FAQs

Contact Information

If you have any questions, please contact the Alumnae Office by calling 800-381-6131 or by emailing alumnae@sbc.edu. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.

In case of an emergency during Reunion Weekend, messages from outside of Sweet Briar can reach you through Campus Information at 434-381-6100.

Registration for Reunion

Registration for Reunion requires the purchase of a package or the purchase of à la carte options for each person attending Reunion with you, except for children under five years old. À la carte options are accompanied by a required registration fee for each person.

Early bird pricing is in effect until 11:59 p.m. EST on April 22, 2025.
Regular registration pricing is in effect until 11:59 p.m. EST on May 20, 2025. After May 20, 2025, extended registration pricing will be in effect. 

Payment by Check: If you want to pay by check, please contact the Alumnae office at alumnae@sbc.edu or 434-381-6131.

Online: To register for Reunion online, please complete the entire online registration form and proceed to the credit card payment screen in one session. You are not officially registered for Reunion until your payment is received.

Arrival

Thursday: Check in for the 50th Reunion class will begin at 2 p.m. at the Conference Center.

Friday: Check in for the post-50th reunion classes will begin at 10 a.m. at the Conference Center. For the classes of 1980 to 2020, check in begins at 1 p.m. at the Conference Center. After 9 p.m. on Friday, please register at the Guardhouse as you enter campus to receive your name tag and important updated information that you will need for events.

Saturday: Please check in at the Boxwood Alumnae House from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Class Photographs

Class photos will be taken by a professional photographer on Thursday evening for the 50th reunion class. Class photos for the post-50th Reunion classes will be at the luncheon on Friday and at dinner, for the 25th Reunion class. All other classes will have their photograph taken on Saturday evening. Following Reunion Weekend, all class photos and other Reunion photos taken by the photographer during the weekend will be posted on the College’s website.

What to Wear and Things to Bring

Cocktail (festive) attire is appropriate for the special dinner honoring the Class of 1975 on Thursday evening as well as for the Celebration Dinner and Dance on Saturday night. Casual attire is appropriate for all other meals and events. The weather can be fickle in May and June, so it is better to bring a sweater and raincoat, although we usually have warm, sunny days. Bring your athletic equipment, your camera, your bathing suit and towel, and your walking shoes!

Child Care Program

Children’s packages include housing, meals, and the children’s program Saturday evening only. Parental supervision is required at all times for all activities other than the children’s program. The children’s program will include age-appropriate activities and supervision by a trained and certified child care worker with additional student assistants.

Special Information You Provide

We ask that you provide any special conditions, needs, food preferences, allergies, as well as children’s ages for program planning purposes and for your safety and comfort while on campus.

Lodging

Reunion classes being celebrated (5s and 0s in 2025) are given campus lodging preference if bookings are completed by April 22, 2025. We will strive to book class members together who have completed their registration by the early bird deadline. Those class members who register after the early bird registration deadline cannot be guaranteed room assignments within the class-designated residence halls.

Fees will not be reduced if you choose to stay somewhere other than an on-campus residence hall. Rooms include a single bed, pillow, sheets (two flat sheets and a pillowcase), and two towels and washcloths per person.

Green Village

Green Village is a housing option package only. It does not include registration for any Reunion meals or activities. Choosing Green Village offers two nights (or three nights for the 50th class) of lodging for four people for $500 (which breaks down to $62.50 per person/night). You must sign up for Package A for each adult and select an appropriate child’s package for any children aged 17 and under. The units have four rooms with a single bed and two full baths. Additionally, the units have appliances including a TV, microwave, washer, dryer, and dishwasher but no kitchenware (for example, plates, glasses, utensils, pots & pans) is provided. You must supply kitchenware. Beds, pillows, sheets (two flat sheets and a pillowcase), and two towels and washcloths per person.

Units in the Green Village are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The ground floor units are wheelchair accessible. Please indicate under the “special conditions” section if wheelchair accessibility is needed. Please note that there is a two-night minimum stay and the maximum occupancy for each unit is four. Fees will not be reduced for units with fewer than four guests.

Unit reservations must be accompanied by payment. Only one occupant should submit payment for her group of four in the unit.

Reunion fees are not reduced for the selection of the Green Village instead of residence hall housing.

The Elston Inn & Conference Center at Sweet Briar College

The Elston Inn is currently reserved and is provided on a first come, first served basis for the 50th and post-50th Reunion classes. Confirmations for all rooms will come directly from the Inn.

All Inn pricing is based on availability and is subject to all applicable sales and hotel taxes.

The Elston Inn is a housing option only and does not include registration for any Reunion meals or activities. Reunion fees are not reduced for the selection of the Inn instead of dorm housing.

Price Range (per night, plus tax):
2 Doubles - $108
1 Queen - $104
2 Queens - $117
1 King - $131

Please contact Rachel Pietsch at (434) 381-6163 or rpietsch@sbc.edu for any Inn related questions or to request a room.

Off Campus Housing

All hotel pricing is based on availability and is subject to all applicable sales and hotel taxes. Reunion fees are not reduced for the selection of hotel lodging instead of dorm housing.

For a sample list of area hotels, please click here.

Refunds

No refunds will be issued after May 20, 2025.

Refunds for optional activities with fees will be made upon request, if the reservation is canceled by May 20, 2025, or if the event is canceled.

All refunds are subject to a processing fee of 3% of the refund amount unless an event is canceled.