Homecoming 2017

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

Friday, October 27:

• Blue & Gold Reunion | Multiple Activities |  Time TBD

Revisit your alma mater, connect with your classmates, and join the Homecoming fun with the Class of 1977. The Blue & Gold Reunion honors and celebrates the 40th anniversary of graduation. Activities will take place in conjunction with the 2017 Homecoming in Flagstaff Saturday, October 28, with this year’s theme, “Home is Where the Lumberjacks Are.” Find additional reunion and RSVP information.

• Alumna author book signing | NAU bookstore | 3-5 p.m.

Meet NAU alumna Lisa Schnebly Heidinger and father, Larry Schnebly, during an on-campus book signing engagement for Schnebly Heidinger’s tenth publication, The Journal of Sedona Schnebly. The journal-format book tells the story of Lisa’s great-grandmother Sedona, covering her life from her early teens to her last night on earth. Schnebly Heidinger will also share what she learned about Sedona Schnebly while she worked on this project.

• Downtown Pep Rally | Heritage Square | 5-7 p.m.

Saturday, October 28:

• Café Au Louie – Alumni Breakfast | 1899 Bar & Grill | 9-11 a.m.

Join classmates and friends at Café Au Louie for a buffet-style True Blue NAU breakfast. Following breakfast, the outdoor grandstands will offer a close-up view of the Homecoming parade. A $10 per person breakfast is provided and a cash bar will be available. RSVP to save your seat.

• Parade | Campus Perimeter | 11 a.m.

Line the parade route with Blue and Gold and take a front row seat to enjoy one of NAU’s longest standing Homecoming traditions. Students will showcase their club and organization floats and NAU and local high school bands will march to the beat. Wave to alumni award winners and Homecoming royalty and don’t miss the centerpiece of the parade, the logging wheels, pulled by the NAU Chain Gang. This free event is for every member of the family.

• Tailgate | Skydome Parking Lot | 1 p.m.
• Football Game | Skydome | 4 p.m.

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.

Monday, October 23

•  Make It Monday | Union Point | 8-10 p.m.

Tuesday, October 24

• Dedicatee Banquet | Ashurst Hall | 6 p.m.

Wednesday, October 25

• Coronation Dance* | Dubois Ballroom | 7 p.m. – midnight

Thursday, October 26

• Carnival* | Parking Lot P16A |  4-10 p.m.
• Traditions Day** | Central Quad | Activities Begin at 4 p.m.

Friday, October 27

• Downtown Pep Rally | Heritage Square | 5- 7 p.m.
• Lumberjack Splash Bash | Wall Aquatic Center | 7-11 p.m.

Saturday, October 28

• Flannels & Flapjacks* | Central Quad | 8-10 a.m.
• Parade | Campus Perimeter | 11 a.m.
• Tailgate | Skydome Parking Lot | 1 p.m.
• Football Game | Skydome | 4 p.m.

*Open only to students with ID
**Traditions Day includes: Chili Cook-Off, Beard Contest, Pep Rally, Bonfire, Mr. Lumberjack

Join us on campus for a variety of family-friendly events open to the public during the week-long Homecoming celebration. On Saturday, parking and shuttle service will be free on campus, and NAIPTA is offering free bus service to the public on Routes 10 and 10A all day. Riders can take Route 10 to the stop in front of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and walk to the Skydome or catch the shuttle in parking lot P62.

Friday, October 27:

Alumna author book signing | NAU bookstore | 3-5 p.m.

Meet NAU alumna Lisa Schnebly Heidinger and father, Larry Schnebly, during an on-campus book signing engagement for Schnebly Heidinger’s tenth publication, The Journal of Sedona Schnebly. The journal-format book tells the story of Lisa’s great-grandmother Sedona, covering her life from her early teens to her last night on earth. Schnebly Heidinger will also share what she learned about Sedona Schnebly while she worked on this project.

Friday, October 27:

Downtown Pep Rally | Heritage Square | 5-7 p.m.

Saturday, October 28:

Parade | Campus Perimeter | 11 a.m.

Line the parade route with Blue and Gold and take a front row seat to enjoy one of NAU’s longest standing Homecoming traditions. Students will showcase their club and organization floats and NAU and local high school bands will march to the beat. Wave to alumni award winners and Homecoming royalty and don’t miss the centerpiece of the parade, the logging wheels, pulled by the NAU Chain Gang. This free event is for every member of the family.

Football Game | Skydome | 4 p.m.