Homecoming 2019

September 27 – 29 2019

Come back to campus to celebrate Homecoming 2019! All students, faculty, staff and alumni, and their families and friends are invited to Blackburn Homecoming 2019. It takes place September 27-29.

Please see the schedule below. Subject to change.

Register HERE.

Friday, September 27th

10am      Athletics Golf Outing – Carlinville Country Club

10am      Registration – Jaenke Alumni Center

12pm        Nifty Fifties Luncheon – Stuart Conference Room (RSVP required)

5pm       The Patricia Wier Mynka Memorial Exhibition – Visual Arts Center Gallery

5:30pm  Ding Al Fresco – All Campus Cookout – Patio of Demuzio Campus Center

7pm       Open House with the President at McKinley House 

Saturday, September 28th 

7:30am  Annual Beaverthon 5K  – Dawes/Woodward Athletic Center

8:30am  Cafe Barney – Coffee and treats – Jaenke Alumni Center

8:30am  Registration – Jaenke Alumni Center

8:30-5pm Campus Shuttle in Operation Campus-wide

9-5pm   Lumpkin Learning Commons Open House – Lumpkin Learning Commons

9am      Guided Campus Tour  – Meet in the Jaenke Alumni Center  

9am      Reunion Class Photos – Jaenke Alumni Center (every 10 minutes)

10am    Alumni Choir Rehearsal  – Bothwell, Rm. #132

10am    Solarbration!: Guided Tour of the Solar Project and Bee Hives – Meet in Jaenke Alumni Center

11am     Women’s Alumni Soccer Game – Soccer Field

12pm     Alumni Luncheon and Meeting – Mahan, Snyder Atrium (RSVP required)

12pm     Meet Me at the Tent – Soccer Field

1pm       Men’s Alumni Soccer Game – Soccer Field

1pm       Let’s Talk About Work: The State of the Work Program  – Bothwell #132

2pm       Beaver’s Around the World – 4th Annual Barney’s Dorm Crawl – Meet at Jaenke Alumni Center 

3pm       Women’s Soccer – Soccer Field

                Pre-game Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of Women’s Soccer at Blackburn

3pm       Guided Campus Tour – Jaenke Alumni Center

5:45pm Dorm Crawl Closing Ceremony – Jaenke Alumni Center 

6 – 8pm After Hours in Jaenke – Jaenke Alumni Center

6:30      Taylor’s Chili Dinner to Benefit the B Club

8:30      Bowlero B Club Bowling

Reunion Class Events

Class of 1949 6pm Woodson A 

Class of 1969 6pm Stuart Conference Room, Woodson Hall 

Class of 1994 6pm Tangled Vine Restaurant 531 S West St, Carlinville, IL 62626

Sunday, September 29th

10am   Alumni Choir Rehearsal – Clegg Chapel

11am   Ecumenical Worship Service – Clegg Chapel

12pm   Heritage Society Luncheon – Jaenke Alumni Center (By Invitation Only)