2022 Homecoming and Family Weekend Schedule
Consider staying at one of these hotels during your visit for Homecoming!
Thursday, Oct. 20
5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Concept Unveiling for New Student Housing Highland and Claflin
Friday, Oct. 21
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Homecoming Headquarters Student Activities Center
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Art Gallery Display Sams Hall of Fine Arts – The Gallery
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Alumni College Come to Registration 15 minutes before the hour
Go back to class! Several faculty members are opening their doors for alumni to sit in on a class!
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Coyote Golf Outing Salina Country Club
Contact Michelle Dolan if interested. Cost: $65 (non-members)/$40 (members)
11 a.m. – Noon | Campus Tours Meet on the Steps of Pioneer Hall
Check out what’s new and exciting since you graduated!
11:30 a.m.– 1 p.m.| Coyote Cookout/Kickoff Luncheon and Pep Rally w/ The Howl Bevan Green
**Cost: $10.00/$5.00 ages 3-8
Noon – 12:50 p.m. | Choir Rehearsal Pioneer Hall 215
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. | 7x7x7 Lecture Series Peters Science Hall 201
Seven speakers, seven minutes and seven different topics. Q&A after the seventh speaker.
1 p.m. | Softball vs. Highland CC Salina South HS
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Veterans’ Recognition Ceremony Bevan Green
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | Debate and Forensics Showcase Fitzpatrick Auditorium
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Athletics Practices and Fine Arts Rehearsals
6 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. | Golden W (50 years) 1972 & Purple W (25 years) 1997 Ceremony Kirwin House
7 p.m. | Theatre Production – “The 39 Steps” Fitzpatrick Auditorium – Tickets
7 p.m. | Women’s Volleyball vs. Tabor Mabee Arena
8 p.m. | KWU Alumni and Friends Outdoor Social The Library Sports Bar & Grill
Reminisce and network with your fellow Coyotes from all decades. Drinks on your own.
Class Reunions – 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017, 2022
Saturday, Oct. 22
8 a.m. – 7 p.m. | Homecoming Headquarters Student Activities Center
8:30 a.m. | Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Muir Gym – Purchase tickets here.
8:30 a.m. – 11 am | DECA Display Student Activities Center
9 a.m. | Preview Day (KWU Admissions)
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Art Gallery Display Sams Hall of Fine Arts – The Gallery
9:30 a.m. | Alumni Flag Football Laha Practice Field
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. |KWU Alumni Band Location TBD
Meet with fellow band alumni to prepare for playing at the 7:00 pm football game
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Campus Tours Meet on the Steps of Pioneer Hall
Check out what’s new and exciting since you graduated!
10:15 a.m. | Naming the Hall of Fame in Honor of Jerry Jones Muir Gym
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Esports Showcase Peters Science Hall
10:30 a.m. | Open Basketball Practice – Mabee Arena
11 a.m. | Theatre Production – “The 39 Steps” Fitzpatrick Auditorium – Tickets
11 a.m. | Baseball Alumni Game – East Crawford Recreation Area
11 a.m. | Softball Alumni Game – Bill Burke Recreation Area
11 a.m. | Women’s Soccer vs. Southwestern Graves Family Sports Complex
11 a.m. – Noon | Alumni Council Meeting Backstrom Conference Room
Noon – 12:30 p.m. | Concept Unveiling for New Dining Facility Santa Fe and Kirwin
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Recruitment Gathering East of SAC
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Alumni Awards & Golden W (1972), Purple W (1997) Front Steps of Pioneer Hall Class Reunions – 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017
1:30 p.m. | Men’s Soccer Game v. Southwestern Graves Family Sports Complex
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | KWU Keeps Singing (Choir Alumni Rehearsal) Sams Chapel
Meet with fellow choir alumni to prepare for singing The Star-Spangled Banner prior to the football game!
2:30 p.m. | All Alumni Photos Front Steps of Pioneer Hall
3 p.m. | String Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir Concert Sams Chapel
4 p.m.-6 p.m. | Men’s Volleyball Scrimmage Maybee Arena
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Parent and Family Association Gathering East of SAC Tent
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | KWU Coyote Tailgate East of SAC
**Cost: $8.00/$5.00 ages 3-8
5:15 pm – 6:45 pm | Pioneer Society Social Kirwin House Tent
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Multiculture Alumni, Community and Student Gathering East of SAC Tent
6:45 p.m. | KWU Keeps Singing (Choir Alumni Perform The Star-Spangled Banner) Graves Family Sports Complex
7 p.m. | KWU Football vs. Tabor College Graves Family Sports Complex
Hall of Fame Induction to Occur at Halftime
9:30 p.m. | KWU Alumni and Friends Outdoor Social The Library Sports Bar & Grill
Reminisce and network with your fellow Coyotes from all decades. Drinks on your own.
Sunday, Oct. 23
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Worship Service, featuring Rise Up and/or KWU Choir University United Methodist Church
1:30 p.m. | JV Football Game vs. TBA Graves Family Sports Complex
2 p.m. | Theatre Production “The 39 Steps” Fitzpatrick Auditorium – Tickets
Meet the cast afterwards in The Gallery
