The 2017 Homecoming Parade is set for Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017! The parade is a great way to bring together the university and its alumni and community to celebrate the past, present and future of UNI. If you’d like to participate in this year’s parade, please fill out the forms noted below and submit by Sept. 22, 2017. Parade Entry Mandatory Meeting will be Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. (University Room in Maucker Union)! Please contact Homecoming Parade Director Maureen Hart with any questions.

Meet our 2017 Homecoming Parade Committee

Check out the 2016 parade and then sign up to be a part of the 2017 parade by downloading a parade entry form (below).

To view the parade route map, please click here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Parade Entry Form Downloads

Homecoming Parade Entry Form 
(Please complete an entry form for EACH individual entry)

Parade Regulations and Liability Waiver (all participants must complete this form)

Golf Cart Usage Agreement (UNI student groups/orgs only must complete this form)

Entry Description/Emcee Information (all participants must complete this form)

Limited supplies will be provided and available to student organizations building floats: tag board, zip ties, painter’s tape, cardboard, TempraPaint, foam paint brushes, scissors, tape measure, yard stick, string, staple guns and duct tape (for cardboard), paper rotary rack (20 rolls), permanent markers, wire cutters, rubber cement, markers, exacto knife and blades, plastic tarps.

Additional supplies that student organizations may want to bring: extra cardboard, streamers, chicken wire, tissue paper, colored napkins, fringe, pipe cleaners, battery operated lights, wrapping paper, yarn, balloons, foil, stencils, floral, garland.

NOTE: Duct tape cannot be used to tape anything to the golf carts. No painting the actual golf cart. Items can be pre-painted and attached to cart.

Standard two-seat golf cart dimensions: length = 94.5" / width = 47" / height = 45.7" / height with canopy/suntop = 68.5"

2017 Grand Marshal: President Mark A. Nook

We're excited to have President Nook as our 2017 Homecoming Grand Marshal! 

Mark A. Nook began serving as the 11th president of the University of Northern Iowa on February 1, 2017. Prior to this appointment, he served as chancellor of Montana State University Billings (MSUB). 

Originally from Holstein, Iowa, Nook has committed his Midwest education and values to higher education for many years and on many levels. He uses his enthusiastic leadership style to ensure each student reaches his or her educational, professional and personal life goals.

Prior to serving as the chancellor at MSUB from 2014-2016, Nook was the senior vice president for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Wisconsin System from 2011-2014. He also served as provost (2007-09 and 2010-11) and interim chancellor (2009-10) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and in a variety of roles at St. Cloud State University.

He graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University with a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics in 1980 before obtaining a master's degree in astrophysics from Iowa State University in 1983. Nook received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990. 

President Nook and his wife, Cheryl, reside in the UNI President's House. They have three adult children and two granddaughters.