Babysitting Options

Barbara McWilliams' daughter, Teylor, will be available for childcare during reunion
weekend. If you have those needs, please contact Teylor at (773)810-9394 and email
is hupiratetay@yahoo.com.  She can be available as early
as Thursday evening.

The Ladies Are Still Leading But The Brothers Are Gaining!

There's no cause for alarm yet, but Ladies we may need to step it up a bit. Remember, the winner gets free drinks all weekend from the man of your choice! Hey Brother X, I love Pinotage!

Tee-ing Up!

Hey golfers you only have a few more days to register for the Hampton University Reunion Weekend Golf Classic on Friday, May 7. Tee time is 1 p.m. and the $50 green fee can be paid at the Hampton Roads Golf Course at 320 Butler Farm Rd., Hampton, VA. course. Registration closes Sunday, May 2. For more information please contact Cheryl Dunn Badger at redtees1@gmail.com or call 609-937-4650.

Looky Who's Coming, II!

Alfreda Adjahoe-Brockman, Bert Allen, Charlene & Billy Taylor, Howard Atkinson, Sheila Antrum, Cheryl Dunn Badger, Adriana Bethel-Hibbler, Dyanne Boone Baldwin, Brenda Barnett-Torrence, Carolyn Harris Brown, Karen Brown, Kathryn Brown-Naming'Ona, Kim Bullock, Altamarie Burroughs, Michael Byrd, Rhonda Carter-Lawrence, Tony Cheatham, Micele Cheek, Leonard Chester, Margaret Colden, Carl Coleman, David Cooper, Valerie Cradle-Cuffie, Jan Christopher, Leah Crocker, Elizabeth Curtis, Andre DeBose, Lenora Delyons-Williams, Charles Dortch, Russell Easter, Marcia Fields Milton, Darrell Fitzgerald, Janet Flucker-Haywood, Sharon Ford-Bell, Sandy Gibson, Todd & Donna Givens, Gail Goodrich-Hunt, Marilyn Gordon, Ricky Harris, Paula Hawkins, Gayle Burnett Heyer, Elveeda Howell-Dixon, Patricia Hundley-Williams, Wanda James, Michele Jenkins, Jan Johnson, Kelvin & Pam Johnson, Ronald Johnson, Tia Johnon, Cynthia Johnson-Reid, Bonita Layson, Terri Lawrence, Dot Lee-Murray, Erica Lightfoot, Winifred Little-Green, Julie Loftin-McKay, Baron McKeithan, Sheila McNeil-Lee, Barbara McWilliams-Rhem, Valerie Millsap-Harrison, Percy Mitchell, Mary Morrow, Wynton Norvel-Dillard, Rhonda Owen-Smith, Kim Perkins-Holloway, Brett Pulley, Mary Radden Hicks, Sylvia Roberts-Martin, Kim Robinson, Evadney Rogers Key, Robert Rush, Krista Carter Skinner, Sheila Tucker, Miki Turner, Janice Tyson, Wendell Walker, Darcea Scott West, Herb Gray, Al Green, Renee Allen, Darlene Fuller Parham, Ernest Wilson, Cindy Woods-Pearson, Donna Yancy-Blanks and George White.

Joy's In A League Of Her Own Now

Congrats to Michele Cheek's daughter Joy who was drafted in the third round of the WNBA draft to the Indiana Fever!

Commencement Tickets

I'm not sure how many folks were able to get through the mad rush to reserve commencement tickets this morning, but there are some classmates who didn't and need extra tickets.

Altamarie Burroughs needs one for her mom, who will be accompanying her daughter to our reunion. If you have any extras that you're not planning to use, please contact her at alburrough@hotmail.com.

Volunteers Needed To Help Close Down The Banks!

Evidence

Please gather all of your new and vintage, tasteful and distasteful photos for inclusion in Rick Montgomery's reunion slide show. Please put your shots on a flash drive or CD and bring them with you to the reunion. For the technically-challenged, Rick can be reached at Richard@rixstarstudios.com.

