Open House & Registration

Visit the alumni center and museum and pick up everything you need for an exciting Homecoming! While you’re there, check out our updated traditions display, explore the Picture This exhibit, and learn about our history.

Musick Alumni Center and Museum at the Parker House

Stunt Night

Since 1909, classes have competed in the long-standing tradition of Stunt Night. The theme for Stunt Night is The Crusader Chapter, and features the classes competing in a fun tradition with different novels as their inspiration! Alumni can receive a FREE TICKET, but you must pre-register online.

W.W. Walton Chapel

Homecoming Pep Rally

Join us for our annual Homecoming Pep Rally featuring the Cru Spirit Band, UMHB Dance Team, and Cru Cheer. Enjoy the phenomenal lighting of the letters and fireworks!

Luther Memorial

Homecoming Hub

Stop by Homecoming Hub to check in, say hi, and pick up your registration packet! Looking for a place to meet up with your friends and classmates? Look no further. This is a great meeting spot. Don't forget to check out the updated tradition displays in the museum, and our rotating exhibit Picture This, featuring pages from the Bluebonnet yearbook from 1904 to today, alongside 30 photo submissions from alumni and students. While you are here, make sure you sign our decade wall to let everyone know who is here!

Musick Alumni Center and Museum at the Parker House

Campus Store Open

Please stop by the Campus Store in the Bawcom Student Union and see all the new Cru gear on display. Make sure to use your Alumni Benefits Card to receive a discount.

Bawcom Student Union

Carnival on King Street

Join us for our annual Carnival on King Street at Homecoming. This is a FREE event, with activities for your entire family to enjoy. There will be inflatables, photo ops, a climbing wall, balloon artists, a petting zoo, a Villa Golf Simulator from Bryan Villalobos ‘19, axe throwing, and more. The center of King Street will have FREE waters and sodas, activities, student organization tables, Ms. Vicky’s cookies, and a place to enjoy fellowship with friends. We will also have Sweet N’ Salty Popcorn from Audrey Hale ’13 available for purchase, but the first 50 people will get FREE treats.

King Street

Design at UMHB Sticker Contest

Stop by the sticker tables on King Street and design a new UMHB sticker. We will have a variety of templates to choose from. Submit your design, and we will host a competition on social media to select one sticker, which will be produced and available for the last home football game on November 14.

King Street

Crusader Car Show

Check out our Crusader Car Show on King Street. We will have some cars on display, and you can vote for your favorite; the winner will receive a prize.

King Street

Band Alumni Rehearsal

Calling all former UMHB Band members. Join us for a reunion and a chance to play with the band during the Homecoming football game. Alumni will need to pre-register for this event to be included.

Crusader Stadium

Nursing Continuing Education - Healing the Workplace: The Role of Forgiveness in Nursing Culture

Join us during UMHB Homecoming for an engaging continuing education presentation focused on fostering healthier, stronger healthcare workplaces through the practice of forgiveness. In the demanding world of nursing, unresolved conflict, stress, and interpersonal challenges can impact team dynamics, professional satisfaction, and patient care.

Isabelle Rutherford Meyer Nursing Education Center Room 125

UMHB Life | Share Your Story

Every Crusader has a story. Stop by the UMHB Life table in Bawcom to share a favorite UMHB memory, tell us where life has taken you since graduation, or answer a few fun prompts that could inspire future articles. You never know—your story might even be featured in an upcoming issue of UMHB Life! You can also email your story to Christi Mays at cmays@umhb.edu.

Bawcom Student Union

Homecoming Hymn Sing

Start your morning off right with a devotional from Daniel McAfee, Baptist Student Ministry Director, followed by a Hymn Sing led by Bobby Johnson ’76, Tim Kemp ’87, Chris Barnes ’98, and Josh Stewart ’04, with Beth Norvell '03 sharing some special stories from our history. Heritage Club will host a reception in the lobby following the event.

Coffee with the Cru - Networking Hour

UMHB’s Young Alumni Board invites current students and alumni from the past 10 years for FREE coffee, networking, door-prize signups, and a visit with Career Services! We will have FREE coffee from Summer Moon, Sly Fox, and Buckles and Beans, so don’t miss out on this amazing experience. Alumni will have the goal to meet one student and share one career lesson!

2nd Floor Lobby, Bawcom Student Union

Donuts with the Dean & Nursing Open House

Join us immediately following the CE presentation for a time of fellowship and connection. Enjoy complimentary donuts and refreshments, meet Dean Akers and Scott & White School of Nursing faculty, reconnect with classmates and colleagues, and tour the Scott & White School of Nursing's classrooms, simulation labs, and learning spaces. We invite alumni, friends, and supporters of the School of Nursing to celebrate Homecoming with us and see how the next generation of nurses is being prepared for practice.

Isabelle Rutherford Meyer Nursing Education Center

Spirit Stop

Check out the Spirit Stop hosted by First Year Collective and let them share their Cru Spirit before the Homecoming game. They will offer temporary tattoos, spirit paint, and hair color to help everyone get decked out in purple, gold, and white. You do not want to miss this!

King Street

Alumni Tailgate

Kick off game day with your UMHB family at our Alumni Tailgate before the Crusaders take on Howard Payne! Bring the whole family and enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the fixings for just $15 per person before cheering on Cru together. Be sure to stop by Game Day Scoop afterward for a FREE scoop of Crunilla ice cream, and if you're planning a class reunion, let us know so we can reserve a space for your group. Spots are limited, so register today!

Reunion Tables:

Computer Science & Engineering

2016 Crusader Football

Nursing

Lunch Bunch

Musick Alumni Center and Museum at the Parker House

Cru Kids Day

Our Cru Kids are invited to spend time on the field with Crunk, the UMHB Dance Team, Cru Cheer, and members of the Cru Football team. Our middle schoolers and high schoolers will have the option to meet with one of our admissions counselors and talk through what it is like to look for a college, and even go on a tour of the campus. This event is for registered Cru Kids only!

Crusader Stadium Tunnel

Game Day Scoop

Bring the family for some FREE Crunilla ice cream at Game Day Scoop.

CRUise

Be part of our exciting pregame tradition of welcoming the team to Crusader Stadium!

UMHB Football vs. Howard Payne University

Come cheer on the Cru as they take on the Yellow Jackets in an exciting Homecoming matchup. General admission tickets can be purchased with registration at the alumni discount of $7 each. All alumni are encouraged to visit the alumni check-in table on the south concourse to pick up some alumni swag.

Baseball Alumni Game

For the first time since Coach Stawski took over the program, our alumni will take the field against our current Crusaders! It will be a great opportunity to bring different generations of UMHB Baseball together, reconnect with old teammates, and maybe even settle the question of whether the old guys can still play a little bit!