Homecoming is looming!

                Orange floods the fields, food smells engulf the air, and people crowd the campus. Homecoming is almost here! It will be packed with different opportunities for students to feel the Patriot pride! This may not be high school anymore, and there may not be mums or garters, but students still come together to show pride in our school and enjoy these activities with friends.

Nothing brings people closer together than school spirit. The University of Texas at Tyler is a close knit community of faculty and students that stand for the orange, white and blue. Even if there are 7,500 students, we still share one common trait, we love our university. UT Tyler is a beautiful campus where facilities are new and students come here to learn and have fun.

This excitement transcends not only from Patriot Palooza, but to Homecoming as well.

Homecoming week is from October 14-19. Each day is packed with different opportunities for students to enjoy. The schedule of events for the week is shown below:

Monday, Oct. 14
4-5 p.m.	Paint Your Patriot Pride HPC Parking Lot & Residence Halls
5-7 p.m.	Homecoming Kick-Off Launch at the Lakes Human Banner Competition Organization & Volunteer Fair Live Music Featuring Scarletta & Free Food! Soccer Field Parking Lot
Tuesday, Oct. 15
11 p.m.	Mr. & Miss UT Tyler Voting Begins UC Info Table or Online
12:30 p.m.	Patriot Idol Preliminary Round #1 Sports Café
5 p.m.	Patriot Idol Preliminary Round #2 Sports Café
7 p.m.	Alpha Chi Omega Domestic Violence Candle Light Vigil Bell Tower
8:30 p.m.	CAB Movie Night Featuring Man of Steel Harvey Lake (UC Theater Rainsite)
Wednesday, Oct. 16
11 a.m.	Mr. & Miss UT Tyler Voting Continues UC Info Table or Online
noon	Patriot Idol Preliminary Round #3 Sports Café
noon	Sweet Tea with Delta Gee UC Info Table
2 p.m.	Patriot Paddle Harvey Lakes
5 p.m.	Alpha Chi Omega Documentary featuring MissRepresentation UC Theater
6:30 p.m.	CAB Comedy Night featuring Justin Worsham HPC Gym
7:30 p.m.	Patriot Madness - Patriot Basketball Season Kick-Off! HPC Gym
Thursday, Oct. 17
11 a.m.	Mr. & Miss UT Tyler Voting Continues til 5 p.m. UC Info Table or Online
noon	CAB Show featuring Contortionist Jonathan Burns Sports Cafe
noon	Alpha Chi Omega Domestic Violence Awareness Bake Sale UC Info Table
7 p.m.	Patriot Idol Finale UC Theater
Friday, Oct. 18
2 p.m.	Patriot Paddle Rain-out Date Harvey Lakes
6 p.m.	Women's Soccer Game Perkins Soccer Complex
8 p.m.	Men's Soccer Game Perkins Soccer Complex
6-10 p.m.	Student Organization Golf Cart & Tent Decorating for Spirit Competition Soccer Field Parking Lot
Midnight	SGA Midnight Breakfast The Met
Saturday, Oct. 19
9 a.m.	Heart Walk Robert E. Lee High School Track For more information visit: www.tylerheartwalk.org Select UT Tyler Team
noon	Family Lunch UC Ballroom
3:30 p.m.	Golf Cart Parade Begins in front of HPC Travels to the Soccer Field Parking Lot
4 p.m.	Patriot Alley & Chili Cook-Off Begins Soccer Field Parking Lot
4 p.m.	Women's Soccer Game
6 p.m.	Men's Soccer Game Perkins Soccer Complex
*7 p.m.	Chili Cook-Off Judging Begins Soccer Field Parking Lot
*7:30 p.m.	Winners Announced at Half-time of Men's Soccer Game Spirit Competition, Chili Cook-Off and Mr. & Miss UT Tyler Winners Soccer Field
*	Times subject to change depending on times of the soccer games. Announcements will be made at half-time of the Men's Game so please be flexible.

My first Homecoming was last fall 2012 when I first arrived to UT Tyler. I was sadly only able to attend one event, but it was the best experience. I attended the events on Saturday where the golf cart parade, the chili cook-off and soccer games occurred. Every day hosts great festivities. Man of Steel is going to be shown during the week. How great is that? You get to see it again on a screen probably just as big as the movie theater, but no one will judge you for bring outside drinks and food.
 

Organizations on campus will host some events, such as Campus Activities Board overseeing a portion of the events such as the movie and comedy night.  The Student Government Association will host midnight breakfast. Breakfast for dinner! What beats bacon at midnight? NOTHING. Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Gamma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon will host different events as well. AXO will raise domestic violence awareness through a candle light vigil as well as a bake sale. Delta Gamma will be fundraising to help the blind and visually impaired. SAE will host the homecoming kickoff where there will be the car bash, live music, and free food.

So come out, don’t be shy and get into the Patriot Pride!

For more information about Homecoming click here and go like their Facebook page!

P.S. Check out the Homecoming flyer I made for the Homecoming Launch at the Lakes kick-off: