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Homecoming 2019

Location

On Campus

Date & Time

October 2, 2019, 6:30 pmOct 13, 2019 3:30 pm

Description

Homecoming is a great opportunity to reconnect with our UMBC community—fellow faculty and staff, students, alumni, parents, and friends. We encourage you to attend, and to invite people in your UMBC networks to come along, too.

There’s something for everyone at Homecoming 2019: GRIT-X talks, the Homecoming Carnival, and the Crab Feast, not to mention Trevor Noah’s return to UMBC. The Homecoming carnival will include food trucks, rides, games, and an Alumni, Family & Friends Tent. We will also be celebrating UMBC’s new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building alongside Governor Larry Hogan, Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Miller Jr., and fellow retrievers Maryland Speaker of the House Adrienne A. Jones ’76, and Baltimore County Executive John A. Olszewski ‘17.

Visit the Homecoming website for the full calendar of activities, discounts at the UMBC Bookstore, information on how you can paint the campus black and gold with Showcase Your Spirit, your chance to win prizes at Black and Gold Fridays, and to register for some of our most popular events. Here are a few highlights:

October 2 - 6
  • 10/2 - Alumni Awards6:30 p.m., ceremony; reception immediately following
  • 10/4 - Faculty and Staff Social4 p.m.Bonfire6 p.m.Outdoor Movie: Toy Story 49 p.m.
  • 10/5 - Men’s Swimming and Diving vs. Bucknell and Women’s Swimming and Diving vs. Bucknell1 p.m.A Conversation with Trevor Noah8 p.m.
  • 10/6 - Volleyball vs. University of New Hampshire1 p.m.
October 7 - 11
  • 10/7 - Homecoming Hypenoon
  • 10/10 - Talent Show8 p.m.
  • 10/11 - Poetry Slam6 p.m.Men’s Basketball Tip Off Event, 7 p.m.Block Show8 p.m.For the Culture Party10 p.m.
October 12
  • Family and Parent Breakfast9:30 a.m.
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building Ribbon Cutting and Celebration11:30 - 3 p.m.
  • Homecoming Carnivalnoon - 8 p.m.
  • Alumni Affinity Reunions12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Women's Basketball Open Practice12:30 p.m.
  • Puppy Parade1:30-2:30 p.m.
  • GRIT-X Talks featuring faculty and alumni speakers, 1 - 3 p.m.
  • Men's Basketball Scrimmage3 p.m.
  • Crab Feast4:30 – 7 p.m.
  • Athletics Alumni Social5 p.m.
  • Men’s Soccer vs. University of New Hampshire7 p.m.
October 13
  • Women’s Soccer Alumni Breakfast and Summit9 a.m.
  • Women’s Soccer vs. Vermont1 p.m