East Stroudsburg University invites alumni, students, faculty, staff, and community members to celebrate Homecoming 2023. An exciting weekend packed with activities kicks off on Thursday, October 5 with the Pink Light Walk and Warrior Madness. The annual Homecoming bonfire will take place on Friday, October 6 at 8 p.m. on the rugby field behind Dansbury Commons.<\/p>\n
The Alumni Association welcomes back all alumni, including the classes of 1973 celebrating their 50-year reunion. All alumni will have the opportunity to visit campus and participate in the annual alumni tailgate. Homecoming activities are not limited to campus, local businesses in Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg are also getting in on the festivities with Paint the Town. Art + Media + Design students from ESU will paint the windows of local participating businesses to show their warrior spirit.<\/p>\n
All activities listed below are open to the public:<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 5<\/strong><\/p>\n Pink Light Walk<\/p>\n 5 \u2013 7:30 p.m., Science and Technology Center Lawn<\/p>\n Warrior Madness<\/p>\n 7:30 \u2013 9:30 p.m., Koehler Fieldhouse<\/p>\n Friday, October 6<\/strong><\/p>\n Remembrance Day Ceremony<\/p>\n 11 a.m., Stroud Henge (Front of Campus)<\/p>\n Leadership and Service Award Plaque Reveal Ceremony<\/p>\n 3 p.m., Front of Campus<\/p>\n ESU Volleyball vs. Shippensburg<\/p>\n 7 p.m., Koehler Fieldhouse<\/p>\n Bonfire<\/p>\n 8:00 p.m., Pit Rugby Field (behind Dansbury Commons)<\/p>\n Events include a pep rally to celebrate ESU fall sports, food trucks, crowning of ESU royalty, and the annual Homecoming Bonfire.<\/p>\n Saturday, October 7<\/strong><\/p>\n Mattioli Recreation Center 20th<\/sup> Anniversary Celebration<\/p>\n 11 a.m. \u2013 1 p.m., Mattioli Recreation Center<\/p>\n Men\u2019s Soccer vs. West Chester<\/p>\n 11:30 a.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n Field Hockey vs. Slippery Rock<\/p>\n 12 p.m., Whitenight Field<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Soccer vs. West Chester<\/p>\n 1:30 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n Pride Alumni Mixer<\/p>\n 2-4 p.m., Gender and Sexuality Center, University Center<\/p>\n Fan Zone and Marketplace<\/p>\n 2 – 6 p.m., Front bookstore, University Walkway<\/p>\n Local businesses and crafters as well as student organizations and student-run businesses will be on hand to greet Warriors fans and showcase their works and talents.<\/p>\n Football black out game vs. Millersville<\/p>\n 6:05 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium (Gates open at 4:05)<\/p>\n *Fans are encouraged to wear black<\/em><\/p>\n For more information on any of the homecoming events, please contact Joe Akob, executive director, student activity association at (570) 422-3394 or\u00a0jakob@esu.edu<\/a>. Information can also be found at\u00a0esu.edu\/homecoming<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ESU invites alumni, students, faculty, staff, and community members to celebrate Homecoming 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":22787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[143,42,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news-release","category-slider"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22784"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22789,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22784\/revisions\/22789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}