Homecoming 2026 is coming!
Spirit Week Themes
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!
Find Norm! Track down all 10 Norms hidden around campus at your leisure!
Save the Date, Foresters!
Join us October 2-3, 2026, as we celebrate Homecoming as the Forester Family.
Full Schedule of Events
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. — LOCATIONS
- 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.: RichLyn Library Book Sale — RichLyn Library
- 11:00 a.m.: Chapel with Brad and Vanessa Johnson
- 12:00-1:30 p.m.: First Friday – Cider and donuts — Outside the HUB
- 3:00 p.m.: HU Cheerleading Cookie/Brownie Reunion – PLEX Room 065
- 6:00 p.m.: HU Basketball Tip-off – PLEX
- 6:00 p.m.: Huntington University Foundation Dinner – PLEX Community Gym
- 7:00 p.m.: Campfire S’mores and Worship – Firepits by Lake Sno-Tip
- 7:00 p.m.: Coronation – Quad
- 7:00 p.m.: PowderPuff Games – Quad
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. — LOCATIONS
- 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
- 11:00 a.m.: Alumni College — Christian Thought and Practice (Bible, Ministry, Missions, and Theology) will be hosting a meet and greet for alums – Christian Thought and Practice Common Area, Loew-Brenn Hall Second Floor
- 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Festival on the Mall — FREE FOOD (smash burgers, nachos, chili dogs, caramel apples, cotton candy, popcorn, coffee cart with iced/hot coffee, lemonade, water), corn hole tournament (check in at 11:00 a.m.), cake walk, disc golf family fun, mini cheer camp, listen to a story from our students and library staff (kids encouraged to come sit by the fireplace in the HUB), Forester Market (students and staff showing off their crafts — supporting them is encouraged!)
– 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
- 1:00 p.m.: Forester Troupe — A musical theatre showcase – Zurcher Auditorium
- 1:00 p.m.: HU Softball Alumni Snacks and Scrimmage – Softball Field
- 1:00-4:00 p.m.: RichLyn Library Book Sale — RichLyn Library
- 2:00 p.m.: Hardy Party — Meet in the Hardy Hall basement with fellow Hardy dwellers to reminisce, share stories, take a tour, and embrace the space where lives are transformed
- 3:00 p.m.: HU Men’s Soccer vs. Indiana Wesleyan University – King Stadium
- 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 — TICKETS
