#reAUnited
It’s time to come back to the nest.
Mark your calendar: Anderson University’s Homecoming 2019 is Oct. 18-19! We have an exciting weekend in store full of opportunities to reconnect with Ravens near and far.
Join us for Homecoming 2019 and participate in your favorite traditions:
- Luminaries and Helios Reception
- Decade Reunion Breakfast
- Street Fair on Kardatzke Walkway
- Alumni Worship in the Valley
- Athletic events including:
- Football vs. Rose-Hulman
Sat., 1: 30 p.m. - Soccer teams vs. Franklin College
Women’s: Sat. 1 p.m.
Men’s: Sat., 3 p.m.
- Football vs. Rose-Hulman
- And much more!
Can’t make it this year? Use the “Host Your Own Homecoming” button below for a PDF of fun decorations to print out and hang around your house!
Full Schedule
Tuesday – Oct. 15
11 a.m. – Homecoming Chapel
Thursday – Oct. 17
11 a.m. – Homecoming Coronation, sponsored by SGA
8pm- Bonfire in Martin Courtyard for students
Friday – Oct. 18
- 3 – 4 p.m. – Raven Professional “Nestworking” event (Reardon)
- 7 – 9 p.m. – Helios Reception in the Valley (Helios)
- 7 – 9 p.m. – Open House for the new Common Place (former Warren Lounge) in the School of Theology and Christian Ministry
- 7 p.m. – Great Ideas of Humanity, Speaker Tanner Woodford, founder and executive director of the Design Museum of Chicago -Wilson gallery Krannert Fine Arts
- Dusk: Campus Illumination (Valley, weather permitting)
- 7:30 p.m. – School of Music & Dance (Park Place Church)
- 8:30 – 9:15 p.m. – Alumni Worship (steps of Wilson Library)
- 9:30 p.m. – Cheap Thrills presented by Dativus (Reardon Auditorium)
Saturday – Oct. 19
- 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.- Reunion Breakfast- celebrating alumni from 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009: $5 per adult (Olt Student Center)
- 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. – AU Alumni Authors book sales (Edwards Dining Room)
- 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. – Discovery Day for prospective students (Hartung 101)
- 9-10 a.m. Boosters Breakfast- $5 per adult (Kane Dining Room)
- 9:30 a.m. – Alumni soccer 3 on 3 tournament (Soccer Field)
- 10-11:30 a.m. SMTD Alumni Reception “Presence” quartet to sing a song. (York Lobby)
- 10-11:30 a.m.- AU Baseball Alumni legends softball game (Don Brandon Baseball Field)
- 10:45 a.m.- Athletic Hall of Fame Meet & Greet with program beginning at 11 a.m. (Byrum Hall)
- 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – Street Fair (KWC walkway)
- Various AU Academic Schools highlighted in Alumni Tent
- 50 year reunion group meets in Kardatzke Wellness Center Classroom
- 11:00 a.m. – GodSquad reunion gathering (firepit)
- 1 p.m. – Women’s Soccer vs. Franklin (Soccer Field)
- 1:30 p.m. – Football vs Rose-Hulman (Macholtz Stadium)
- 3:00 p.m.- Men’s Soccer vs. Franklin (Soccer Field)
- 3:30 p.m. – Volleyball Alumni Match (O.C. Lewis Gymnasium)
- 4-5:30 p.m. – 1968-69 alumni social club members reunion (Kane Dining Room)
- 7 p.m. – “Presence Reunited”(York Auditorium) – 30 year reunion concert from this male quartet consisting of:
- David Anderson
- Jeff Bell
- Tim Hatch
- Randy Miller
- Shawn Nason – Piano
- 7 and 10 p.m.- Encore presented by Avanti Boosters (Reardon Auditorium)
2019 Sponsors
Stopping by in the meantime?
Ideas Around Anderson
- Eat at The Lemon Drop
- Have dessert at Good’s Candy Shop
- Eat at Riviera Maya (Downtown or Scatterfield)
- Eat at The Train Stop Deli
- Eat breakfast at The Toast Cafe
- Hungry for some pancakes? Hit up Eva’s Pancakes
- Eat at Art’s Pizza
- Take a walk or go on the biking trails at Mounds State Park
- Grab a cup of Joe at Jackrabbit Coffee
- Enjoy a delicious meal at The Farm Society