Schedule of Events

Last Modified: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 4:29 pm

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Homecoming 2024 Day Schedule

All events are free and open to everyone unless otherwise specified! Registration will open soon.

Open to: All Alumni
12-4 p.m., Tent Outside Cole Hall
Gather with fellow alumni, sign in, pick up your program for the day and your alumni gift and enjoy refreshments. Information will be available from campus partners. Don’t forget to pick up your tickets to the big game!

11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. / Starting Point – Cole Hall
Admissions ambassadors will host walking tours of campus for alumni and families. First stop – Cole Hall! Walking tour campus map at the Alumni Welcome Tent.

12 – 4 p.m., Chapin Drive
Alumni, students, families and our community are invited to gather for a street fair! Enjoy music and activities including face painting, balloon art, food concessions, sweets, carnival rides, photo booths and inflatables. Schools and/or Departments will also be stationed here. There will be fun for the little ones too. Don’t miss the fire truck!

11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Amphitheater
- 11 a.m.: WMSC’s Live Music Showcase Spectacular!
- 1 p.m.: Players Variety Show, Enjoy some acting, singing, dancing, and more brought to you by Players: A Programming Board of the SGA who are celebrating their 86th season!
- 3 p.m.: Homecoming Talent Showcase, Come see student groups perform skits based on the Homecoming theme!

Open to: Alumni and their guests
1–4 p.m., Historic Quad (in front of Freeman, Russ and Chapin Halls)
Pre-registered Alumni: $25.00 / Children: $15.00 / Children 2 and under free / Walk-in cost: $35.00
Join fellow graduates for the signature alumni event of the day. Enjoy a BBQ lunch, craft beer, specialty tequila, live music, games, fun for the kids and more! Celebrate school spirit as we get ready for kick off! Join us for our gathering for our alumni networking groups – Hispanic/Latinx Alumni Network, Black Alumni Advisory Council, EOF and HCP Alumni Network, Tri-Alpha First Gen, Recent Alumni Network and Women’s Initiative Network.

Open to: Alumni swimmers, divers and their families
2–4 p.m., Panzer Athletic Center, Pool
Members of the current and prior teams come together for their annual reunion celebration. There will be a gathering immediately following the meeting outside Panzer Athletic Center.

3–7 p.m., Lot 7
Enjoy craft beer, wine, cider, seltzer and food truck concessions, music and tailgate games and celebrate school spirit as we get ready for kick off and watch the game!

4–5 p.m., Sprague Field Endzone
Stop by Athletics Annex to see Montclair State University student broadcasters from the Red Hawk Sports Network as they host a live Game Day broadcast. Watch them break down the upcoming big game, interview Montclair coaches and athletes, and talk all things Red Hawk Sports. And after you see them in person, you can watch this show and the student-led broadcast of the homecoming football game on the RHSN’s YouTube channel, your home for Montclair sports and an exciting partnership between the School of Communication and Media and Montclair State University Athletics. Not only are the broadcasters and analysts students, but every crew position ranging from utility to cameraperson to director are filled by School of Communication and Media students.

5 p.m., Sprague Field
Montclair students, staff and faculty: free! / Adults: $10.00 / Alumni Discount (pre-sale), Kids, Senior Citizens and Veterans: $5.00
The half-time festivities will include recognizing the 2024 Athletic Hall of Fame class along with performances by student organizations.