UCA Homecoming Events
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Thank you to the Alumni Association’s Homecoming presenting sponsor: Conway Regional Health System.
Sunday, October 23
This free event is planned to kick off UCA Homecoming Week. There will be music, giveaways, food, and lots of fun for our student attendees. Hosted by Students For the Propagation of Black Culture.
Crafton Alumni Pavilion
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
This free event is planned to kick off UCA Homecoming Week. There will be music, giveaways, food, and lots of fun for our student attendees. Hosted by Students For the Propagation of Black Culture.
Crafton Alumni Pavilion
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Crafton Alumni Pavilion
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Monday, October 24
Relive the nostalgia of Homecoming while preparing for the excitement of Homecoming 2022
Relive the nostalgia of Homecoming while preparing for the excitement of Homecoming 2022
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Join members of the Bear Den to kick off homecoming week. . Speeches from President Davis, Coach Brown and more. There will also be performances by the UCA Cheer team, Honey Bear Dance Squad, and the announcement of Homecoming Court will all take place. Sponsored by Bear Den
Farris Center
6:00 p.m.
Join members of the Bear Den to kick off homecoming week. . Speeches from President Davis, Coach Brown and more. There will also be performances by the UCA Cheer team, Honey Bear Dance Squad, and the announcement of Homecoming Court will all take place. Sponsored by Bear Den
Farris Center
6:00 p.m.
Farris Center
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 25
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Everyone loves a parade! UCA student organizations, departments, and community groups are welcome to submit parade entries. Learn more and Register Today! Just want to watch the parade? Join us along Bruce Street and throughout the UCA campus to view the festivities. Hosted by Student Life.
UCA Campus, beginning on Western Ave.
5:30 p.m.
Everyone loves a parade! UCA student organizations, departments, and community groups are welcome to submit parade entries. Learn more and Register Today! Just want to watch the parade? Join us along Bruce Street and throughout the UCA campus to view the festivities. Hosted by Student Life.
UCA Campus, beginning on Western Ave.
5:30 p.m.
UCA Campus, beginning on Western Ave.
5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 26
Hear from former Homecoming Queens about what it was like the year of their reign. Watch for the video on social media.
Hear from former Homecoming Queens about what it was like the year of their reign. Watch for the video on social media.
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Food, rides, prizes, and SO MUCH MORE!! Come out and enjoy free carnival games and rides to get the Homecoming week started!! Hosted by Student Activities Board.
HPER Parking Lot
Noon – 6:00 p.m.
Food, rides, prizes, and SO MUCH MORE!! Come out and enjoy free carnival games and rides to get the Homecoming week started!! Hosted by Student Activities Board.
HPER Parking Lot
Noon – 6:00 p.m.
HPER Parking Lot
Noon – 6:00 p.m.
Join the UCA Alumni Association for our third Craft Night featuring the Yarn Adventure Truck. We will learn how to embroider a purple bear! Reserve your spot early as the event is limited. Admission is $30 per person and includes the materials to make your embroidered purple bear, snacks, and beverages. Instruction provided by UCA Schedler Honors College alumna Katy Turbeville.
Buffalo Alumni Hall
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Join the UCA Alumni Association for our third Craft Night featuring the Yarn Adventure Truck. We will learn how to embroider a purple bear! Reserve your spot early as the event is limited. Admission is $30 per person and includes the materials to make your embroidered purple bear, snacks, and beverages. Instruction provided by UCA Schedler Honors College alumna Katy Turbeville.
Buffalo Alumni Hall
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Buffalo Alumni Hall
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 27
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. The entire process is very safe and very fast, and you will feel amazing knowing you have potentially saved up to three people. Fall Blood Drive for students, faculty, and staff to participate. Sign up on the Arkansas Blood Institute page.
Ronnie Williams Student Center 223/224
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. The entire process is very safe and very fast, and you will feel amazing knowing you have potentially saved up to three people. Fall Blood Drive for students, faculty, and staff to participate. Sign up on the Arkansas Blood Institute page.
Ronnie Williams Student Center 223/224
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Ronnie Williams Student Center 223/224
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday, October 28
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. The entire process is very safe and very fast, and you will feel amazing knowing you have potentially saved up to three people. Fall Blood Drive for students, faculty, and staff to participate. Sign up on the Arkansas Blood Institute page.
