Homecoming 2026 is coming!
Save the Date, Foresters!
Join us October 2-3, 2026, as we celebrate Homecoming as the Forester Family.
Schedule of Events
Monday, September 28 – Saturday, October 3: Spirit Week
- Mustache Monday – Grab a mustache from us or start growing your own
- Twin Tuesday – Find someone to twin with
- Wild(erness) Wednesday – Pull out your wild style or wear your best deer antlers
- Throwback Thursday – Find some retro HU swag or just go back to the 50s
- Forester Friday – Flannel, jeans, boots, hat; give us your best Norm impression
- Pine Green Saturday – Green, green, and more green! Cover the campus with green!
Friday, October 2
- 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Homecoming Huntington Community Coffee Crawl – Various locations around the City of Huntington. Pick up a coffee mug and try all the various coffee shops in Huntington. (Map and locations to be added)
- 11:00 a.m.: Chapel with Brad and Vanessa Johnson
- 3:00 p.m.: HU Cheerleading Cookie/Brownie Reunion – PLEX Room 065
- 4:30 p.m.: Coronation – PLEX
- 5:00 p.m.: HU Basketball Tip-off – PLEX
- 6:00 p.m.: Huntington University Community Foundation Dinner – Upper Habecker Dining Commons
- 7:00 p.m.: Campfire S’mores and Worship – Firepits by Lake Sno-Tip
Saturday, October 3
- 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Homecoming Huntington Community Coffee Crawl – Various locations around the City of Huntington. Pick up a coffee mug and try all the various coffee shops in Huntington. (Map and locations to be added)
- 9:00-10:00 a.m.: Class of 1976 50th Reunion Brunch – Upper HUB — RSVP HERE
- 10:00-11:00 a.m.: Class Reunions — 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006, and 2016 – Upper HUB
- 10:00 a.m.: HU Softball Alumni Game – Softball Field
- 11:00 a.m.: Alumni College — Spiritual Formation will be hosting an interactive “class” for alums – Room TBD
- 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Festival on the Mall — Free food and drinks with various games and vendors – Outside of the HUB
- 12:00 p.m.: Alumni College — Education Department will be hosting an interactive lesson for alums – Literacy Lodge in Loew-Brenn Hall
- 1:00 p.m.: Alumni College — The Division of Natural Sciences will be hosting live science demonstrations and sharing what projects current students are working on – Dowden Science Hall Atrium
- 3:00 p.m.: HU Men’s Soccer vs. Indiana Wesleyan University – King Stadium
- 4:00 p.m.: HU Baseball Alumni Game – Forest Glen Park
- 6:00 p.m.: Alumni Banquet — This is open to all alumni. We will be honoring the 2026 Alumni of the Year Award recipients and recognizing the Class of 1976 – Upper Habecker Dining Commons — RSVP HERE
Sunday, October 4
- 2:00 p.m.: Huntington University Baseball vs. Indiana University — Faith & Family Day at Parkview Field (Ticket information to follow)
EVENTS WILL BE ADDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK THIS PAGE FOR NEW EVENTS.
- Looking to get involved with planning your class or affinity reunion?
Please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@huntington.edu or (260) 359-4042.
