Fort Lewis College’s 2014 Homecoming highlights a number of changes from years past – but with all of the Skyhawk spirit and festivities that fans expect.
“This year’s Homecoming will be unlike anything we’ve had in the previous years,” says Dave Kerns, Homecoming Committee Advisor and Director of Alumni Relations.
Football
The traditional Saturday afternoon will be replaced with a Thursday night showdown between the Skyhawks and the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers.
Why Thursday night? So the game can be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network – the Skyhawks’ first-ever nationally televised game, one of seven NCAA Division II games scheduled to be broadcast on CBS Sports Network in 2014.
Hopscotch
The Homecoming Committee is setting their sights high on Friday afternoon by attempting to break a Guinness Book World Record – for the most people playing hopscotch simultaneously. Students, alumni, families, and community are all encouraged to participate to reach the goal of over 500 people hopping.
This event ties right into the Hops & Scotch Alumni Gathering taking place immediately after, which celebrates a special batch of Ska Brewing’s Steel Toe Stout that was aged in a premium scotch whiskey barrel.
Bikes & discs
A whole new line-up of Wednesday evening activities is based on some classic FLC events that weren’t historically associated with Homecoming – cycling and Frisbee. The “Party at the Pump Track” will include Short Track, Pump Track, and Slo-Mo cycling races, as well as a Frisbee Golf Tournament on the College’s brand-new course.
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HOMECOMING EVENTS
Monday, October 13
Cultural event, Real History of the Americas 12 p.m. – 9 p.m. Free Student Union
Tuesday, October 14
Movie Night, Space Jam 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Free Vallecito Room, Student Union
Wednesday, October 15
Athletic event, Party at the Pump Track 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Free The Point (area south of the Bader-Snyder residence halls)
Thursday, October 16
Party, Homecoming Tailgate 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Free Parking Lot, Art Building
Skyhawk Homecoming BBQ 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Free for students with meal plan Southeast corner of the football field
Skyhawk Football vs. Colorado School of Mines 6 p.m. Students: free; adults: $10; senior citizens: $5; high school students: $3 Ray Dennison Memorial Field and nationally televised on CBS Sports Network
Friday, October 17
Skyhawk Women’s Soccer, vs. Colorado School of Mines 12:30 p.m. Students: free; adults: $10; senior citizens: $5; high school students: $3 Dirks Field
Skyhawk Men’s Soccer, vs. Colorado State University - Pueblo 3 p.m. Students: free; adults: $10; senior citizens: $5; high school students: $3 Dirks Field
Hopscotch World Record Breaking! 4:30 p.m. Free Quad by Miller Student Services Building
Hops & Scotch Alumni Gathering 6 p.m. Free for alumni and their families Student Union Hermosa Terrace
Bonfire 6 p.m. Free Softball Fields
Skyhawk Volleyball, vs. Adams State University 7 p.m. Students: free; adults: $10; senior citizens: $5; high school students: $3 Whalen Gymnasium
Fireworks Show 7:30 p.m. Free The Rim
Homecoming Dance 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. Free for students Student Life Center
Saturday, October 18
Homecoming Mudd Football 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Free Behind Mears Apartments
Fundraiser, Skyhawk Spectacular 6 p.m. $25 Lost Dog Bar & Lounge, 1150 Main Avenue, Durango
Sunday, October 19
Ceremony, Skyhawk Hall of Fame 10 a.m. $20 Henry Strater Theater, 699 Main Avenue, Durango
Former Fort Lewis College cyclist Savilia Blunk captured a pair of national titles at the USA Cycling Cross Country Mountain Bike National Championship.
Durango artist Maddie Sanders (Communication Design, '21) contributed to a collaborative art and science exhibit that will make the Colorado State Capitol home for the next five months. Sanders worked with CU Boulder scientists Nicole Brooks and Diane McKnight to create "Durango: Mining the Mineral Belt." Their work explores the relationship between acid mine and acid rock drainage in the Colorado Mineral Belt and the effect it has on natural waterways.
FLC cyclist Michaela Thompson won her gravel race debut alongside teammates Sarah Sturm (Art, ‘12) and Ellen Campbell (Biology, '20).
For more meaningful relationships and fuller lives, Charlie Rogers (Exercise Physiology, '22) is helping Durangoans create community through play and movement.
Installation artist Chris Erickson (Art, '94) is leading the city of Aspen's first-ever public art installation. The project is a temporary street mural, and community members are invited to help paint it from start to finish.
The Center for Indigenous Health held a graduation ceremony for seven Indigenous scholars receiving advanced degrees from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, including FLC alumna Natalie Joe (Cellular & Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, '16), who spoke to Native News Online about her achievement.