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Western Illinois University Homecoming
September 24-25, 2010
“2010 Reasons to Love Purple and Gold”
Join us at “The Right Place"
You are invited to the WIU Alumni Association's Homecoming Celebration Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25 at
Western Illinois University. Join us…
Friday: All Alumni Social, Alumni House
Saturday: Old Stompin' Ground Runaround, Alumni House
Breakfast, Alumni House
Homecoming Parade, Alumni House
Alumni Cookout, "The Right Place," west of Hanson Field
Leathernecks Football vs. Indiana State, Hanson Field
Friday, September 24
5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
All Alumni Social, Alumni House
Complimentary food and beverages
Saturday, September 25
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Old Stompin' Ground Runaround Registration, Alumni House
8:00 a.m.
Old Stompin' Ground Runaround 5K Run/2 mile walk, Alumni House
Cost: $10 per person
Click here to see the new race route.
9:00 a.m.
Breakfast--Complimentary coffee and donuts, Alumni House
10:30 a.m.
Homecoming Parade
Watch from the Alumni House and Gwendolyn Brooks Park; the
parade leaves the Macomb Square at 10:30 a.m. and will travel
by the Alumni House around 11 a.m.
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Alumni Cookout, "The Right Place"
The big tent directly west of Hanson Field
Cost: $5 per person
Tickets only needed for food; tickets are not needed
to join us under the tent.
Celebrate Homecoming 2010 with the
Alumni Association ~ Board of Trustees Bachelor of Arts Degree Program ~ College of Arts & Sciences ~ College of Business & Technology ~ College of Education & Human Services ~ College of Fine Arts & Communication ~ Centennial Honors College ~ Center
for
International Studies ~ Student Services ~ Athletics
~ University Libraries ~ School of Graduate Studies
3:00 p.m.
Leathernecks Football vs. Indiana State, Hanson Field
Tickets: $10 per person in advance
A special thank you to our Homecoming partners Norm ’67 and Carmelita Teeter, recipients of the 2006 Honorary Doctorate Degree.
Other Homecoming Week Activities
If you have already registered, we look forward to seeing you! If you
are interested in attending, registration is needed only
for
the Old Stompin' Ground Runaround, the
Alumni
Cookout, football
tickets,
Homecoming
mums and t-shirts.
Register online at www.wiu.com/alumni! For more information, call the Alumni Association at 309-298-1914, check out our website at www.wiu.edu/alumni or email A-Association@wiu.edu.
2010 Reasons to Love Purple and Gold
This year, Western's Homecoming theme is 2010 Reasons to Love Purple and Gold. To help celebrate this annual event, the University Union Board (UUB) is looking to compile 2010 Reasons to Love Purple and Gold, to go along with the theme. Click here for more information and to learn how you can submit the reasons why you love purple and gold!
Did you graduate in 1960, 1970, 1985 or the years around them? If so, make sure you also register for all the Reunion events planned
just for you. Click here to learn more, especially about the new format for the Saturday night social. Drop by the LaMoine Room in the University Union anytime between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 25 to reminisce with former classmates, renew old friendships, dine at our many exotic food stations and experience wonderful entertainment! A short program will be held at 7:15 p.m. to introduce all of our reunion attendees and give each an opportunity to tell a favorite WIU memory!
Reunion check-in for the Classes of 1960, 1970 & 1985 starts at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 24 and continues through the weekend.
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