Alumni #TakeExit30 for Homecoming Weekend
Hundreds of alumni will return to campus this weekend in celebration of »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË's Homecoming.
Events start Friday, when the field hockey team takes on Appalachian State at 6 p.m. The game will be followed by a late night alumni social at the on-campus Summit Coffee. Saturday features a pre-game tailgate that starts at 10 a.m. in the Baker Sports Complex parking lot. There will be food trucks, music, a bounce house and beer from a local brewery.
The football game against Stetson University kicks off at 1 p.m. and will be broadcast live by Time Warner Sports Channel. The 'Cats will be shown on Time Warner channels 77 and 323 across North Carolina and parts of South Carolina.
- Other Homecoming events include a corn hole tournament, Black Student Coalition Cookout and Fall Fling, and a semi-formal dance on Saturday. The full schedule is available online.
- The »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Store will offer 30 percent off in-store purchases for Homecoming (diploma frames, rings, lamps and chairs are excluded). The store will be open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 30, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1.
- Be sure to follow Alumni Relations on Twitter (@davidsonalums), Instagram (@davidsonalumni), and to find out the weekly theme and post your own pictures. Search #TakeExit30 to find tweets, posts and photos.
Homecoming Facts
- The first homecoming was celebrated in 1923.
- Homecoming festivities for 2015 were canceled due to Hurricane Joaquin.
- Homecoming also has been canceled due to World War II, an outbreak of the Asian flu and after Sept. 11, 2001.
- Dionne Warwick and James Taylor's brother, Livingston Taylor, once performed at Homecoming weekend festivities.
- Over the years, football opponents for Homecoming have included University of North Carolina, Duke, The Citadel, Dayton and Drake.
- Homecoming queens have been named since 1959; homecoming king and queen are still named every year.
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