Ronnie Williams Student Center 223/224
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. The entire process is very safe and very fast, and you will feel amazing knowing you have potentially saved up to three people. Fall Blood Drive for students, faculty, and staff to participate. Sign up on the Arkansas Blood Institute page.
Ronnie Williams Student Center 223/224
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Ronnie Williams Student Center 223/224
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Get your UCA gear for the week of Homecoming activities!
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ronnie Williams Student Center
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
UCA Homecoming Golf Tournament honoring Coach Richard “Dick” Martin and his 44 years of service to UCA. 2 man scramble | $75 per person Friday, November 5, 2021 8:00 AM Greens at Nutter’s Chapel 1705 S Salem Rd, Conway, AR 72034 Prizes awarded to longest drive on designated 5 hole and closest to the pin on designated 3 hole. Questions? Contact: Garland Dunn at gdenze.dunn@gmail.com OR Franklin Holbrook at fdhwoodx2@gmail.com
Register Now
UCA Homecoming Golf Tournament honoring Coach Richard “Dick” Martin and his 44 years of service to UCA. 2 man scramble | $75 per person Friday, November 5, 2021 8:00 AM Greens at Nutter’s Chapel 1705 S Salem Rd, Conway, AR 72034 Prizes awarded to longest drive on designated 5 hole and closest to the pin on designated 3 hole. Questions? Contact: Garland Dunn at gdenze.dunn@gmail.com OR Franklin Holbrook at fdhwoodx2@gmail.com
Register Now
Register Now
Enjoy lunch with other Bears at our first-ever Food Truck Festival sponsored by Staff Senate and Aramark. A list of all the trucks attending will be provided leading up to Homecoming week. Vendors will only accept cash or card.
Amphitheater
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Enjoy lunch with other Bears at our first-ever Food Truck Festival sponsored by Staff Senate and Aramark. A list of all the trucks attending will be provided leading up to Homecoming week. Vendors will only accept cash or card.
Amphitheater
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Amphitheater
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Join the Women’s Giving Circle for a few rounds of bingo with your friends! Enjoy lunch and a champagne toast while taking your chance at winning one of our fabulous prizes. Seating is limited.
Buffalo Alumni Hall
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Buy Tickets
Join the Women’s Giving Circle for a few rounds of bingo with your friends! Enjoy lunch and a champagne toast while taking your chance at winning one of our fabulous prizes. Seating is limited.
Buffalo Alumni Hall
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Buy Tickets
Buffalo Alumni Hall
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Buy Tickets
Join the University of Central Arkansas Alumni Association in presenting the Alumni Service, the Young Alumni, and Volunteer of the Year Awards during a ceremony at the Alumni Awards Dinner. In addition, former award winners and Coming Home Queens will be recognized. Tickets are $30 per person.
McCastlain Hall Ballroom
6:30 p.m.
Join the University of Central Arkansas Alumni Association in presenting the Alumni Service, the Young Alumni, and Volunteer of the Year Awards during a ceremony at the Alumni Awards Dinner. In addition, former award winners and Coming Home Queens will be recognized. Tickets are $30 per person.
McCastlain Hall Ballroom
6:30 p.m.
McCastlain Hall Ballroom
6:30 p.m.
UCA Homecoming Week is not the same without our one and only UCA Homecoming Greek Show! The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and Students for the Propagation of Black Culture (SPBC) team up to give you the UCA HOMECOMING GREEK SHOW… BIGGER and BETTER EACH YEAR! NPHC Greeks compete for the title of “HOMECOMING STEP SHOW CHAMPIONS” with a guest host to keep the show amusing and LIT! Who will be the next HOMECOMING STEP SHOW CHAMPIONS? Registration is $10 (10/9/22 – 10/22); $15 (10/23 – 10/27); $20 at the door.
Farris Center
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Event begins at 7:30 p.m.
Greek Show Tickets
UCA Homecoming Week is not the same without our one and only UCA Homecoming Greek Show! The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and Students for the Propagation of Black Culture (SPBC) team up to give you the UCA HOMECOMING GREEK SHOW… BIGGER and BETTER EACH YEAR! NPHC Greeks compete for the title of “HOMECOMING STEP SHOW CHAMPIONS” with a guest host to keep the show amusing and LIT! Who will be the next HOMECOMING STEP SHOW CHAMPIONS? Registration is $10 (10/9/22 – 10/22); $15 (10/23 – 10/27); $20 at the door.
