Alumni Association Homecoming

Come Home to Emporia State — Homecoming 2025
Oct. 31 – Nov. 1

Mark your calendars and make plans to return to your Hornet home this fall! Homecoming 2025 is your chance to reconnect with old friends, relive your favorite campus moments and create brand-new memories. Whether it’s been five years or 50, we can’t wait to welcome you back.

ESU Homecoming 2025 Events

Thursday, Oct. 23

• Homecoming Musical: “Rocky Horror,” 7:30 p.m. (King Hall: Karl C. Bruder Theatre)

Friday, Oct. 24

• Homecoming Musical: “Rocky Horror,” 7:30 p.m. (King Hall: Karl C. Bruder Theatre)

Saturday, Oct. 25

• Spirit Run, time TBD (Student Rec Center)
• Homecoming Musical: “Rocky Horror,” 7:30 p.m. (King Hall: Karl C. Bruder Theatre)

Sunday, Oct. 26

• ESU Soccer tailgate and game, 11 a.m./1 p.m. (Soccer pitch)

Monday, Oct. 27

• Homecoming Kick-Off Breakfast, 8 a.m.-10 a.m. (Memorial Union: Skyline)
• Stinger Showdown, 5:30 p.m. (Plumb Hall lawn)

Wednesday, Oct. 29

• Sam E. and Jeannene Hayes Lecture featuring Robbie Young, 7 p.m. (Memorial Union: Webb Hall)
• Homecoming Musical (tentative): “Rocky Horror,” 7:30 p.m. (King Hall: Karl C. Bruder Theatre)

Thursday, Oct. 30

• Homecoming Musical: “Rocky Horror,” 7:30 p.m. (King Hall: Karl C. Bruder Theatre)
• Homecoming bonfire/Hornet rally, 8 p.m. (Wilson Park)

Friday, Oct. 31

• Phi Delta Theta Alumni Pole Sit, 6 a.m. Friday-8 a.m. Saturday (12th and Commercial)
• Athletics Hall of Honor Lunch, 11 a.m. (Memorial Union: KSTC Ballroom)
• Black & Gold Gala reception, 5:30 p.m. (Memorial Union: Webb Hall)
• Black & Gold Gala dinner, 6 p.m. (Memorial Union: Webb Hall)
• Homecoming Musical: “Rocky Horror,” midnight (King Hall: Karl C. Bruder Theatre)

Saturday, Nov. 1

• Alumni breakfast, 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. (Memorial Union: Main Street)
• Black & Gold Day Campus Tour (include alumni), 9 a.m. (Start: Memorial Union: Webb Hall)
• Homecoming parade, 10 a.m. (Commercial Street to campus)
• Hornet Walk, 11 a.m. (Union Square to Welch Stadium)
• The Teachers College Party on the Patio, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (Visser Hall: Patio, east side)
• Live at the Hive, noon-1:45 p.m. (South of ESU Kossover Tennis Complex)
• ESU Football vs. Northwest Missouri, 2 p.m. (Welch Stadium)
• Phi Delta Theta Dinner, 7 p.m. (Casa Ramos)
• Homecoming Musical: “Rocky Horror,” 7:30 p.m. (King Hall: Karl C. Bruder Theatre)