Homecoming
JBU Homecoming 2021
October 1-2
**We will be enforcing our current campus COVID policies for all visitors during homecoming, including the wearing of masks for indoor gatherings. This means we will have to limit the number of attendees for indoor events such as Homecoming chapel, the President’s Breakfast and the Dinner Theater on Saturday night. All indoor events will require registration.**
On-Site Registration begins on Friday and Saturday at 8 a.m. in Simmons Great Hall Lobby.
If you would like to work with the Alumni Office to host your class reunion, please fill out the form found here.
**Schedule is tentative and subject to change**
Events Schedule
Friday, October 1
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Registration
Simmons Great Hall Lobby
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Windgate Visual Arts Shows
East: Student Gallery, Seniors Anna Chan and Sarah Clay
West: JBU Alumni Show
10 - 10:45 a.m. Homecoming Chapel
Speaker: Scott Austin Key '09
Cathedral of the Ozarks, open to all
5 - 7 p.m. Class of 2011 Picnic in the Park
Fun and food for the whole family!
Brick Pavilion, Bob Henry Park
5 - 8 p.m. Class of 1996 Gathering
Community Christian Fellowship
Map will be provided at registration table.
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Scholarship Dinner
Simmons Great Hall, by invitation only
7 p.m. Women's Intercollegiate Volleyball
JBU vs TX Wesleyan, free admission
Bill George Arena
7 - 10 p.m. Class of 1970 Gathering
Refreshments and fellowship
Alumni Welcome Center
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Fall Theater "Tartuffe"
Berry Performing Arts Center
Tickets: www.jbu.edu/tickets
8:30 - 10:30 p.m. 5K Glow Run
$20 entry fee benefitting the JBU Scholarship Fund
Register at homecoming or on-site at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 2
8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Registration
Simmons Great Hall Lobby
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Windgate Visual Arts Shows
East: Student Gallery, Seniors Anna Chan and Sarah Clay
West: JBU Alumni Show
8:30 - 10 a.m. Alumni Breakfast
$10/person, tickets purchased during registration
Address by President Pollard
Simmons Great Hall
9:30 a.m. Women's Ultimate Frisbee
Rugby Pitch
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Heritage Society Induction
Classes of 1970 and 1971
Cathedral of the Ozarks
10 - 11:30 a.m. Visual Arts Reunion
Windgate Visual Arts West
10 a.m. Honors Reunion
Honors Center
Soderquist Business Center, Second Floor
10 a.m. & 11 a.m. Campus Tours
Walking and golf cart tours available
10 - 11:30 a.m. Engineering Reunion
Peer-Andrus Studio and Project Barn
11 a.m. Men's Ultimate Frisbee
Rugby Pitch
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Traditional BBQ Lunch
$10/person, pay when you enter
Kresge Dining Hall or Quad
11 a.m. Alumni Rugby Game/Rugby Reunion
Stick around for a game of touch rugby after the main game!
Rugby Pitch
12 p.m. Women's Intercollegiate Volleyball
JBU vs. SAGU, free admission
Bill George Arena
1 - 3 p.m. Fall Theater "Tartuffe"
Berry Performing Arts Center
Tickets: www.jbu.edu/tickets
1:30 p.m. Class of 1996 Reunion
Walker Student Center, Room 233
1:30 - 4 p.m. Class of 1971 Gathering
Refreshments and fellowship
McCullough's Home (address and map will be provided)
2 p.m. Women's Soccer
JBU vs. Wayland Baptist, free admission
Alumni Field
2 - 4 p.m. Pool Open
Walton Lifetime Health Complex
2 - 5 p.m. Class of 1970 Gathering
Refreshments and fellowship
Alumni Welcome Center
4 p.m. Men's Soccer
JBU vs. Wayland Baptist, free admission
Alumni Field
5:30 - 9:30 p.m. Dinner and Theater
$25/person, tickets purchased during registration
Simmons Great Hall, Berry Performing Arts Center
6 p.m. Men's Basketball Alumni Game
Bill George Arena
Grab your running or walking shoes and strollers! This fun for the whole family event starts in the parking lot between J. Alvin and the Soderquist Business Center at 8:30 Friday night. Water, snacks, glow sticks, and a free t-shirt for everyone who registers early, plus prizes for our winners!
Alumni should sign up when registering for Homecoming.
Community members register here.
All proceeds benefitting:
JBU Scholarship Fund
Thank you!
2018 Homecoming Gallery
Participants in Friday night's 5k Glow Run/walk around campus helped to raise funds for JBU's Scholarship Fund.
Participants in Friday night's 5k Glow Run/walk around campus helped to raise funds for JBU's Scholarship Fund.
Participants in Friday night's 5k Glow Run/walk around campus helped to raise funds for JBU's Scholarship Fund.
Participants in Friday night's 5k Glow Run/walk around campus helped to raise funds for JBU's Scholarship Fund.
Alumni gathered together for breakfast as they listened to President Chip Pollard talk about JBU's campus updates.
Alumni gathered together for breakfast as they listened to President Chip Pollard talk about JBU's campus updates.
Alumni gathered together for breakfast as they listened to President Chip Pollard talk about JBU's campus updates.
JBU presents the 2018 Homecoming Court who were announced at the men's soccer game.
2018 Men's Homecoming Soccer Game
2018 Men's Homecoming Soccer Game
2018 Men's Homecoming Soccer Game
2018 Men's Homecoming Ultimate Frisbee Game
2018 Men's Homecoming Rugby Game
2018 Men's Homecoming Rugby Game
Alumni student-athletes and current JBU student-athletes competed at the annual men's alumni basketball game.
President Pollard with Charles Peer and Dave Andrus during the Peer-Andrus Studio and Project Barn dedication.
The Peer-Andrus Studio and Project Barn dedication.
The Peer-Andrus Studio and Project Barn dedication.
The Class of 1968 gathered together over lunch for their 50th reunion.
John Brown III presented new alumni who have been inducted into the Heritage Society.
The Class of 1968 Heritage Reunion