Farris Center
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Event begins at 7:30 p.m.
Greek Show Tickets
Farris Center
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Event begins at 7:30 p.m.
Greek Show Tickets
Saturday, October 29
The Class of 1972 50th Reunion is one to be celebrated! The UCA Alumni Association will induct the Class of 1972 into the Half-Century Club. We will share memories and what has been accomplished since their time on campus.
Center for Alumni Engagement & Philanthropy at Buffalo Alumni Hall
9:30 a.m.
Formal invitation to be sent to classmates
Half-Century Club Bio Form
The Class of 1972 50th Reunion is one to be celebrated! The UCA Alumni Association will induct the Class of 1972 into the Half-Century Club. We will share memories and what has been accomplished since their time on campus.
Center for Alumni Engagement & Philanthropy at Buffalo Alumni Hall
9:30 a.m.
Formal invitation to be sent to classmates
Half-Century Club Bio Form
Center for Alumni Engagement & Philanthropy at Buffalo Alumni Hall
9:30 a.m.
Formal invitation to be sent to classmates
Half-Century Club Bio Form
Must be 21+ to enter
The Village Den – Bear Village
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Must be 21+ to enter
The Village Den – Bear Village
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
The Village Den – Bear Village
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
We are excited to invite you to our Alumni Brunch during Homecoming! Please bring your best stories and we will provide brunch food! Contact Luke Stouffer at lstouffer@cub.uca.edu.
Sigma Nu House
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
We are excited to invite you to our Alumni Brunch during Homecoming! Please bring your best stories and we will provide brunch food! Contact Luke Stouffer at lstouffer@cub.uca.edu.
Sigma Nu House
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Sigma Nu House
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Celebrate our Senior Day with our Men’s Soccer team as they take on Jacksonville.
Bill Stephens Track/Soceer Complex
11:00 a.m.
Celebrate our Senior Day with our Men’s Soccer team as they take on Jacksonville.
Bill Stephens Track/Soceer Complex
11:00 a.m.
Bill Stephens Track/Soceer Complex
11:00 a.m.
Join the sisters of Alpha Sigma Alpha for our annual Homecoming Brunch.
Alpha Sigma Alpha House
440 Augusta Ave.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Join the sisters of Alpha Sigma Alpha for our annual Homecoming Brunch.
Alpha Sigma Alpha House
440 Augusta Ave.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Alpha Sigma Alpha House
440 Augusta Ave.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Join the sisters of Delta Zeta for our annual Homecoming Tea. RSVP on or before Oct. 25 to ucadzprogramming@gmail.com.
Delta Zeta House
430 Augusta Ave.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Join the sisters of Delta Zeta for our annual Homecoming Tea. RSVP on or before Oct. 25 to ucadzprogramming@gmail.com.
Delta Zeta House
430 Augusta Ave.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Delta Zeta House
430 Augusta Ave.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Bear Bash is back! Join the UCA Alumni Association for our Homecoming Tailgate behind Buffalo Alumni Hall. Food provided by Count Porkula and Tazikis.
Buffalo Alumni Hall Courtyard
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Bear Bash is back! Join the UCA Alumni Association for our Homecoming Tailgate behind Buffalo Alumni Hall. Food provided by Count Porkula and Tazikis.
Buffalo Alumni Hall Courtyard
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Buffalo Alumni Hall Courtyard
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Cheer on the Football team, spirit squads, and Sugar and Bruce D. Bear as they walk down Bruce Street toward Estes Stadium.
Bruce Street
1:30 p.m.
Cheer on the Football team, spirit squads, and Sugar and Bruce D. Bear as they walk down Bruce Street toward Estes Stadium.
Bruce Street
1:30 p.m.
Bruce Street
1:30 p.m.
The Bears will host the North Alabama Lions at 4 PM at First Security Field at Estes Stadium. Get your tickets
The Bears will host the North Alabama Lions at 4 PM at First Security Field at Estes Stadium. Get your tickets
