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Homecoming 2022 Highlights

We’re thrilled to welcome the Central College family back to campus for Homecoming 2023.

To get you in the Homecoming spirit, check out some of our favorite moments from Homecoming 2022 and mark your calendar for this fall!

Welcome Home, Dutch!

We can’t wait to welcome you back to campus Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 for Homecoming 2023!

Be sure to stop by the Welcome Center from 1-5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, in the Dave ’61 and Ardie Pals Sutphen ’64 Common Room, Graham Annex, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 30, on the east side of the A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex parking lot.

Pick up your special Central gift at the Welcome Center while meeting up with friends and classmates. If you registered in advance, pick up your registration packets. If not, register when you arrive for free tickets to our Friday dinner, Saturday tailgate, post-game party and Sunday brunch events. Most events are FREE to our alumni, parents and guests thanks to the generosity of our amazing donors!

Pella’s got it going on! When you’re not enjoying the weekend’s events, take a stroll through town, recently named one of the Best Small Towns in the Midwest by Travel and Leisure. You read that right!

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Homecoming 2023 Schedule

Friday, Sept. 29

7 a.m. to 3 p.m.	Global Café at Geisler is open Visit Central’s coffee shop on the ground floor of Geisler Library and enjoy a variety of beverages and snacks.
8 a.m.	The Dutch Masters Golf Tournament Pella Golf & Country Club Check-in begins at 8 a.m.
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.	Mills Gallery is open
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.	Shop in Pella Boutiques, bakeries, meat markets and more
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.	The Central Spirit Shoppe is open First floor of Maytag Student Center
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Central Spirit Day Maytag Student Center
1–5 p.m.	Homecoming Welcome Center is open Dave ’61 and Ardie Pals Sutphen ’64 Common Room, Graham Annex
3 p.m.	Campus Tours Beginning at the Homecoming Welcome Center
4 p.m.	Women’s Tennis vs. Dubuque Tennis Courts, Kuyper Athletics Complex
4:30–6 p.m.	Happy Hour Join us for a drink on Fred’s Patio outside Maytag Student Center — the perfect location to watch the Lemming Race! (Rain location: Boat/Moore rooms in Maytag Student Center)
5–7 p.m.	Dinner Around the Pond — FREE! Check in at the Welcome Center when you arrive on campus for a free gift and tickets to this event. If the Welcome Center is closed, please join us at our other events. (Rain location: Central Market)
6 p.m.	Lemming Race A Central tradition since 1977. Come watch the fun on Peace Mall — but stay back so you don’t take a swim!
6:15 p.m.	Beta Kappa Epsilon (BKE) 75th Anniversary Immediately following the Lemming Race at The Cellar Peanut Pub, 629 Franklin St.
6:30 p.m.	Athletics Hall of Honor Banquet Harry and Bernice Vermeer Banquet Hall, Graham Conference Center. Open to all but reservations are required. Contact Mona Roozeboom in the athletics office at roozeboomm@central.edu or 641-628-5226. Cost is $35 per person.
8 p.m.	Special ALMA Concert Douwstra Auditorium, Central Hall

Saturday, Sept. 30

9 a.m. to Noon	Homecoming Welcome Center is open East side of Kuyper Athletics Complex parking lot.
	Mills Gallery is open
10 a.m.	“Effective Tax Planning & Legacy Building” panel with Central alumni Room 102, Helen Jean Hislop Center. All are welcome.
10 a.m.	Women’s Tennis vs. Loras Tennis Courts, Pella High School, 210 E. University St.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.	The Central Spirit Shoppe is open First floor of Maytag Student Center
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Kids Zone — Family Activities and Games Helen Jean Hislop Center lawn
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Tailgate in “The Red Zone” — FREE! Located on West 5th St. between Helen Jean Hislop Center and A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex parking lot. Check in at the Welcome Center when you arrive on campus for a free gift and tickets to this event. If the Welcome Center is closed, please join us at our other events. (Rain location: Central Market)
1 p.m.	Football vs. Dubuque Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium Tickets can be purchased at the gate. $8 for Adults; $5 for non-Central students and staff. Central students and employees get in free with their ID. Can’t make it in person? Watch from wherever you are on Central Dutch Network!
1:30 p.m.	Women’s Soccer vs. Dubuque Soccer Field, Kuyper Athletics Complex
2 p.m.	Women’s Tennis vs. Saint Mary (Kan.) Tennis Courts, Pella High School, 210 E. University St.
2 p.m.	Men’s Tennis vs. Saint Mary (Kan.) Tennis Courts, Pella High School, 210 E. University St.
4 p.m.	Men’s Soccer vs. Dubuque Soccer Field, Kuyper Athletics Complex
Post-Game to 6:30 p.m.	Post-Game Party in “The Red Zone” — FREE! Located on West 5th St. between Helen Jean Hislop Center and A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex parking lot. Appetizers, class reunion photos and cash bar. Check in at the Welcome Center when you arrive on campus for a free gift and tickets to this event.
6–8 p.m.	Class of 1973 50-Year Reunion Dinner Boat/Moore/Weller rooms in Maytag Student Center
7 p.m.	Central Parties Join alumni and friends for evening celebrations.

Sunday, Oct. 1

11 a.m.	Sunday Brunch in Central Market — FREE!
1 p.m.	Flying Pans Alumni Steel Band Concert Douwstra Auditorium Central’s Flying Pans Alumni Steel Band presents their 20th Anniversary Concert of the Caribbean-Rock production SANPANA, featuring music of SANTANA. All Flying Pans alumni are invited to come and participate in the concert. Please contact Stan Dahl for more details at dahls@central.edu or 515-231-2120.
1 p.m.	Alumni Softball Game Softball Field, Kuyper Athletics Complex