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We can’t wait to reconnect and see you on “The Hill” for Grads Are Back 2025!


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TUESDAY, OCT. 14, 2025



11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

SJGC Lecture Hall, Room 2002



Reel Talk: A Conversation With Jas Summers Lights, Camera, Questions

Presented by Andscape



12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

SJGC Gallery, Room 2015


Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time

Screening and Q&A

Presented by National Geographic and UNCF



12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

SJGC, Room 3127


Staged to Impress

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Adobe Stager Session

Seminar




2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

SJGC, Room 3127


Art of the Edit

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Adobe Lightroom Session

Seminar





WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15, 2025



12:20 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

SJGC, Room 2068




The Business Behind the Art

Seminar




12:20 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Lecture Hall, Room 2002

& SJGC Gallery, Room 2015


All Access @ FAMU: Featuring Mikey &

‘The Chi’ Fam

A Conversation & Mixer for Students

Powered by Oak View Group




2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

SJGC, Room 2072


So You Want to Work in Entertainment Media?

(Student pre-registration closed.)




2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

SJGC, Room 3133


Design Frontiers: The Future of UX

Hybrid Session With Googlers

Seminar


5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

SJGC Lecture Hall, Room 2002


Grads Are Back: A Fireside Chat

With Dean Mira Lowe & Dontaira Terrell

Powered by Garth C. Reeves Eminent Scholar Chair




6:30 – 8 p.m.

SJGC Gallery, Room 2015


The Return and The Kickoff:

A FAMUAN and 90.5 Party

Powered by Garth C. Reeves Eminent Scholar Chair


THURSDAY, OCT. 16, 2025



8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Dean's Conference Room, Suite 4003



SJGC Board of Visitors (BOV) Meeting


9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

SJGC Lecture Hall, Room 2002


Preparing to Be a Leading Voice:

Harnessing the Power of Internships, Networking & Professional Development

Workshop



10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

SJGC Library, Third Floor




SJGC Homecoming Career Fair


11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

SJGC Lecture Hall, Room 2002


Colloquium

Beyond the Echo Chamber:

Civil Discourse in Action


*Join us immediately after for the SJGC Building 20th Anniversary Sign Unveiling and Brick Campaign Launch!




12:30 – 1:50 p.m.

SJGC Plaza


SJGC Fest BBQ

Featuring DJ Bo Weezy




2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

SJGC, Room 2037



Leading the Message

Public Service, Crisis & Community Trust

Panel Discussion



2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

SJGC Lecture Hall, Room 2002


Suite Stories: Finding & Pitching Your Story

Panel Discussion



2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

SJGC Photo Studio



From Grad 2 Great

Panel Discussion



3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

SJGC, Room 2037


AI in PR: Why We’re Not Afraid of It

Panel Discussion



3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

SJGC Lecture Hall, Room 2002


The First Five

Panel Discussion



3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

SJGC Photo Studio 



Your Next Chapter:

Careers, Connections & Confidence

Panel Discussion



FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2025




2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

SJGC Atrium




SJGC Tours



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