St. Scholastica Homecoming Weekend is Sept. 25-27

Release Date: 09/18/09

The College of St. Scholastica will celebrate Homecoming with a series of events Friday, Sept. 25, through Sunday, Sept. 27. See the complete schedule at http://www.css.edu/Administration/Alumni/Events/Homecoming/Schedule.html

The centerpiece for the weekend is St. Scholastica's second Homecoming football game at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Griggs Field. The Saints will play the University of Minnesota Morris Cougars. The public is invited; tickets at the gate are $7 general admission, $5 senior citizens and youth ages 6-18, and free for youth five and under and CSS students with ID. Gates open at 3:30 p.m.

Other Homecoming activities are open only to St. Scholastica students and their families and friends, alumni, faculty, staff, and Sisters from the St. Scholastica Monastery. They include:

Spirit Week Events:
Wednesday, Sept. 23
3:30 p.m., 3rd annual Swanny 2K walk/run
Start in front of Burns Wellness Commons
--Costumed runners
--Tribute to Gladys Swanson, long-time physical education director (1931 through the early 70's)

Thursday, Sept. 24
3:30-7 p.m., Powder Puff Football games
Science Center lawn

Homecoming Weekend Events:

Friday, Sept. 25
3:30 p.m., Homecoming rally and coronation
Reif Gymnasium in Burns Wellness Commons

5 p.m., Chili feed
Storm's Den, Tower Hall lower level

7 p.m., Student talent show
Mitchell Auditorium

9 p.m., Bonfire
Mitchell Auditorium parking lot

Saturday, Sept. 26
11 a.m., Homecoming parade
Starts in front of the Science Center
--At least 20 units

11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Family Fun Zone
Science Center front lawn
For youth age 12 and under

Noon to 4 p.m., Tailgate party
Mitchell Auditorium parking lot

2:45 p.m., Football team send-off
Burns Wellness Commons east entrance

4:30 p.m., Football game
Saints vs. University of Minnesota Morris Cougars
Griggs Field at University of Minnesota Duluth

9 p.m., Homecoming dance
Reif Gymnasium in the Burns Wellness Commons

Sunday, Sept. 27
11 a.m., Mass
Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel
Music and readings by students and the Sisters

The College of St. Scholastica is grateful for support from the following Homecoming sponsors:
Duluth News Tribune (official game sponsor)
Wells Fargo
Bernick's Pepsi
Arrowhead Printing

For more information about Homecoming visit http://www.css.edu/homecoming.xml
or call 218/723-6071. For information about Saints football see www.csssaints.com.