Legacy Week: Celebrating CWRU History | Student Activities and Leadership | Division of Student Affairs

What is Legacy Week?

Legacy Week is a celebration of the unique history of Case Western Reserve University. The week allows each university department, school, and student organization to celebrate their own unique history within the CWRU historical timeline as well as our Nobel Laureates and significant research findings.

The week gathers the university community in a celebration of campus pride and school spirit.

It is scheduled the week preceding the Hudson Relays in April, celebrating one of the longest standing traditions at Case Western Reserve University.

When is Legacy Week?

Legacy Week is held every Spring Semester. Legacy Week 2024 is April 22-27, culminating in the annual Hudson Relays!

Join us in celebrating Legacy Week!

Instagram: @sal_cwru or @cwruspirit

2025 Events:

Special thank you to the Student Presidents' Roundtable for all of their hard work on promoting Legacy Week 2025!

WEEK-LONG EVENTS

Event	Sponsor	Location	Description	Who Can Participate?
CWRU Trivia	University Spirit Committee	@cwruspirit Instagram	Check out the daily trivia questions on the @cwruspirit Instagram story for a chance to win prizes, including bicentennial jerseys!	CWRU students, staff, and faculty
Celebrating Unsung Heroes Poster Series	University Spirit Committee	Tinkham Veale University Center Atrium Staircase	Stop by TVUC to see posters that display contributions past and present faculty, staff, and students have made to CWRU and the surrounding community. We want to recognize CWRU's unsung heroes - those who have made an impact that others might not know about.	CWRU students, staff, and faculty
*Hallway Exchibit, Western Reserve College,* 1826-1882**	University Archives	11000 Cedar Avenue, ground floor, outside room 20	Exhibit about the university when it was located in Hudson, Ohio and known as Western Reserve College	CWRU students, staff, and faculty
History Pop-up Display	University Archives	Kelvin Smith Library	Come view displays on the Flora Stone Mather College Events and Camp Case!	CWRU students, staff, and faculty
Bicentennial Web Exhibit, Celebrating 200 Years of CWRU	University Archives	https://scalar.case.edu/ archives/celebrating- 200-years-of-cwru	Web exhibit featuring activities and events, people, and programs from the university's history, currently featuring the Hudson Era	CWRU students, staff, and faculty
Greek Organization Yard Signs	Interfraternity Congress & Panhellenic Council	KSL Oval	IFC/PHC will be putting up yard signs along KSL Oval for each Greek Chapter under their organizations.	CWRU students, staff, and faculty
Dean of Students Office: Past and Present	Dean of Students Office	Adelbert Hall, Rm 110	The Dean of Students Office will be displaying their past and present staff in their office, so make sure to stop by and check it out!	CWRU students, staff, and faculty

DAILY EVENTS

Event	Sponsor	Time	Location	Description	Who Can Participate?
Friday, April 18th
CWRU Baseball vs. New York University	Department of Physical Education and Athletics	3:00 PM	Nobby's Ballpark	Support your fellow Spartans at the Baseball game!	CWRU students, staff, faculty, and community members
CWRU Softball vs. Chicago	Department of Physical Education and Athletics	4:00 PM	Mather Park	Support your fellow Spartans at the Softball game!	CWRU students, staff, faculty, and community members
Monday, April 21st
UMB Archive Viewing and Donuts	University Media Board	4:00 - 6:00 PM	Hart Crane Reading Room & Spartan Room in Thwing Center	Along with free donuts and UMB merchandise, we will be holding a scavenger hunt activity using archives from various UMB organizations as well as raffling off prizes!	Undergraduate students
Tuesday, April 22nd
Student Leadership Awards Ceremony	Office of Student Activities & Leadership	4:30 - 7:30 PM	Foster-Castele Great Hall, Linsalata Alumni Center	The Awards Ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate all nominees! All students nominated for awards are encouraged to attend and will be recognized. Award winners are also announced during this event. Register here to attend.	CWRU students, staff, and faculty
Wednesday, April 23rd
SPR Legacy Week T-Shirt Giveaway	Student Presidents' Roundtable	12:00 - 1:00 PM	Tinkham Veale University Center Atrium	Join the Student Presidents' Roundtable (SPR) as they spread the joy with a free WRU or CIT t-shirt.	CWRU undergraduate students
Faculty/Staff/Grad Students Legacy Week T-Shirt Giveaway	University Spirit Committee	12:00 - 1:00 PM	On the lawn outside Adelbert Hall (quad side)	Join the University Spirit Committee as they spread the joy with a free WRU or CIT t-shirt.	CWRU graduate students, staff, and faculty
CWRU History Walking Tour	Dr. Janice Gerda	5:30 - 7:30 PM	Adelbert Hall steps, on the Quad side	Join us on a stroll across campus and through stories of CWRU's history! Learn about CWRU beginnings, secrets, quirks, beauty, and its fascinating past. We'll begin at Adelbert Hall, walk through the Case Quad, and then cross Euclid to learn about the historic former campus of the Flora Stone Mather College for Women. Approx. 2 hours. Wear comfortable shoes.	CWRU students, staff, and faculty
Thursday, April 24th
Donuts with the Deans	Dean of Students Office	9:30 AM -until donuts are gone	Binary Walkway	The Dean of Students office is helping to fuel our students so they can make their own legacy! Donuts will be served from 9:30am until they are gone.	CWRU students
CCEL Serves: Church of the Covenant Community Meal	Center for Civic Engagement & Learning	4:00 - 7:00 PM	Church of the Covenant	Volunteers will greet community members arriving for the meal, help them feel welcome, direct them to the dining room, help prepare plates, and serve food to guests. Volunteers are invited to join in the meal, sit among guests, and engage in conversation. After the meal, volunteers are needed to help with light clean up.	CWRU students
Forget-Me-Not CWRU	Undergraduate Student Government	5:O0 - 6:30 PM	Tink Senior Classroom B	This event is here to celebrate the coming of the spring and the beautiful flowers on campus with a fun floral event! This event will have water colors painting along with pressed flower design/drawing to help celebrate CWRU's legacy during Legacy week! We hope to see you there!	Undergraduate Students
Friday, April 25th
Spirit Day!	Class Officer Collective & the Office of Student Activities & Leadership	All Day	CWRU Campus	Show your Spartan Pride for Spirit Day: Legacy Week Edition by wearing your SPR Legacy Week shirts or your bicentennial jerseys!	CWRU students, faculty, and staff
Spirit Day Event	Class Officer Collective	12:45 PM - 2 PM	Mather Quad	Celebrate Legacy Week and get excited for Hudson Relays! Stop by the Mather Quad for cupcakes, ice cream, and giveaways!	CWRU students, faculty, and staff
Spartie Cartie	Office of Student Activities & Leadership	Various times	CWRU Campus	Catch Spartie riding around campus in his golf cart! If you're participating in the Spirit Day, you might even win a prize!	CWRU students, faculty, and staff
Saturday, April 26th
Hudson Relays	Class Officer Collective and the Office of Student Activities & Leadership	10:00am	Main Quad	See description below	CWRU students, staff, faculty, and community members
Hudson Relays Watch Party	Class Officer Collective and the Office of Student Activities & Leadership	9:30am-12:30pm	Jolly Scholar	See description below	CWRU students, staff, faculty, or community members
Springfest	Springfest Committee and the Office of Student Activities & Leadership	3:00-10:00pm	East Bell Commons	See description below	CWRU students, staff, or faculty
UPB Drone Show	University Program Board	Directly following the Springfest Concert	East Bell Commons	Following the Springfest concert, join UPB for a spectacular drone show lighting up the night sky! Featuring 400 synchronized drones, the show will celebrate CWRU’s history—including WRU and CIT—as well as highlighting campus traditions and local landmarks. Don't miss out on this first of a kind event for CWRU!	CWRU students, faculty, and staff

