VWU alumni to boycott ‘Batten University’ name change during homecoming weekend

Virginia Wesleyan University’s homecoming week starts this Friday, but not all alumni are celebrating their alma mater during the festivities.

A group of VWU graduates are boycotting the university’s planned name change to Batten University with an “alternative celebration” called “No Home Homecoming.”

The No Home Homecoming event is organized by a grassroots effort called “We Are Virginia Wesleyan.” The new name is set to go into effect next July – a change the group hopes to prevent…

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