After spending a couple days on, the relaxing, Jersey Shore, we headed down to Cleveland, our biggest Witt Nation event thus far. The Yacht Cub was a great place to have drinks, food, and meet up with the great Cleveland crowd. I set up my “studio” overlooking the boats and canal leading to the lake, which provided a great backdrop for all of the video profiles. I was able to film a group of alumni that made up most of the fraternities and sororities on campus. They recounted funny stories about pulling pranks on one another and still maintaining friendships despite living in separate houses.

I was able to interview three generations of the Uhle family and hear how Wittenberg has impacted each of their lives. It was great to see friends reconnect after many years of time apart. After conversing with and filming the rest of the profiles in Cleveland, we headed out with a few alumni to a local bar. It was there that I had the chance to talk to Paige and Ace, members of the class of ’95.

After an eventful night, we headed to the home of Matt ’09 and Liam ’12 McDonald. After getting some much needed rest, we made our way to the Akron event at the Barley House. It was a fun happy hour before the Akron Aeros’ game. It was great to hear from Ed Wittenberg ’78, who a year prior was interviewed by the Witt Nation crew. We caught up, and he kept the funny Wittenberg stories coming most of the night. It was nice to meet the Dyer family and reconnect with friends like Lindsay Smith ‘08.

After the Barley house, many alumni showed their support for the Aeros and in good timing too, just missing the three-hour rainfall. We, then, packed up after another great event and headed to the home of Anne Davies Davis ‘76. She opened her home to us and treated us to a hearty breakfast this morning. We're now on our way to Columbus, where we’ll connect with more alumni. See you there!

-Ben McCombs '09

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Akron