homecoming 2023 Ursinus College Alumni taking a group selfie

Schedule of Events

Join us as we celebrate Homecoming at any of the following programs at the schedule of events below on Saturday, October 28! Go Bears!

Use the Homecoming campus map to help guide you during your visit! (Coming soon).

HOMECOMING 2023

 

Friday, October 27, 2023

Event Time Location

Chemistry Alumni Career Panel

Join the following Chemistry alumni for a panel the Friday before Homecoming Day.

Kailyn Cohen ’20

Rich Jasinski ’15

Dr. Caitlin Hanlon ’07

Nicole Schmalbach ’21

3:30 - 5 p.m.

 

IDC 114

 

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Event Time Location

Campus Tours

Have you seen what’s new at UC? Join a student-guided campus tour to explore our campus now and reminisce about your time at Ursinus!

9 a.m. and Noon

 

Depart from The Schellhase Commons

 

Women’s Lacrosse Alumnae Game and Tailgate

Enjoy a fun game with the current team and tailgate post-game with our Ursinus Family! 

9 a.m.

Patterson Field

Men’s Basketball Alumni Game

Participate in the Annual Men’s Basketball Alumni Game, meet and greet with the current team, and enjoy lunch after.

9 a.m. - Noon

 

Helfferich Gymnasium

Softball Alumnae Game

Relive your time competing on the field in a game with the current team!

9:30 a.m.

Snell Field

Baseball Alumni Game

Participate in the Baseball Alumni Game, meet and greet with the current team, and enjoy lunch afterward. 

9:30 a.m. - Noon

Thomas Field

Pre-Law Meet Up with Professor Anna Marks

Join Professor Anna Marks over donuts the morning of Homecoming!

10-11 a.m.

Kaleidoscope Plaza

Sculpture Tours

There is plenty to see at Ursinus! Follow a student-guided tour to discover and learn about the many sculptures around campus. Alumni and guests can register for up to two tours during Homecoming.

10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

 

Depart from the Berman Museum at Olin Plaza

 

Tales through Time: Exhibit and Reception

In honor of your reunion, the Ursinus College Library
has gathered memorabilia and history pertaining
to Wrestling and Phi Alpha Psi!
Stop by to view the two exhibits over a morning
snack and explore what the library offers!

11-Noon

Myrin Library

Bear Bazaar

Visit the student business marketplace while you are on campus! 

11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Kaleidoscope Plaza

Ursinus College vs. Dickinson College Volleyball Game

Noon

Helfferich Gymnasium

Ursinus College vs. York College Swimming Meet

1 p.m.

 

 Floy Lewis Bakes Center

 

Ursinus College vs. Ithaca College Field Hockey Game

Refreshments and snacks will be provided to all field hockey and women’s lacrosse alumnae during the game.

1-2:30 p.m.

Eleanor Frost Snell Field

Vonnie Gros ’57 Scoreboard Dedication

After the field hockey game, we invite all alumnae to stay for the dedication of the new scoreboards in honor of Vonnie Gros ’57!

2:30 p.m.

Eleanor Frost Snell Alumni Field

UC Bears Tailgate on Kaleidoscope Plaza

Catch up with classmates on the Kaleidoscope Plaza over food trucks, lawn games, and beer served by Brothers Kershner Brewing Company. Live music will be held in the all alumni tent!

Our pride can’t be tamed! Be sure to stop by Pep-Rally Alley to get all the gear you will need to cheer on the UC Bears.

Celebrating a reunion? Find your reunion tent on the Plaza and catch up with classmates between Noon – 4 p.m. 

Class and reunion photograph times:

12:30 Phi Alpha Psi
12:35 Wrestling
12:40 1978
12:45 1983
12:50 1988
12:55 1993
1 p.m. 1998
1:05 2003
1:10 2008
1:15 2013
1:20 2018

Noon – 4 p.m.

 

 

Kaleidoscope Plaza

 

 

UC Bears vs. McDaniel College Football Game

1 p.m.

 

Patterson Field

 

Ursinus Community Closet

Do you have any gently used or new business casual clothes that you no longer have space for? Bring them to campus with you to donate to current students.

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Various Locations: Bins will be outside the C-store in Lower Wismer, outside the Fitness Center in FLB, and outside of UCARE in the basement of the library.

Café Nia

Sankofa Umoja Nia hosts Café Nia! Enjoy speakers and music performances over a shared meal.

Registration is available here. 

 

3 p.m.

Kaleidoscope Plaza

Intrasquad Wrestling Match!

Cheer on the current UC Bear Wrestlers as they participate in an intrasquad match!

3 p.m.

BPS Quad