What to Expect at Homecoming
Homecoming 2015 is just around the corner. The festivities will kick off Friday, October 9, and last until Sunday, October 11.
This year the classes and groups of honor are ’55, ’65, ’75, ’85, ’90, ’95, ’05, ’15, Dimmitt Hall residents, the 2005 GPAC Football Champions, the agricultural business program, and the sororities Delta Zeta and Alpha Delta Pi.
Morningside College Homecoming is a family fun event and has something for everyone.
The Helen Levitt Art Gallery in Eppley Auditorium will be hosting an Alumni Art exhibit. This will be available for viewing Friday and Saturday from 9 am until 5 pm.
Friday morning campus tours will be offered from 9 am until 3 pm. Tours will begin on the hour every hour, with the last tour starting at 2 pm. Tours will start at the Alumni House. Special stops along the tour will be the Academic Village and Dimmitt Hall’s informal and formal lounges.
On Friday night, alumni and families will be gathering at Bob Roe’s Point After with the Alumni Association. All the pizza and wings a person can eat for $10. Children 12 and under eat for $5. Along with this, Morningside’s Women’s Volleyball will be facing off against Nebraska Wesleyan at 7 pm in Rosen-Verdoorn Sports Center.
Saturday morning starts off with another opportunity for a campus tour from 9 am until noon. Tours will begin on the hour every hour, with the last tour starting at 11 am. The morning also has reunion receptions for the classes of honor starting at 9:30 am in Dimmitt Hall’s formal lounge. The M-Club Luncheon and athletic celebration and awards will start at 10:30 am in the Yockey Family Community Room in the Olsen Student Center.
Saturday afternoon the Morningside College Mustangs football team will be battling the Hastings College Broncos at Elwood Olsen Stadium. After the game, A Taste of Morningside will start. This year the local vendors include Bob Roe’s Point After, La Juanita’s, Jerry’s Pizza, Palmer Candy, and many more.
Besides having food available to taste and enjoy, a national recording artist and Morningside College graduate, Casey Muessigmann, will be performing. Also playing will be a local favorite, alumnus Charlie Leissler and his group.
On Sunday, everyone is welcome to eat in the main dining room in Olsen Student Center for a Marquis Brunch starting at 11 am and going until 1 pm. Adults are $12 and children under 12 are $7.
