Homecoming 2025 Schedule
Tuesday, October 14
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Paint the Paws at Western Hall (University Drive and Western Avenue)
Thursday, October 16
Friday, October 17
- Spencer Student Recreation Center - open 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. (Homecoming Special: $4 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)
- 6 p.m. Hall of Fame Induction Banquet at Heritage Room
Saturday, October 18
- Spencer Student Recreation Center - open 6 a.m. - 8 p.m. (Homecoming Special: $4 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. Charleston Southern - 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 19
- Spencer Student Recreation Center - open 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. (Homecoming Special: $4 day pass)
**If you order mums, t-shirts, football tickets and/or lunch tickets, you can pick them up at the Alumni House any time on Friday and until 11:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. After 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, tickets/mums/t-shirts will be taken down to The Right Place tent, which is in Q Lot. You can pick up your items there. Any football tickets not picked up by 3:00 p.m. (game time) on Saturday will be left at the will call window at the stadium.
Homecoming T-shirts
Homecoming 2025 T-shirts are available for purchase by calling 309-298-1914 or ordering online here .
