NMU Homecoming Events Announced

Northern Michigan University will host multiple alumni and community events on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19-20, to celebrate Homecoming. The schedule includes the a parade, tailgate party and sporting events, along with various alumni events and campus tours.

To kick off the celebration on Friday, NMU men's soccer will play the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at noon at the NMU Soccer Fields behind the Superior Dome. Admission is free. Also beginning at noon and continuing until 4 p.m., NMU's Criminal Justice Department will host an informational open house for its cold case program, which recently helped to solve a decades-old crime in the U.P.

Following the soccer game, a Wildcat Welcome event will take place at the Northern Center outside the NMU Bookstore, offering homecoming information, along with free refreshments and cookies.

The first day of the NMU Green vs. Gold Wildcats and Alumni Swim and Dive meet will take place in the PEIF pool at 5 p.m.

The NMU Homecoming Parade will finish off the day at 5:30 p.m. The parade will start on Fair Avenue (in front of the Berry Events Center), then will travel down Third Street to Hewitt, then back on Front Street toward the Superior Dome.

The schedule of remaining events on Saturday, Sept. 20 is as follows:

-The Golden Wildcats Brunch for all who graduated from NMU in 1975 or earlier years will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. in the Northern Center Ballrooms. Please RSVP with Alumni Relations by calling 906-227-2610.

-Day two of the NMU Green vs. Gold Wildcats and Alumni Swim and Dive meet at 10 a.m. in the PEIF Pool.

-A historical walking tour of NMU's campus led by Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center Director Dan Truckey, from 11 a.m. to noon, beginning at the Carillon Towers outside of the Northern Center.

-The pre-game Tailgate Party from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Lot 55 and the adjacent grassy area behind the Superior Dome. This event is open to the public and will celebrate the NMU football team prior to the game.

-The NMU Homecoming football game at 1 p.m. in the Superior Dome. The Wildcats will host Davenport University. Tickets can be purchased online through the NMU Ticket Office at a rate of $15 for the general public, $12 for military, seniors (60+) and students (18 and under) and is free for NMU students and faculty/staff with ID.

-Alumni meetups by decade will be held from 6:30-9 p.m. Alumni with a graduation year in the 1970s and prior will meet at the Holiday Inn in Marquette, 1980s at the Wooden Nickel, 1990s at Breakers Roadhouse, and 2000s to the present at DIGS.

View the full Homecoming event schedule here: https://nmu.edu/homecoming/.