All-’80s Reunion
We look forward to welcoming all Acadia alumni from the Classes of 1980 through to 1989 for your Summer Reunion!
Relive your Acadia days during the weekend of Friday, June 19 to Sunday, June 21, 2026. As an added bonus, the annual Hockey Celebrity Dinner is taking place on Thursday, June 18th. Consider extending your weekend plans! See below for details.
REGISTRATION
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(Subject to change)
Friday, June 19, 2026
12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Reunion Check In (Wu Welcome Centre - drop by anytime between these hours)
3:00 p.m.: Campus Tour (Starts at the Wu Welcome Centre)
7:00 p.m.: Welcome Reception (The Garden Room, K. C. Irving Environmental Science Centre)
10:00 p.m.: Back to the '80s Dance Party, music by "Height Requirement" (The Church Brewing Co.) click for tickets
Night at the Anvil (The Anvil Beverage Room)
Saturday, June 20, 2026
8:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast (McCain Commons, Huestis Innovation Pavilion)
9:30 a.m.: Class Meetings and University Q&A (Corkum Auditorium, Huggins Science Hall)
12:00 p.m.: Time on your own with lots of great options to fill your time in the Wolfville area
3:00 p.m.: Campus Tours (starts at Wu Welcome Centre)
6:00 p.m.: Reunion Banquet (Fountain Learning Commons)
9:00 p.m.: Exit 10 (The Axe Bar and Lounge)
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Breakfast (location and time to be determined)
Chapel Service (Manning Memorial Chapel, time to be determined)
Smudging Ceremony (celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day at the Acadia teepee, time to be determined)
ACCOMMODATION
On-Campus Accommodation is available at Roy Jodrey Hall.The Acadia Axemen Celebrity Hockey Dinner will be held on Thursday, June 18th in the Andrew H McCain Arena. NHL Head Coach Rick Bowness is the headline guest. The Hockey Honour Roll will welcome three new members: Darryl Moxam (’00), Bryce Classen (’01) and Russell Hogue (’02). Tickets available .
Registrants, Reunion Year (Updated as of Monday, April 27, 2026)
Shari Balcom
Mary Bezanson Swan ('82)
Marion Aretha Borden-Davis ('89)
Michael Brady ('81)
Nurlela Brady
Randy Briand ('83)
Betty-Lynn Burdett ('82)
Lenore Cameron ('80)
Paul Colpitts ('80)
Rick Coulson ('84)
Sherwyn Davis
Lori-ann Esser (Veinotte) ('89)
Natalie Fletcher ('80)
Tony Folkins ('85)
Victor French ('85)
Karen Harris ('83,'84)
Roberta Heembrock (MacBeath) ('81)
Ruth Hennigar ('81)
Constance Hetzler ('83)
Janet Hoyt ('81)
Tammy Hunt McDonald ('82)
Geoff Irvine ('87)
Doug Jones ('84)
Gig Kemp ('82)
Tim Korosi ('81)
Sharon Korosi (Cudmore)
Helen Langley ('79)
Johnann LeBlanc (MacGillivray) ('89)
Karen Lewis (Newcombe) ('82)
Darren Leyte
Drin Lutchman ('84)
Peter MacIsaac ('89)
Kelly MacLean
Donna MacLeod ('86)
Michelle Marr-Gilmore (Crosby) ('88)
Derrick Marshall ('87)
Nancy McCain ('82)
Marlene McCluskey ('83)
Tim McIntyre ('84)
Geoff McLean ('85)
Fredda McNally ('81)
Jennifer Meacher ('85)
Heather Mitchell ('85)
Kevin Muise ('83)
Shawna Murdock-Moore ('86)
Shelly O'Brien ('82)
Mannard Packwood ('88)
Bill Paisley ('83)
Bill Penney ('83)
Lauri Ravanello ('83)
Heather Sargent ('83)
Mike Smeltzer ('84)
Glenn Stott ('80)
Martin Suter ('88)
Charlie Swan ('81)
Michael Swan ('81)
Sherani Theophilus ('84)
Vaughndee Thompson ('81)
Jay Thomson ('80)
Deborah Thomson (Jackson) ('81,'83)
Nancy Vanwiechen (Gourley) ('82)
Blair Way ('85)
Mark Webster ('82)
Janet Webster ('82)
Gay Weir ('82)
Nancy Westhaver ('85)
Sarah Whitaker ('87)
David White ('85)
Barry Wisener ('82)
Lana Wood (Williams) ('82)
