{"id":32212263814,"date":"2012-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/monmouth-universitys-2012-homecoming\/"},"modified":"2019-02-04T10:03:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T15:03:36","slug":"monmouth-universitys-2012-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/monmouth-universitys-2012-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY’S 2012 HOMECOMING"},"content":{"rendered":"

9:30 a.m.<\/strong> – Parking Lot Open for Tailgating<\/p>\n

($5 Parking Fee)<\/p>\n

10 a.m<\/strong>. – Alumni House Tailgate Tent and Lawn Party<\/p>\n

Enjoy free hot dogs, soda, lawn games, 50\/50 raffle tickets, Shadow Contest & a “Look Who’s Here” display. There will be a clown balloon artist\/face painter AND an inflatable attraction at this family friendly alumni tailgate! Bring the little ones! Alumni House is located behind the MAC and Lot 25.<\/p>\n

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.<\/strong>. – SGA Alumni Reunion in the Commuter Lot<\/p>\n

10:30 a.m.<\/strong>. – Super Alumni Sale \u00b7 Monmouth University Bookstore \u00b7 MAC<\/p>\n

Discounts on University imprinted merchandise in stock range from 10% for the more recent graduates to 60% for the earliest graduates! Register in the Alumni Tailgate Tent to receive the alumni discount card (good only for the day).<\/p>\n

10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.<\/strong> – Annual WMCX 88.9 & Hawk-TV Tailgate Extravaganza<\/p>\n

Food, refreshments, giveaways & more! Tune in to the live pre-game simulcast with Hawk-TV and the game at 1:00pm.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.<\/strong> – Shot From The Lot in MAC Parking Lot 13<\/p>\n

Make a half-court shot and win 1 season tickets to Men’s or Women’s basketball<\/p>\n

Make a 3 point shot and win a single game ticket to the double header vs. Robert Morris on January 12<\/p>\n

(Everyone who comes out and tries the contest will receive a ticket to the Men’s home opener vs. Hofstra or the Women’s home opener vs. Lafayette)<\/p>\n

11 a.m. – 12 p.m.<\/strong>. – Hawk Walk Brick Campaign Installation Party on the walkway between Wilson Hall and the Plangere Center.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.<\/strong>. – MBA BBQ at the Leon Hess Business School<\/p>\n

MBA Alumni and MBA current students are invited, along with their children and\/or one adult guest, to this annual BBQ to enjoy a day of food and football hosted by the Leon Hess Business School, Business Council and MBA Program. To register, call 732- 571-3423 or send e-mail to jmerkle@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Noon – “Showdown at the Shore” Parade<\/strong><\/p>\n

The annual Homecoming Parade is organized by the Student Government Association. Tailgaters cheer as student-designed floats circle the parking lot and by the judges’ reviewing area. The organization judged to have the best float will be announced at half-time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 p.m. – GO HAWKS! \u00b7 Monmouth vs. Bryant \u00b7 Kessler Field<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tickets are $8 for general admission and $5 for youth (5-12) and seniors (65+). Children under 5 are free. Tickets can be purchased at the MAC box office or, order ahead by calling 732-263-6889. Programs can be purchased inside the gate on game day<\/p>\n

HALF-TIME<\/strong>\u00b7 SPECIAL PROGRAM \u00b7 Kessler Field<\/p>\n

Presentation of the Alumni Service Award to Peter Bruckmann ’70<\/p>\n

Crowning of Homecoming King and Queen<\/p>\n

For full listing of events, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/alumni\/homecoming\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, call 732-571-3489<\/p>\n

# # #<\/p>\n

Media contact: Petra Ludwig at 732-263-5507<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monmouth University Announces its Schedule for Homecoming 2012: Showdown at the Shore on Saturday, October 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"person":[],"audience":[14,17,11,8],"school":[],"program":[],"class_list":["post-32212263814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-location","audience-alumni","audience-community-member","audience-current-student","audience-faculty"],"squareimage":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32212263814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32212263814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32212263814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802234551,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32212263814\/revisions\/40802234551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32212263814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32212263814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32212263814"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=32212263814"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=32212263814"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=32212263814"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=32212263814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}