{"id":24477,"date":"2025-10-03T08:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=24477"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:48:03","slug":"homecoming-weekend-festivities-set-for-east-stroudsburg-university-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/homecoming-weekend-festivities-set-for-east-stroudsburg-university-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming Weekend Festivities Set for East Stroudsburg University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>East Stroudsburg University invites alumni, students, faculty, staff, and community members to celebrate Homecoming 2025 from October 8-11. An exciting weekend packed with activities kicks off on Wednesday when this year\u2019s Homecoming Royalty are revealed during halftime of the ESU men\u2019s soccer game vs. West Chester. The following days are filled with events including Warrior Madness, the Patricia Graham Step Show, the annual Remembrance Day celebration, athletics events, the annual Homecoming bonfire, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The Alumni Association welcomes back all alumni, including the class of 1975 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, as local businesses in Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg are also getting in on the festivities with Paint the Town. ESU students studying art + media + design will paint the windows of local participating businesses to show their warrior spirit.<\/p>\n<p>All activities listed below are open to the public:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, October 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Soccer vs. West Chester<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, October 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warrior Madness<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m., Koehler Fieldhouse<\/p>\n<p>Patricia Graham Step Show (hosted by Cultural Greek Council)<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m., Abeloff Center for the Performing Arts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, October 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remembrance Day Ceremony<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m., Stroud Henge (Front of Campus)<\/p>\n<p>Leadership and Service Award Plaque Reveal Ceremony<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m., Front of Campus<\/p>\n<p>Bonfire<\/p>\n<p>8 p.m., Parking Lot 23 (behind Dansbury Commons)<\/p>\n<p>Events include a pep rally to celebrate ESU fall sports, food trucks, crowning of ESU royalty, and the annual Homecoming Bonfire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, October 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Field Hockey vs. Shippensburg<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m., Whitenight Field<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Soccer vs. Shippensburg<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Pride Alumni Mixer<\/p>\n<p>2-4 p.m., Gender and Sexuality Center, University Center<\/p>\n<p>Fan Zone and Marketplace<\/p>\n<p>2-5 p.m., across from Rosenkrans Parking Lot<\/p>\n<p>Football vs. Bloomsburg<\/p>\n<p>6:05 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n<p>For more information on any of the Homecoming events, please contact Joe Akob, executive director, Student Activity Association at (570) 422-3394 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jakob@esu.edu\">jakob@esu.edu<\/a>. Information can also be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esu.edu\/homecoming\/index.cfm\">esu.edu\/homecoming<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESU invites alumni, students, faculty, staff, and community members to celebrate Homecoming 2025 from October 8-11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":24479,"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-24477","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\/24477"}],"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=24477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24481,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24477\/revisions\/24481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}