Graduate Weekend

Grad Weekend is our annual alumni reunion event, culminating in the Frank A.O. Norris Pig Dinner, which is the oldest annual alumni event in the Greek world and celebrated by Phi Gamma Delta chapters all across the country.

Upcoming

Grad Weekend 2026

October 16 – October 18

Schedule At A Glance

Friday, October 16th

Friday Night Downtown 6:00 P.M. · Bootleggers on Broadway

Saturday, October 17th

Barker Park Cleanup 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. · Barker Park
Consecration Ceremony 12:00 P.M. · The Chapter House
Year In Review 12:45 P.M. · The Chapter House
Pre Dinner Happy Hour 4:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M. · The Ruck
Frank B. Norris Pig Dinner 6:48 P.M. · The Chapter House

Sunday, October 18th

"Until Next Year" Pancake Breakfast 9:00 A.M. · The Chapter House

"An Exile's Toast"

During the dinner, it is tradition to have a brother read "An Exile's Toast," written by brother Frank Norris (California 1894). Brother Norris wrote this toast in response to being invited to a reunion dinner hosted by the California chapter. As he was in New Jersey and unable to attend, he sent his decline in the form of the Exile's Toast, which is read with a fake German accent and contains many references and inside jokes that were among the California brothers at the time. Today, it is a symbol of our brotherhood and a memorial to brothers who are gone but never forgotten.