Hudson Relays

Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 10 a.m. on the Main Quad

In 1882, Western Reserve University moved 26 miles from Hudson, Ohio, to the University Circle area. Case Western Reserve University annually commemorates this event with Hudson Relays, a 26-mile relay race around the current campus. The event originally began in 1910, starting in Hudson, Ohio, and ending at the rock in front of Adelbert Hall.

Join the watch party in the Jolly Scholar from 9:30am to 12:30pm!

Sponsored by the Class Officer Collective and the Office of Student Activities and Leadership

Springfest

Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 3 pm to 10 pm on East Bell Commons.

Springfest, which occurs the last Saturday of the spring semester, is a student-planned event that celebrates CWRU and fosters campus unity. The tradition continues each year with inflatable attractions, novelty games, student organization booths, and great food. Throughout the day you will hear local bands and a national headliner that entertains hundreds of CWRU students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends.

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Additional historical exhibits or displays:

John T. Vaughn Athletic Hall of Fame, Veale Recreation Center

Physics Museum, lowest level of Rockefeller Hall and on the walls of the grand staircase

Red Cat and Rough Rider memorabilia, lounge displays, Wyant Athletic and Wellness Center

Nobel Prizes and CWRU, Hovorka Atrium

Dental Centennial Historical Museum 2124 Cornell Road (former School of Dental Medicine building)

Cleveland history and CWRU artifacts, Cleveland Room, Thwing Center

Case School and Case Alumni Association, displays and artifacts, lobby and in the Case Alumni Association office, Tomlinson Hall

Historical Photos of CWRU, Flora Stone Mather Reading Room and second floor, Kelvin Smith Library

Trailblazers, first floor, Kelvin Smith Library

CWRU Film Society history, lobby of Strosacker Auditorium

Portraits of Presidents, Adelbert Hall

History of CWRU (rotating topics) second floor, Hitchcock Hall, Thwing Center

Campus Fun Facts

For the first time in our program’s history, two of Case Western’s mock trial teams qualified for the Opening Round Championships (ORCs), thanks a 4th and 5th place finish at the Dayton Regionals. Although we narrowly lost out on a bid to Nationals in a 6-way tie, three of our members won individual awards at ORCs, with senior Kyle Parker winning a perfect 20 ranks as a prosecution attorney.

Fun fact – Flora Stone Mather – the namesake for the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women on campus - built Guilford House (originally a dormitory called Guilford Cottage) to honor her former teacher Linda T. Guilford. She also contributed funds toward the construction of Hayden Hall and Amasa Stone Chapel. She left her mark on campus and on us!

In Photo: Dr. Angela Clark-Taylor, Director of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, spends some quality time with Flora during Homecoming 2019!

Learn About Legacy Week

Legacy Week was established in 2017, to observe and showcase the history of Case Western Reserve University's momentous history. During this week various departments, offices, student organizations, staff and faculty members, and individual students will host various programs and events to bring to light the history of CWRU.

However, there is more! We know that Case Western Reserve University would be nothing without you! So, through programs and events, our campus will help celebrate YOU! Your legacy!

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