Homecoming festivities will be held at the University of Minnesota Crookston the weekend of September 28-30, and this year’s activities feature something for everyone. The theme for Homecoming 2018 is “There’s No Place Like Homecoming.”
Recognition of the Outstanding Alumni and the induction ceremony for the Athletic Hall of Fame will be held during the annual Alumni Awards Celebration on Friday, September 28. The social begins at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., followed by the program in the Bede Ballroom, Sargeant Student Center. Contact Rose Ulseth at 218-281-8439 (rose445@umn.edu) to make a reservation.
The 2018 honorees include this year’s Outstanding Alumni Award recipients: Nancy Capistran ’71, ’92, ’01; Wayne Freimund ’81 and Peggy Lee Hilton ’68. Inductees into the Athletic Hall of Fame are Ken Bond ’96, football, and Chancellor Emeritus Charles H. Casey.
Following the Alumni Awards Celebration, an alumni social will be held at 9 p.m. at Draft’s Sports Bar & Grill, 925 Fisher Ave, Crookston.
At 9 a.m. on Saturday, the baseball pressbox will be dedicated on the Baseball Field followed at 10:30 a.m. by Teambacker Tailgating at the north end of the football field. Food will be catered by Erickson’s Smokehouse with music by Four Wheel Drive.
Golden Eagle Football kicks off against Augustana at 1 p.m. on Ed Widseth Field, and at 4 p.m., Golden Eagle Women’s Volleyball takes on Sioux Falls in Lysaker Gymnasium.
From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., alumni and friends are welcome to gather for a social at the Crookston Inn and the Class of 1968/69 will hold their 50th reunion party at the Irishman’s Shanty.
Sunday concludes the week of homecoming activities with an alumni softball game at 9 a.m. and a Golden Eagle Women’s Soccer game vs. Sioux Falls at 1 p.m. on the Soccer Field.
For all homecoming events and activities, visit www.umcrookston.edu/homecoming.
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