Note: Registration required for some Homecoming 2025 events. SCHEDULE TENTATIVE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2

Outstanding Alumni Awards

6:00PM Reception, 7:00PM Dinner & Presentation

Judy G. Stevenson Hall, Wentz Science Center

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3

Class of 1975 Reunion Lunch & Trolley Tour

11:30AM, Judy G. Stevenson Hall - Wentz Science Center

Shimer Alumni/Staff Steering Lunch

1:30 PM, Quigley's, 43 E. Jefferson, Naperville

Homecoming Check-In

2-4PM, Wentz Concert Hall Lobby - Fine Arts Center

Coffee Lab Roasting Demonstration

 3-4 PM, Coffee Lab, Larrance Academic Center, 309 E. School St.

 Trolley Tours for 50-Year Classes

3-4PM, Wentz Concert Hall Lobby - Fine Arts Center

50-Year Club Banquet & Class of 1975 Induction Ceremony

4:30PM Reception, Wentz Concert Hall Lobby | 5:30PM Dinner, Madden Lobby

 

Football Alumni Event

7PM, Cress Creek Country Club

Class of 1990 Reunion Event

Time and Location TBD

Homecoming Concert (need to purchase through Fine Arts Center Box Office)

8PM, Wentz Concert Hall - Fine Arts Center (Cost: $7 if purchased in person at box office or over phone; $10 if purchased online. Questions, call the Box Office, 630-637-7469)

Women's Volleyball Alumni Social 

7PM, Club Mamalu - 10 W Chicago Ave, Naperville

Young Alumni Social

8PM, Club Mamalu - 10 W Chicago Ave, Naperville

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4

Women's Lacrosse Alumni Game

9AM Alumni Check-In, 9:30AM Game, - Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium (Brunch following game in North End Zone area) 

Alumni Swim Meet

9-11AM, Pool - Merner Fieldhouse

Wrestling Open Practice

9AM, Women's Practice; 10AM, Men's Practice - Nichols Gym - Merner Fieldhouse

Athletic Hall of Fame Breakfast with Champions

9:30AM, Madden Lobby & Theatre - Fine Arts Center

African American Alumni Association (AAAA) Walk/Bike-A-Thon

10:45AM, Harold & Eva White Activities Center

Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

11AM, Wentz Concert Hall - Fine Arts Center

Homecoming Check-In/Trolley Tours

11AM-2PM, Wentz Concert Hall Lobby - Fine Arts Center

Class of 1955 Lunch

12PM, Smith Hall, Old Main

Women's Soccer Game vs. Trine University

12PM, Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium

Shimer Alumni Lunch

12PM, 5 S Loomis St.

30th Anniversary Celebration for the African-American Alumni Association of NC (includes lunch)

12PM, Madden Theatre in Fine Arts Center

Coffee Lab Espresso Pop-Up 

1-2PM, Coffee Lab, Larrance Academic Center, 309 E. School St.

Baseball alumni open batting practice at Zimmerman Field

1-3PM

Shimer Seminars

1:30-3PM, 5 S. Loomis St & Goldspohn Hall

AAAA Annual Meeting

2PM, Fine Arts Center Room 138

Homecoming Cornhole Tournament - Sponsored by the Wrestling Program

2PM, Res/Rec West Lawn

Homecoming Fest & Dinner

3-6PM, 403 S. Loomis Athletics Field

Oktoberfest Beer & Wine Tasting

3-6PM, 403 S. Loomis Athletics Field

Shimer Evening Events: Dinner, " Cellar Fellas" Band, and Poetry by Aron Dunlap and guests

5PM, 5 S. Loomis St.

Football Game vs. Wheaton College (Battle for the Little Brass Bell)

6PM, Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium

Post-Game Fireworks - Sponsored by Wintrust Community Banks

Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5

Worship Service

10AM, Koten Chapel - Kiekhofer Hall

Sunday Brunch

11AM, Kaufman Dining Hall