Every road leads back to Blacksburg.

Football weekends.

Coach James Franklin opens his first season in Blacksburg on September 5 against VMI. Game weekends have always been the easiest excuse to get back to town, and this season gives us a good one.

Circle Homecoming: the week of October 12–17, capped by Georgia Tech at Lane on Saturday the 17th. If you make one game weekend this fall, make it that one.

There is no formal program, and that’s the point: the newsletter carries who’s going to which games, who’s hosting, and where brothers are meeting before kickoff. If you’re planning a weekend, say so and others will find you.

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Reunion 2027.

The association plans its reunions to coincide with Virginia Tech’s Alumni Weekend, which runs June 10–13, 2027. Ours follows the pattern the last few years have settled into, on Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12:

• Friday golf at Blacksburg Country Club, morning tee times, with pickleball for the non-golfers.
• The alumni meeting and banquet Friday evening: the association’s business, then cocktails and dinner.
• Saturday cookout on Eakin Street, open afternoon and evening.

Registration is not open yet, but rooms can be reserved now through the lodging link on Virginia Tech’s Alumni Weekend page; the Inn at Virginia Tech fills first. The RSVP opens this winter through the newsletter. If you’ve never come back for one, make 2027 the year: the brothers who show up keep saying the same thing, which is that they should have started coming sooner.

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Regional gatherings.

Where enough brothers live near one another, lunches and socials happen. Two are on a standing schedule; Northern Virginia gathered most recently, and there is room for more wherever someone will pick a restaurant and a date.

Hampton Roads · third Wednesday, 11:45 a.m.

Kappa Sigma alumni across the area meet for lunch every month at Forbidden Palace, Chinese Bar & Bistro, 3333 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach (the Princess Anne Plaza center, near Sam’s Club and Harris Teeter; menu). Brother Will Rountree keeps the headcount and sends a note before each one. Next lunch: Wednesday, September 16. To get on his list, email info@nuprime.org and we’ll connect you.

Richmond · third Thursday, 5 p.m.

Brothers and Stardusters meet for an after-work social the third Thursday of the month, starting around 5. The spot changes month to month; Brother Victor Calaman sends a note before each one with the place. Next social: . September’s is on the patio at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 11500 Huguenot Rd., Midlothian (ruthschrisva.com/richmond); first to arrive grabs a table. Email info@nuprime.org to get on the list.

Want one near you? Name a city and we’ll put the call out in the newsletter.

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