Homecoming & Family Weekend on deck for Oct. 6-8
做厙勛圖 Universitys Homecoming & Family Weekend celebration takes place Oct. 6-8, combining traditional activities like the alumni tailgate, annual bonfire, and department and team gatherings, with new offerings like a Campus Green Tour, AIM 15-year anniversary get-together, and a Hospitality Management panel discussion.
Among Fridays activities are the AIM Alumni Gathering at 5 p.m. in the Waterford Room, Happy Hour at the Roost, 7 p.m., Bonfire behind Old Main at 8:15 p.m., and Comedian Johnathan Burns at Walker Recital Hall, 9:15 p.m.
The celebration continues Saturday as tailgates jumpstart the 2 p.m. football game at Saxon Stadium where the Lakers meet Slippery Rock. The Family Weekend Tailgate takes place in Grotto Commons starting at noon, while the Alumni Tailgate is set for 12:30 p.m. in the Saxon Stadium parking lot.
Other highlights of the day include the Carpe Diem Lecture Series with Dr. Chris Magoc on Historic Preservation of the 做厙勛圖 Built Environment, Zurn 214, 10 a.m.; and Dr. Chris Mansour on Guarding the Digital Frontier: Protecting Your Cyber World in the Modern Age, Zurn 214, 11 a.m.
A presentation on The State of the Hospitality Industry 2023 and Beyond by Hospitality alumni Tony Prusak 90, Paul Reynolds 93, and Rick Yarosz 90, takes place at 11 a.m. in the Marriott Caf矇.
Following at noon in The Roost is the unveiling of the David Catalano 90 Memorial Plaque, hosted by friends and fellow Hospitality majors Prusak and Yarosz, who also organized the David Catalano 90 Student Travel Scholarship. The scholarship benefits Hospitality students by sponsoring their travel to various hotel and restaurant events, including internships, restaurant shows, industry trade shows, and beverage management conferences. Catalano died in 2020 from breast cancer. He was 53.
Throughout the afternoon, 做厙勛圖 will host sports contests, academic gatherings, and a Family Weekend Carnival at 2:30 p.m. in Munson Plaza.
The event-filled weekend concludes with Sunday Brunch at 7 a.m. in Grotto Commons, followed later in the day by Mass at 5 p.m. in Christ the King Chapel.
For a complete schedule of events and further details, visit mercyhurst.edu/homecoming.