Homecoming

2018 Homecoming Schedule

Thursday, October 11

8 p.m - Homecoming Royalty Competition (Maucker Union Ballroom)

Sunday, October 14

4-6 p.m. - College Hill Partnership Window Painting (College Hill)

Monday, October 15

5:30 p.m. - Homecoming Kickoff (Lawther Field)
(Maucker Ballroom rain location. Watch homecoming.uni.edu and social media for updates.)

Tuesday, October 16

10 a.m. - Office Decorating Competition (across campus)
8 p.m. - Six Appeal Acapella (Maucker Union)

Wednesday, October 17

11 a.m. - Homecoming Picnic (Campanile Plaza - Maucker Union rain location)
5:30 p.m. - Amazing Race (Maucker Union)
5:00-5:15 check-in | 5:30 pre-race entertainment | 6:00 race begins
7 p.m. - UNI Soccer vs. Drake (Cedar Valley Soccer Complex)

Thursday, October 18

4-6 p.m. - College Hill Homecoming Farmers Market (College Hill)
5-6:45 p.m. - Homecoming Special Dinner (Piazza and Rialto Dining Centers)

Friday, October 19

4-6 p.m. - Golden Graduate Reunion (Commons)
7 p.m. - UNI Volleyball vs. Drake (McLeod Center)
8 p.m. - Pep Rally (West Gym)
12 a.m. - Campaniling (Campanile Plaza)

Saturday, October 20

9-11 a.m. - Alumni Welcome Tent (1012 W. 23rd Street, across from the UNI Bookstore)
11 a.m. - Homecoming Parade
Presented by UNI Bookstore
11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Lunch at Piazza (Redeker) and Rialto (Towers)
Alumni enjoy a discounted price! $8.50 for adults and $7 for youth ages 5-11
12 p.m. - UNI Soccer vs. Valparaiso (Cedar Valley Soccer Complex)
1:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Panther Football Fan Zone Tailgate (West of the UNI-Dome)
Join fellow Panther fans at the Football Fan Zone Tailgate! $5 per person (includes sandwich, side, cookie and beverage).
Live music, games for kids and additional food and beverages available for purchase. Tickets will be provided with your reunion registration materials.
4 p.m. - UNI Football vs. South Dakota State (UNI-Dome)

Sunday, October 21

2 p.m. - UNI Volleyball vs. Marquette (McLeod Center)

Homecoming Parade

The 2018 Homecoming Parade is set for Saturday, Oct. 20, presented by the UNI Bookstore!

Alumni Welcome Tent

There’s No Place Like Homecoming! Make plans to stop by the Alumni Welcome Tent before the annual Homecoming Parade. Take advantage of complimentary donuts, coffee and Panther giveaway prizes while supplies last.

9- 11 a.m.
Saturday, October 20
1012 W. 23rd Street, across from the UNI Bookstore

2018 Grand Marshal: Sandy Stevens

We're excited to announce alumna Sandy Stevens as our 2018 Homecoming Grand Marshal! Sandy Stevens, today

Sandy Phillips Stevens was born and reared in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she married her high school sweetheart, Bob “Bear” Stevens. She attended the University of Iowa for two years but -- after seeing the light -- transferred to UNI, graduating in 1962 with a B.A. in English education (with a journalism emphasis) and a speech minor.

She taught journalism and/or English classes at Waterloo East, Cedar Rapids Washington (her alma mater), Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Pleasant Valley high schools before moving to Illinois when Bear accepted a superintendency in the Chicago suburbs. A journalist and community ambassador for daily newspapers in the Chicago suburbs, Sandy now serves as a free-lance columnist and feature writer for a national publication. For more than four decades, her avocation has been announcing amateur wrestling tournaments, including the Olympic Games, multiple world championships at all age levels and college and high school championships.

Sandy's involvement with UNI is extensive and generous. She currently serves on the UNI Foundation Board of Trustees and is a past chair of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. She initiated the Pledges for Pins program, which raises funds for the UNI wrestling program and has also established scholarships in the fields of English education, science education and wrestling. The West Gym renovation was successful because of Sandy's generosity, and we have her to thank for helping make it a "home" for UNI wresting’s past, present and future. Sandy’s name is on the UNI wrestling coaching position as a result of an endowment she established. She is also a member of the UNI Athletic Hall of Fame.

Student and Community Entries

The parade is a great way to bring together the university, 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 Oct. 5, 2018. Please contact Homecoming Parade Director Shelby Schroeder with any questions.

Sign up to be a part of the 2018 parade by downloading a parade entry form (below).

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 parade entries must complete one parade regulations and waiver form)

Entry Description/Emcee Information
(All parade entries must complete one parade regulations and waiver form)

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

2018 Parade Information

2018 Homecoming Parade Committee

2018 Parade Route Map

FAQs

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"