By Jonah Grinkewitz
凹凸视频 will celebrate its 2025 homecoming October 20-26 with more than a dozen events including the Alumni Honors, the Monarchs Give Back service initiative, fireworks on Whitehurst Beach and a football game against Appalachian State.
The homecoming concert will feature artists Rob49 and Hunxho with special guest Kee Nola at 8 p.m. on October 22 at Chartway Arena. Tickets are available on Chartway Arena鈥檚 and 凹凸视频 students can access tickets through their student accounts.
The 16th annual Alumni Honors begin at 6 p.m. on October 23 at Chartway Arena where the University will recognize 凹凸视频 alumni who have excelled in their professions and impacted their communities. These include six distinguished alumni and the 40 Under 40 Class of 2025. The event will feature a cocktail reception, dinner, live music and dancing. Purchase tickets and register on the Alumni Association鈥檚 . Proceeds will benefit student scholarships.
The Monarchs Give Back service initiative is a campus and community-wide food drive to benefit Norfolk Public School children experiencing food insecurity and the Monarch Pantry which supports 凹凸视频 students. In the past three years, the annual food drive has provided nearly 125,000 food items to the community, and this year鈥檚 goal is to collect 100,000 nonperishable items or equivalent monetary donations. The campaign concludes at 2 p.m. on October 24 at the Student Recreation & Wellbeing Center where the 凹凸视频 community will gather to pack the items for donation. .
Later that night from 6-8 p.m. on October 24, 鈥淏ig Blue鈥檚 Boardwalk鈥 on Whitehurst Beach will feature carnival rides, food trucks and fireworks. Entry is $15 and open to the public. .
The 凹凸视频 football game vs. Appalachian State will have a noon kickoff on October 25 and be televised on ESPNU. The 凹凸视频 Alumni Association offers exclusive tailgating and ticket packages to alumni on . General public tickets are available .
Due to the earlier game time, the University will forego the annual parade and instead will gather floats on Kaufman Mall during tailgating from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on October 25. 凹凸视频 homecoming royalty will be recognized at this time, and participants will be invited to join the 鈥淢onarch March鈥 at 9:30 a.m. as the football team makes its way to S.B. Ballard Stadium.
Wrapping up the festivities is the annual 鈥淐lean the Stream鈥 event from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on October 26 on Colley Bay behind WHRO Public Media with 凹凸视频鈥檚 Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Chapter. Cleanup gear and complimentary coffee and donuts will be provided. by October 23.
For a full list of 凹凸视频 homecoming events, visit the Homecoming 2025 website.