WIU Homecoming Weekend

Friday, October 1, 2021

• 2 p.m. Reunion registration starts; it continues throughout the weekend. Registration will take place at the Alumni House.
• 5-9 p.m.  All-Alumni Social, Alumni House (Complimentary food, beer, wine and soda; cash bar available)
  • George Baughman '60 '67 Memorial Dedication

Saturday, October 2, 2021

• 7-7:45 a.m.  Old Stompin' Ground Runaround Registration, Alumni House
• 8 a.m.  Old Stompin' Ground Runaround: 5K Run/1.5 mile walk
• 8:30 a.m.  Reunion Recognition Brunch & Social, Alumni House
• 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, cheese burgers and hamburgers, veggie burgers, potato chips, bottled water, canned soda and coffee.)
• 3 p.m.  Leathernecks Football Game vs. Southern Illinois - 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.

  Parking Information

  Permits will not be required in lots as of 5 p.m. Friday, until 7 a.m. Monday, with the exception of residence hall lots. Visitor parking is not allowed in reserved residence hall lots. Tickets will be issued to violators in handicapped spaces, reserved spaces and no parking zones (any area not designated as a parking space). If you have any questions or special parking needs, such as handicapped parking, please contact parking services at (309)298-1921.