ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s 2025 Homecoming celebrates community
Joint parade with Talawanda High School is Sept. 25
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s 2025 Homecoming celebrates community
Uptown Madness, a home football game, and joint parade with Talawanda High School highlight ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University’s festivities.
The parade, held on Sept. 25, sees a first for the Oxford community as ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú and Talawanda combine their Homecoming parades. Beginning at 6 p.m. in Uptown Oxford, the parade kicks off the university’s Homecoming celebration that will continue Sept. 26-28.
An Uptown Park Bash from 6-8 p.m. and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú women’s soccer vs. Eastern Michigan are also on Sept. 25.
The following day sees a host of events, including , ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s take on midnight madness. A portable basketball court at Oxford’s Uptown Parks will host the university’s basketball teams on Sept. 26.
This is ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú's first Uptown Madness since 2017.
“It’s a really unique opportunity to bring sports directly to the students,” said David Sayler, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú's director of Athletics.
On Sept. 27, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s football team takes on Lindenwood University at Yager Stadium with a 3:30 p.m. kickoff.
Other activities that day include the Homecoming NSSLHA 5K Run, which starts and ends at Lewis Place; M.O.V.E. Bootcamp, also at Lewis Place; and the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú men’s basketball Red and White scrimmage at Millett Hall.
On Sept. 28, the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú field hockey team faces the University of Massachusetts at 1 p.m. in a home contest.
The is available, as well as information on the Love and Honor Cup and the Brick by Brick: Generational ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúans Family Tree Challenge.