** All tickets for any athletic competition are free during Homecoming weekend. **
2023 Schedule of Events
Tuesday, October 3
Homecoming Spirit Craft Night
6-7:30 p.m.
Gus Geil Lounge; Benham-Pence Student Center
Wednesday, October 4
Powder Buff Game (Volleyball)
8:30-10:30 p.m.
Pam Evans Smith Arena; Health, Wellness & Athletics (HWA) Complex
Announcement of Homecoming Court
8:30 p.m.
Pam Evans Smith Arena; Health, Wellness & Athletics (HWA) Complex
Thursday, October 5
Athletics Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony
6 p.m.
1929 Fieldhouse; Health, Wellness & Athletics (HWA) Complex
Powder Puff Game (Flag Football)
9-10 p.m.
Edwards-Maurer Field
Friday, October 6
Launch: Career Driven Conversations for Alumni, Students, and Parents
4 – 6:45 p.m.
Join Launch where the entire Wittenberg community comes together to connect in career vocation cluster networking sessions led by our expert faculty, open to the entire Wittenberg community. Students, sign up for clusters that interest you & leverage the Wittenberg Alumni Network. Parents and alumni, this Homecoming, Reunion, and Family Weekend event is for you as well. Parents, engage in career readiness conversations with your students. Alumni, join the event to share your inspiring Wittenberg liberal arts success story.
Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center
50th/60th/70th Reunion Campus Tour
4 p.m.
Information Desk, Benham-Pence Student Center
50th/60th/70th Reunion Dinner
5 p.m.
Alumni Room, Benham-Pence Student Center
Alumni Achievement Awards
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
1929 Fieldhouse; Health, Wellness & Athletics (HWA) Complex
President’s Reception: Dessert Under the Stars
7 p.m.
Celebrate the completion of our successful $100-Million Having Light Campaign
Hollenbeck Hall South Lawn
Band and Choir Concert
8 p.m.
Weaver Chapel
Bonfire
9 p.m.
Corner of Woodlawn Avenue and Ward Street
Saturday, October 7
Easy Yoga
8 a.m.
Health, Wellness & Athletics (HWA) Complex
Swimming and Diving Alumni Meet
9:00 a.m. check-in, warm-up, and meet & greet
10:00 a.m. meet
Reminisce about your time on the team, come out of retirement and swim a little (no single distance over a 100), and meet the newest generation of Tigers!
Fraternity and Sorority Information Session
9 - 10 a.m.
Bayley Auditorium, Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center
Fraternity and Sorority Open Houses
9 – 11 a.m.
McClain Center Open House
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Stop by to learn more about Witt DEIB, and meet students from organizations advised by the McClain Center - CBS, Shades of Pearl, GDSA, and AIA. Grab a donut and coffee before heading up to the Tailgate on East Campus Drive.
William A. McClain Center for Diversity
Tour of the Gross Anatomy Lab
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Room 109, Kuss Science Center
See the space that sets Wittenberg apart from other liberal arts schools and provides a unique benefit to any student who plans on continuing in a professional program such as medical school, physician assistant program, or physical therapy program.
Family Weekend Campus Tour
10 a.m.
Information Desk, Benham-Pence Student Center
Homecoming Weekend Campus Tour
10 a.m.
Information Desk, Benham-Pence Student Center
50th/60th/70th Reunion Brunch
10 a.m.
Ness Auditorium; Hollenbeck Hall
Homecoming Tailgate
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
East Campus Drive
Family Weekend Mix and Mingle Tent @ Homecoming Tailgate
11 a.m.- 1 p.m.
East Campus Drive
Steel Pan Palooza
11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Tailgate Stage, East Campus Drive
Football vs. Hiram
1 p.m.
Edwards-Maurer Field
Coaches Circle Tent
1 p.m.
Edwards-Maurer Field
Men’s Soccer vs. Wooster
5 p.m.
Edwards-Maurer Field
CBS Affinity Networking and Cocktails
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Trivia Night
7 p.m.
Founders Pub & Geil Lounge; Benham-Pence Student Center
Witt Night at the Symphony
The Planets, Witt Night at the Symphony, featuring Professor Emeritus Daniel Fleisch
7:30 p.m.
Clark State Performing Arts Center
Theater and Dance Cabaret
9 p.m.
Founders Pub; Benham-Pence Student Center
Tour of the Night Sky
10 p.m.
See Saturn and Jupiter through the Weaver Observatory telescope
Weaver Observatory
Sunday, October 8
Easy Yoga
8 a.m.
Health, Wellness & Athletics (HWA) Complex
Family Weekend Campus Tour
10 a.m.
Information Desk, Benham-Pence Student Center
Donuts and Fellowship
10:30 a.m.
Weaver Chapel
Chapel Service
11 a.m.
Weaver Chapel
Pancake Brunch
11 a.m.
Center Dining Room (CDR); Benham-Pence Student Center
Contact the Office of Alumni Engagement with any questions at alumni@wittenberg.edu or (937) 327-6374.
Homecoming Archives:
- Click this link to relive the fun of Homecoming Weekends from the recent past (2017-22).