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WIU Cheerleaders and band members perform during the 2024 Homecoming Parade.

Leathernecks Ready to "Bring it On" at Homecoming 2025

October 2, 2025

MACOMB, IL - - ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ă is ready to welcome back all current, future and former Leathernecks for Homecoming 2025 with the theme, “Bring it On,” from Sunday, Oct. 12 through Sunday, Oct. 19.

Many exciting activities will take place on campus and around Macomb during Homecoming Week, highlighted by the annual Paint the Paws event and the inauguration of WIU’s 13th President Kristi Mindrup. There will also be ample opportunities to see the Leathernecks in action with women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball and the football team all hosting competitions throughout the week.

This year’s Homecoming Week festivities include:

Sunday, Oct. 12


  • Women’s Soccer vs. Lindenwood - 2 p.m., Brophy Field

Monday, Oct. 13

  • Clean the Campus Competition - 4:30-5:30 p.m., Thompson Hall

Tuesday, Oct. 14

  • Paint the Paws - 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Q Lot, outside ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ă Hall

  • Chalk the Campus - 2-4 p.m., Campus Mall

  • Volleyball vs. Eastern Illinois - 6 p.m., ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ă Hall

Wednesday, Oct. 15

  • Paint the Town - 3-5 p.m., Macomb City Square

  • Big Pink Volleyball - 6-8 p.m., Student Rec Center

Thursday, Oct. 16

  • President Mindrup’s Inauguration - 1:30 p.m., COFAC Recital Hall

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  • Inauguration Ice Cream Social - 2:30 p.m., University Union Alumni Plaza

  • Men’s Soccer vs. Southern Indiana - 3:30 p.m., Brophy Field

  • Bonfire - 7-10 p.m., N Lot

Friday, Oct. 17

  • All-Alumni Social - 5-9 p.m., Alumni House

  • 2025 Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet - 6 p.m., University Union - Heritage Room

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  • Black Alumni Council: Bowling with a Purpose - 9-11 p.m., Digger’s College Bowl, 123 E. Adams St.

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Saturday, Oct. 18

  • Reunion Recognition Brunch - 8:30 a.m., Alumni House

  • All-Alumni Breakfast - 9:30 a.m., Alumni House (complimentary coffee and donuts)

  • Parade - 10:30 a.m., Macomb City Square, Alumni House

  • Alumni Cookout at “The Right Place” tent - 12-3 p.m., Q-lot

  • Football vs. Charleston Southern - 3 p.m., Hanson Field

  • Black Alumni Council: All Black Party - 7-11 p.m., University Union - Sandburg Lounge

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Sunday, Oct. 19

  • Men’s Soccer vs. Liberty - 11 a.m., Brophy Field


For more information on Homecoming, visit . To learn more about the student homecoming events, visit and to register for any of these events, visit .

Posted By: University Communications, University Relations
Phone: (309) 298-1993 * Fax: (309) 298-1606

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