The time-honored DU tradition of Founders Day will take place this year from March 2-3, commemorating DU’s founding on March 5, 1864. The event has been remade to include more events over a two-day span, instead of one day.

Over the course of the celebration, there will be four separate events open to all members of the DU community. The Founders Forum will take place in the Cable Center from 4-6:30 p.m. on March 2 and will feature five DU professors in a “showcase of [DU’s] stellar faculty and academic excellence.” Tickets to this event are $20 and all proceeds benefit the DU Scholarship Fund.

The majority of events will take place on March 3. The Founders Fest is 11:30-1:30 p.m. in the Driscoll Ballroom and is open to students, staff and faculty. The Founders Formal, a student-sponsored formal dance, will be that night from 8-11 p.m. in Magness Arena. This is the first year that this event has taken place. Off-campus, the Founders Gala will honor alumni Robert and Judi Newman and Donald and Susan Sturm.

Registration for the Founders Forum, Founders Fest and Founders Formal is open online.