Welcome to the UMSL Optometry Alumni and Friends Weekend - Through the Lens of Legacy
August 14-16, 2026

All alumni are welcome. We will be recognizing the following classes:

• Class of 1986        • Class of 1996          • Class of 2006          • Class of 2016

It will be a great opportunity to catch up with your classmates. Please feel free to reach out to your classmates and spread the word. 

Class of 1986, as a member class celebrating 40 years, we would like to honor you with a complimentary ticket to our alumni and friends dinner on Friday, August 14, 2026.

Friday, August 14

• 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Cocktail hour, JC Penney North Building, College of Optometry Academic Space 
• 5:45 pm - Shuttle Transportation to Touhill Performing Arts Center Begins
• 6:30 pm - Dinner, Silent Auction, and Alumni Awards Program, Lee Theater, Touhill Performing Arts Center
• 7:45 pm - Return Shuttle transportation to Parking Lots A and B Begins
• Ticket price: $125 per person

Dinner RSVP - Coming Soon

Sponsorships - Coming Soon

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Saturday morning, August 15

• 10:30 am - 12 pm Tour of the Patient Care Center 

Saturday afternoon, August 15

• 1:00 pm- 5:00 - Continuing Education 
Millennium Student Center, UMSL North Campus
• 5:00 pm - Cocktail Reception

 

View of the Patient Care Center from Natural Bridge

Sunday, August 16

• 8:00 am - 4:00 pm - Continuing Education 
Millennium Student Center, UMSL North Campus

 

 

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Hotel:
Drury Inn St. Louis Airport or
Renaissance Hotel (Corporate/Promo/SET# use code MO5) or
Hilton Garden Inn St. Louis Airport

Cancellation Policy: The University reserves the right to cancel any program. In the event of cancellation, you will be notified immediately. If you cancel prior to 48 hours before the event, you will be refunded the tuition minus a $25.00 processing fee.  

UMSL face covering policy: Effective 2/28/2022, face coverings will no longer be required on the UMSL campus. Masks are welcome in the building. Policy is subject to change depending on local infection rates and St. Louis County mandates.