Homecoming 2018

Jacks Looking Back

An NAU tradition since 1924, Homecoming is your chance to unite with students, alumni, and community members in celebrating NAU! Join us for Homecoming 2018, featuring a week of events leading up to the true blue game on Saturday, October 27, vs. Cal Poly.

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Celebrating Lumberjack spirit

Homecoming connects NAU to the community as we welcome returning alumni to enjoy a week of campus events and activities.

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We’re excited to welcome you back home! Reconnect with your friends and classmates and share your Lumberjack pride during the “Lumberjacks Looking Back” Homecoming celebration. Be sure to tag your Homecoming photos with #NAU throughout the week.

Sunday, October 21:

Thursday, October 25:
Volleyball vs Sacramento State | Rolle | 7 p.m. | Purchase Tickets

Friday, October 26:
Lumberjack March | City Hall | 5 p.m.
Downtown Pep Rally | Heritage Square | 5:30 p.m.

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Celebrate with your fellow Lumberjacks during Homecoming week, the most spirited time of the year! Be sure to tag your Homecoming photos with #NAU throughout the week.

Sunday, October 21

Monday, October 22
Make It Monday | Union Point | 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 24
Mt. Joy Concert | Prochnow Auditorium | 8 p.m.

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Join us on campus for a variety of family-friendly events open to the public during the week-long Homecoming celebration. Be sure to tag your Homecoming photos with #NAU throughout the week.

Sunday, October 21

Thursday, October 25
Volleyball vs Sacramento State | Rolle | 7 p.m. | Purchase Tickets

Friday, October 26
Lumberjack March | City Hall | 5 p.m.
Downtown Pep Rally | Heritage Square | 5:30 p.m.

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An aerial photograph of N A U showing Gillenwater Hall in the foreground and spanning northward toward the San Francisco peaks during a partly cloudy day.

Campus parade route

The annual Homecoming Day parade will take place on NAU’s campus 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, with free parking and shuttle service.

Parade route map

Enter your float

The Blue Key Honor Society invites students, staff, faculty, and community members on- and off-campus to participate in the 2018 NAU Homecoming parade. Show your Lumberjack spirit and enter your own float in the parade!

On-campus Homecoming Float Packet 2018

Off-campus Homecoming Float Packet 2018

Buy a Homecoming Shirt

The Lumberjack Alumni Ambassadors student group is offering the official 2018 NAU Homecoming t-shirt. Pick up yours for $10 at the following Homecoming Week events, while they last!

Tuesday 10/23 at the Dive-In Movie, Wall Aquatic Center, 8:30PM-11PM
Friday 10/26 at the Pep Rally, Heritage Square, 5:00PM-6:30PM
Saturday 10/27
- at Café au Louie, 1899 Bar & Grill, 8:30AM-10:30AM
- at various locations during the Homecoming Parade, 11:00AM-12:00PM
- at the Ponderosa football tailgate, Skydome, 1:00PM-4:00PM

Proceeds from t-shirt sales will benefit the Lumberjack Alumni Ambassadors Service Award Scholarship.

Attend the Dedicatee Brunch

The Homecoming dedicatee, Bruce Fox, has been revealed. Join him and other past dedicatees at the upcoming brunch on October 21 at 1 p.m. The brunch will be in Ashurst Auditorium. Admission is $15 for one, with a table for seven at $91. You can purchase tickets online.

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