HOT SHOTS

got some miscellaneous photos for the UNews? Send them on!

Claudia and Andre DeBose in New York City

Miki N' Mo Flashin'

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REUNION NEWS

Deadline Extended!

Good news for those of you still on the fence about attending our 30th year reunion May 7-9. The registration deadline has been extended to April 26. After that you can register on-site, but if you do that you might risk not getting a goodie bag. So, please send your checks to Michael Byrd at the address below ASAP.

Individual Registration Fee

$235

Couples Registration Fee

$325

All checks should be made payable to “1980 Reunion 2010 Registration”.

Please send your registration fees to:

Mr. Michael Byrd, 1908 Barrington Drive, Jonesboro, GA 30236

Commencement Tickets

As you all probably know by now the university has announced its distribution plans for commencement tickets.

Beginning Monday, April 19, at 8 a.m. EST, you can try and get one of the 1,000 tickets that will be available for the general public at commencement.hamptonu.edu on a first-come, first-serve basis. The next opportunity will be for alumni only on May 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST at the Emancipation Oak on campus. The reunion committee is checking to see whether the alumni allotment is for all alums, or just those who are registered with the reunion year classes.

That's the game-plan for now, but all of this could change. It's Hampton, y'all.

What's Happening And When

Our weekend schedule is still pretty much the same. There will be a confirmed list of activities in your registration packets.

Hotel

Our hotel block is full but if any of you with reserved rooms won't be attending please let either Andre DeBose or Michael Byrd know. Adebose@deloitte.com, Michael_Byrd@bellsouth.net.

Women Holding On!

The ladies still lead the Battle of the Sexes! It might be time for the brothers to bring in some ringers from '85! Thanks to Cheryl Dunn Badger for organizing such a successful campaign!

CLASS NEWS

Birthdays

Tia Johnson, May 5
Cheryl Dunn Badger, May 10
Brenda Barnett Torrence, May 13
Vanessa Brown Jones, May 15
Lorri Young West, May 18
Myra Smith, May 22
Kenny Vereen, May 23
Welton B. Doby, May 23
Bill Young, May 28
Steve Blair, May 30

JUNE

Carolyn Harris Brown, June 2
Cindy Woods Pearson, June 10
Terri Lawrence, June 25
Larry Butler, June 26
Willeta Monroe Sawyer, June 27
Brett Pulley, June 28
Sheila McNeill-Lee, June 30

It's Ladies Night And Day!

Well, well, well. Looky here! Well done ladies! Brothers, might be time to start channeling your inner Gloria Gaynor. Will you, can you survive?!!!

Mental Notes

Hey all, it's getting almost down to the wire and the Reunion Committee needs your cooperation in regard to the following matters.

April 7--The last date to back out of your reservation at the Crowne Plaza without paying.
April 15--Regular registration ends.
April 25--start sending goodie bag items into Sylvia Hazel Hunter, 103 River Birch Ct., Newport News, VA 23602. Phone: 757-833-7544.
May 7--Party time!

What's Still Needed

Help make our online auction a national success! You've seen the tickets to an NBA basketball game and Miki's beautiful photograph up for bids. Now you can help by donating items or contacting someone you know who can donate items. We are looking for items that can be used anywhere in the country, or items that are tied to destination cities. Examples of items of interest include vacation getaways at a luxury resort or spa, round trip airline tickets to anywhere in the US, Artwork, or tickets to a special event in LA, New York city, or some other destination city.

Please email Cheryl Badger at Cheryl.Badger@dowjones.com or me at bert.allen@allentiumllc.com to let us know the items you or a friend will donate.

Necrology

Cindy Pearson is accumulating the list of our dearly departed and needs some help identifying the following people:

Yvonne Butts

Jan Gadson

William Harvey

Linda Hill

Akim Lazani

Ronald Mitchell

Cardell Oliphant (only photo needed)

Clyde Wheeler
Akim Layeni

I hope that our classmates can help me gather pictures, birth dates, death dates, and the majors of these folks.

Please send any information to me at wardgroup09@verizon.net

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