{"id":10628,"date":"2022-10-03T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T14:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=10628"},"modified":"2022-10-03T09:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T14:51:56","slug":"missouri-western-celebrates-homecoming-with-a-blast-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/03\/missouri-western-celebrates-homecoming-with-a-blast-from-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Western celebrates Homecoming with a \u201cBlast from the Past\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"blastOct. 3, 2022–Missouri Western State University is celebrating Homecoming 2022 the week of Oct. 2-8, ending with the Homecoming Parade and Griffon football game against Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday. The theme of the week\u2019s celebration is \u201cBlast from the Past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The annual Homecoming Parade is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. It will step off from City Hall at 10th and Francis, then go west on Francis to 6th Street, north on 6th Street to Faraon, east on Faraon to Frederick, then northeast on Frederick to 13th Street. Bands will go south on 13th Street to Faraon, then west on Faraon back to City Hall. Other entries will continue to 16th Street.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The parade will feature the Golden Griffon Marching Band and ten high school bands: Central and Benton from St. Joseph as well as Albany, DeKalb, Fairfax, Nodaway-Holt, North Platte, Princeton, South Nodaway and Stewartsville.<\/span><\/p>\n

Homecoming Week began with a movie night in Blum Student Union on Sunday, Oct. 2. Remaining events include:<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, Oct. 3<\/b><\/p>\n

Gameshow: Bingo Night, with an 80s rock band theme, 7 p.m., Blum 218-219<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, Oct. 4<\/b><\/p>\n

MWSU Got Talent, 5 p.m., Fulkerson Center<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, Oct. 5<\/b><\/p>\n

Students vs. Staff\/Faculty Video Game Tournament, 5 p.m., Blum Union, Griffon Esports Arena<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, Oct. 6<\/b><\/p>\n

Campus Beautification Day, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Blum 207<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday Night Event TBA, 7 p.m., Fulkerson Center<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, Oct. 7<\/b><\/p>\n

40th Annual Alumni Awards Banquet, 6 p.m., Fulkerson Center. Tickets are $40 per person and must be reserved in advance <\/span>through the alumni office<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blast from the Past Pep Rally and Fireworks Show, 8:30 p.m., location TBA. Homecoming Royalty and other event winners will be announced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, Oct. 8<\/b><\/p>\n

Homecoming Parade, 10 a.m., Downtown St. Joseph<\/span><\/p>\n

Football Tailgate, 2 p.m., Lot H. Local food trucks will be available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Griffon Football vs. Nebraska-Kearney, 4 p.m., Craig Field at Spratt Stadium<\/span><\/p>\n

Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i>missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oct. 3, 2022–Missouri Western State University is celebrating Homecoming 2022 the week of Oct. 2-8, ending with the Homecoming Parade and Griffon football game against Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday. The theme of the week\u2019s celebration is \u201cBlast from the Past.\u201d The annual Homecoming Parade is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. It will step off from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66,48,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10628"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10634,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10628\/revisions\/10634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}