Mark your calendar... come celebrate!
Homecoming/Family Weekend 2021
October 22-24, 2021
- Attend classes, campus activity sessions, and tours
- Cheer on our student-athletes or participate in an alum athletic event.
- Annual BBQ and Brew picnic
- First annual cornhole tournament
- Visit Downtown Chambersburg for the annual Food Truck Festival.
- AND MUCH MORE!
SCHEDULE
(subject to change – check back for updates)
Friday, Oct. 22
7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Jensen Dining Hall open (pay at the door)
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Registration and Information
Harmony Cottage Porch
Attend classes with your student
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Library open
Wander the library, enjoy the Hankey Center exhibit, “Empowered Women: Athletics at Wilson,” which is temporarily installed there, and stop into the Cooley Gallery. Find the Wilson Author’s Wall, visit the College Store, or enjoy a Starbucks beverage – see store and café hours
Phoenix Café open ~ “We Proudly Serve” Starbucks ~
9:30 a.m.
Understanding the Stress of College Life – Student Mental Health
Dean Mary Beth Williams and Angela Baker, Director of Counseling
Sarah’s Coffeehouse
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
College Store open
Hankey Center open
Learn how the archives are used in scholarly research and to learn about Wilson traditions.
Visit our new exhibition in the Baron Blewett Hunnicutt Gallery, "Voices of the Wine Dark Sea." Journey around the Mediterranean Sea with us and discover the voices of those who lived there through the juxtaposition of ancient texts with artifacts from the Wilson College Antiquities Collection.
Selfie Wall with props, #WilsonBold
Lenfest Lobby
11 a.m.
Campus Tours
Meet at Norland Hall
Noon
Q&A for parents with the Campus Nurse, Shannon Bock, R.N.
Lenfest Learning Commons, Lower Level Library
1-3 p.m.
Veterinary Education Center Tours
2 p.m.
Cookies and Careers
Director of Career Development Linda Boeckman,
Lenfest Learning Commons, Lower Level of Library
3 p.m.
Antiquities Collection Event: Talk followed by an opening reception
"Voices of the Wine Dark Sea"
Hunnicutt Gallery, located in the Hankey Center
Speaker: Arti Mehta, Howard University
“Women's Voices, Women's Lives: From the Mediterranean Sea to Chambersburg (and Beyond)”
Phoenix Fun: cornhole, golf, lacrosse, and volleyball challenge
Main Green
3:30 p.m.
Baseball Black-Blue inter-squad, best of 3 game series Game #1
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Donor Recognition Event, separate invitation
Pictures with Blaze at the event
Mistick Quad
6 p.m.
Women's Volleyball vs. Keystone College
8 p.m.
Women’s and Men’s Basketball alumni game vs. Faculty/Staff
Saturday, Oct. 23
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Registration and Information
Harmony Cottage Porch
9 a.m.
Hustle for Health 5K race and 1 mile fun run/walk
https://www.wilson.edu/hustle-health
*Park at the Hankey Center Lot to be close to start/finish line
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Phoenix Café open ~ “We Proudly Serve” Starbucks ~
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
College Store open
Library open
Wander the library, enjoy the Hankey Center exhibit, “Empowered Women: Athletics at Wilson,” which is temporarily installed there, and stop into the Cooley Gallery. Find the Wilson Author’s Wall, visit the College Store, or enjoy a Starbucks beverage – see store and café hours.
Selfie Wall with props, #WilsonBold
Lenfest Lobby
10 - 11:30 a.m.
Veterinary Education Center Tours
10:30 a.m.
Baseball Black-Blue inter-squad Game #2, followed by Game #3 (if needed)
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Jensen Dining Hall open (pay at the door)
11 a.m.
Men’s Basketball Open Practice (alums invited to watch)
Campus Tour
Meet at Norland Hall
Noon
Nursing Resource Center Tours
Rosenkrans Annex
Women's Soccer vs. Saint Elizabeth University
1 p.m.
Field Hockey vs. Bryn Athyn College
2 p.m.
Alum Student Opportunities with Alumni Relations
Lenfest Learning Commons
Exercise and Health Science programs – Tour plus Meet and Greet
Science Center #255
3 p.m.
Men's Soccer vs. Saint Elizabeth University
3.30 - 5.30 p.m.
eSports Open House, Prentis Hall rear entrance
6 - 8 p.m.
BBQ and Brew, *Free with Wilson ID, otherwise $5 per person
Mistick Quad Tent
Check out the Parents Council Table at BBQ and Brew- we are looking for inaugural members!
Pictures with Blaze at BBQ Brew
7.30 p.m.
Movie Night - Halloween Double Feature: The Addams Family (PG) and The Forever Purge (R)
Sponsored by Campus Activity Board
Jensen Dining Hall
Sunday, Oct. 24
10 a.m.
Softball alumni game/possible home run derby (tentative)
11 a.m. - Noon
Basketball Shoot Off Fundraiser, sponsored by the Black Students Union, Recreational Courts
11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Jensen Dining Hall open (pay at the door)
1 p.m.
Field Hockey vs. Wells College
3 p.m.
Field Hockey alumni game (tentative)
*Stay up-to-date with Wilson College Covid-19 protocols
by checking https://www.wilson.edu/coronavirus-information
Currently masks are required indoors for all persons, regardless of vaccination status.
