contact: Sherrill Toran - [e-mail]

3:00 p.m.
Scholarship Appreciation Reception
Kean Hall Gymnasium
By invitation only
Hosted by the TSU Foundation
Contact: Dr. Darlene Harris-Vasser - [e-mail]

7:00 p.m.
Salute To Greatness
Excellence on the Gridiron
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
611 Commerce Street
Honoring all former TSU Football players who
played in the professional leagues
Cost: $125 per ticket or $1,250 a table
Purchase Ticket
Reception begins at 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Mr. Grant Winrow - [e-mail]


8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Warehouse Party
Music City Indoor Karting & Entertainment Center
400 Davidson Street, Suite 403
Admission: $25 one-time gift or $10 recurring gift
to support to the TSU Foundation.
Use code GBTSU in comment field
Hosted by: Give Back TSU
Contact: Call or text GBTSU at 313-246-4270
Make a gift

Saturday, April 13, 2019
8:00 a.m. (runners) ~ 8:05 a.m. (walkers)
5K Run/Walk
Start: Floyd-Payne Campus Center
Finish: William Hale Stadium - "The Hole"
Contact: Ms. Charla Lowery - [e-mail]
Cost: $30 - 2/28/19, $40 after 3/1/19
Register


Medal Ceremony
Immediately following the run/walk
William Hale Stadium - "The Hole"

10:00 a.m.
Spring Preview Day
Floyd-Payne Campus Center
Hosted by Office of Admissions and Recruitment
Contact: Mr. Everett Jolley or Jovon Jones
www.tnstate.edu/admissions

1:00 p.m.
Legends Football Game
William Hale Stadium "The Hole"
Contact: Mr. Jerrold McRae - [e-mail]

3:00 p.m.
Blue & White Scrimmage Game
William Hale Stadium - "The Hole"

3:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Legends Weekend Hush Party
Hosted by: One Party, One Purpose, One TSU
Contact: [e-mail]
Register

10:00 p.m.
40 Under Forty Honors
WKND Hang Suite
1703 Church Street
Hosted by: TSUNAA Young Alumni Network
Contact: Kendric Dartis - [e-mail]


Sunday, April 14, 2019
9:00 a.m.
Worship Service
Ebenezer Community Church
2624 Morena Street
Nashville, Tennessee

[Bornthrilla]

Brought a tear to my eye, reading all of that.

Somebody finally gets it. Hope one day we can follow suit.

[oleschoolaggie]

my son is a tennessee state alum and he's quite proud of this! yeah, wish we had something like this, especially considering the championship run we've been on for the last 5 or 6 years...

[marchingband1969]

We're an ag school and don't know much about marketing and event planning. Don't ever expect to see anything this elaborate at A&T. I love my University but I've given up on us being good at marketing ourselves.

[aggierattler]

Apr 4, 2019 20:25:58 GMT -5 marchingband1969 said:

We're an ag school and don't know much about marketing and event planning. Don't ever expect to see anything this elaborate at A&T. I love my University but I've given up on us being good at marketing ourselves.

Tennessee State is an Ag school, too.

[thefriscotxaggie]

Plus we got one of the best business schools in the state

[Deleted]

So to make it make sense, y’all basically want A&T to have homecoming-like events to coincide with the Spring Game weekend? That’s what Tennessee State is doing essentially.

We do have AggieFest week and those events could be tied to that and the spring game in 2020.

It would take coordination between Athletics, SGA, Student Affairs and Alumni Relations to make it happen.

[DECKS]

Lol, we have GHOE and people need all year to save up for it.

Perhaps a lil more marketing about the game/team but I can do without all the side shows. Just give me football.

[KidHeartless]

Well they have pretty much cut alumni out of AggieFest soooo...............

I wouldn't mind some extra incentive to come back for the Spring Game.

[Bornthrilla]

Apr 5, 2019 6:24:48 GMT -5 westcoastaggie said:

So to make it make sense, y’all basically want A&T to have homecoming-like events to coincide with the Spring Game weekend? That’s what Tennessee State is doing essentially.

We do have AggieFest week and those events could be tied to that and the spring game in 2020.

It would take coordination between Athletics, SGA, Student Affairs and Alumni Relations to make it happen.

Not necessarily. I would be happy with just 1/5th of the itinerary that Tennessee State has come up with.

What impresses me is the fact that they realize that organizing an entire weekend of events around the spring football game can be a great marketing tool for the entire university.

In contrast, here is A&T's schedule of events for this weekend:

Saturday, April 6

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Annual Blue & Gold football game

1:01 PM: Game is over; fans are told to kick rocks.


The end.

[oleschoolaggie]

i drove down for one of our spring games about 3 or 4 years ago and i'll be honest, i was completely "turned off" by the brown grass in aggie stadium. i'm sorry, but that brown grass is a flatout "eyesore" to me. made it hard for me to enjoy the spring game.

nonetheless, i agree with thrilla. perhaps we don't need to have an itinerary for our spring game that's as elaborate as tennessee state's, but we could at least add 2 or 3 more events to go along with the spring game. for example, why not piggy back the spring game with an aggie baseball game or track meet? and prior to the game, promote "pregame" tailgating.

i don't think it has to be the next coming of ghoe, but something relatively small that complements the game and encourages more folks to come out would suffice...

[Bornthrilla]

[bseballaggie]

Apr 5, 2019 10:34:11 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

EXCITINGL.... LOL my question is could this overall promotion be outsourced. Turn it over to one of the local Alumni Associations.

[marchingband1969]

Apr 4, 2019 20:25:58 GMT -5 marchingband1969 said:

We're an ag school and don't know much about marketing and event planning. Don't ever expect to see anything this elaborate at A&T. I love my University but I've given up on us being good at marketing ourselves.

My whole point was we are rarely proactive in marketing what we have. I know we have GHOE (Greatest Homecoming on Earth) that's a major brand but the alumni created that experience long before the University figured out that it was something to market. Even the "GHOE" brand wasn't created by the University.

I just wished our Administration understood how to utilize various events and organizations to better promote the University. Hey, don't get me wrong... if given a choice between building the premier HBCU in America vs. promoting a bunch of well organized campus events, I'll take the former. But I sometimes think we miss some key marketing and branding opportunities.

We've got a lot to be proud and I just hate it that the world doesn't know that. We've done so much with so much less and I think that's a message that our community should experience. Every time a young person comes on our campus for any event, I want them to see and experience Aggie Pride. By the way, every time an alumni member attends a well planned University event, that solidifies their relationship with the University. And hopefully that relationship will encourage them to support the University with their contributions.

[90Aggie]

They initially had an AAF Donor Reception scheduled for earlier in the day, but they rescheduled it for May.
I was going to drive down for both and see the new Union, but...