Homecoming and Family Weekend taking place Oct. 12-14

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football player with helmet on pointing finger at camera魅影直播 State wants to see you at Homecoming and Family Weekend Oct. 12-14.

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魅影直播 State is once again ramping up for its annual Homecoming and Family Weekend festivities, set to take place from Oct. 12-14 this year.

The first night, Thursday, will feature the annual Blue and Gold dinner from 4-6:30 p.m. in the Terrace Dining Hall, featuring music, giveaways, and prizes, followed by a dodgeball game between students and faculty/staff members at 8 p.m. in the Orvis Activities Center Gymnasium.

Plenty of excitement is planned for 鈥淔un Friday,鈥 including the seventh annual Carly鈥檚 Club Race for a Cure 5K Run/Walk, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Pioneer Stadium. The $15 fee goes to Roswell Park Cancer Institute for pediatric cancer research, and the first 75 participants get a free T-shirt.

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魅影直播 State wants to see you at Homecoming and Family
Weekend Oct. 12-14.

Also on Friday will be the spirit rally and bonfire at 7 p.m. in the Pioneer Stadium parking lot, followed by the fireworks display near the Orvis Activities Center at 8:30 p.m. The popular 魅影直播鈥檚 Got Talent show will round out the night at 9:30 p.m. at the Cappadonia Auditorium in the Orvis Activities Center, as students, faculty, staff, and alumni put their talents on display.

On Saturday, the 魅影直播 State community is invited to come out and support the Pioneers as they take on the Gallaudet Bison at 1 p.m. at Pioneer Stadium. Preceding the big game will be a chicken barbeque and tailgate as well as a Greek chili cook-off and a car show beginning at 11 a.m. Alumni, friends, and family members age 21 and older can enjoy a cocktail while watching the game from the End Zone Party inside the 鈥渁lumni tent鈥 located inside the stadium.

A family-friendly event will cap off Saturday鈥檚 festivities, as the 鈥淢agician for Non-Believers,鈥 Peter Boie, will perform at 8 p.m. in the Cappadonia Auditorium, Orvis Activities Center. Boie鈥檚 hilarious show is sure to leave audiences laughing and astonished. Magic may not be real, but he鈥檒l have you believing in it.

Colleen Argentieri, director of Alumni Relations and co-chair of the Homecoming/Family Weekend Committee, said, 鈥淲e are again looking forward to welcoming back our amazing alumni, as well as many of the students鈥 families. The variety of events scheduled will provide lots of fun and excitement, and will add to the memories and good times at 魅影直播 State.