Homecoming
Alumni Programs
Save the Date! Homecoming 2026: October 23–25
ALUMNI HOMECOMING EVENTS
Friday, October 23rd
- Spencer Student Recreation Center - open 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. ($7 day pass)
- Reunion check-in starts; it continues throughout the weekend. Registration will take place at the Alumni House.
- 2 p.m. - Campus Tour starting at Admissions Office in Sherman Hall
- 5-9 p.m. All-Alumni Social, Alumni House (Complimentary food, beer, wine and soda; cash bar available)
Saturday, October 24th
- Spencer Student Recreation Center - open 6 a.m. - 8 p.m. ($7 day pass)
- 8:30 a.m. Reunion Recognition Brunch & Social, Alumni House
- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. - University Bookstore will be open
- 9:30 a.m. All-Alumni Breakfast, Alumni House (Complimentary coffee and donuts)
- 10:30 a.m. Homecoming Parade - Watch from the Alumni House & Gwendolyn Brooks Memorial Park next door
- Noon-3 p.m. Alumni Cookout at "The Right Place" tent - in Q LOT (Menu: Hot dogs and hamburgers, veggie burgers, potato chips, bottled water, canned soda and coffee.) A cash bar will be available (pay with cash or credit).
- 3 p.m. Leathernecks Football Game vs. TBA - Hanson Field
Tickets will not be mailed. The Homecoming football ticket sales are final. Therefore, all tickets purchased through the WIU Alumni Association are non-refundable.
Sunday, October 25th
- Spencer Student Recreation Center - open 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. ($7 day pass)
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