Aside from being a time for the alumni, Homecoming is a great time for the students. Spirits are high with events, including the Omicron Delta Kappa Cake Race, the big game on Saturday, painted signs and windows, election of Miss Homecoming, and band parties. 2010 marked the revival of a old Auburn Homecoming Tradition, the SGA Homecoming Parade. The Homecoming Parade featured the ODK Float Competition as well as the AU Marching Band, Cheerleaders, Miss Homecoming Candidates, and other university and community organizations.
2012 Homecoming Events

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Time |
Event |
Event Description |
Hosted By |
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All Week |
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Miss Homecoming
Campaigns |
Support the
lovely candidates who made it Top 5 Miss Homecoming as they promote their
platforms this week. |
SGA |
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"Who's your CANdidate?" Penny Drive |
Support your CANdidate for Miss Homecoming by dropping change into
their designated container on the Haley Concourse. This event, hosted by the
Beat Bama Food Drive, will take place all week and
the winners will be announced Thursday Night at the RBD Flashmob.
Please search RBD Flash Rave '12 on Facebook for more information. |
Beat Bama Food Drive |
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Monday, October 29, 2012 |
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3 p.m. |
Miss Homecoming
Campaign Kick Off (Student Center Greenspace) |
Come out to the
Green Space at 3:00 on Monday as we get ready to kick off Homecoming Week! Be
there to cheer on this year's Miss Homecoming candidates as they share their
platforms and concourse presentations for the first time. |
SGA |
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5 p.m. |
Start HC with MC (Student
Activities Center Room 207) |
Start
off your Homecoming Week with a Master Class! SGA and Campus Recreation have
partnered up to bring you a preview class highlighting the hottest new dance
formats for 2013 including: K-Pop, U-Jam, Zumba, QiDance and AU BURN. More information can be found here. |
Campus Recreation |
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5 p.m. |
Meet the
Candidates (Student Center
Room 2222/2223) |
Join BSU for
their weekly meeting at 5:00 p.m. to hear from this year's Miss Homecoming
Top 5. |
Black Student
Union |
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7 p.m. |
Auburn Circle
Reading (The Gnu's Room) |
Celebrate a literary tradition
that has been around since the 1960s!
The Auburn Circle, Auburn's literary magazine, will host a reading of
works from past issues, including poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Witness the talent of Auburn students,
old and new, and get in touch with your creative side. Event begins at 7:00pm at the Gnu's
room! |
The Auburn Circle |
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Tuesday, October
30, 2012 |
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1 p.m.-4 p.m. |
Stadium Tours (Gate 9 of Jordan
Hare Stadium) |
Meet the Tigerettes and Tiger Hosts at Gate 9 to get a inside tour of the locker rooms and stadium. |
Tigerettes and Tiger Hosts |
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3 p.m. |
Freshman
Scavenger Hunt (Student Center Greenspace) |
Members of the 9
Freshman Leadership Programs, come join us and explore Auburn Traditions. For
more information please contact your FLP Director. |
Freshman
Leadership Programs |
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6 p.m. |
Hot Plates, Hot
Topics: Presidential Debate |
Come and listen to
Dr. Steven Brown speak about the upcoming election while you enjoy a
delicious meal. Then engage in small group discussion about current hot
political topics. The event starts at 6:00pm on October 30th in the AU
Student Center Ballroom. Go to
the UPC webpage and click on the tickets tab to reserve yours! |
University
Program Council |
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7 p.m. |
Men's Basketball
Gave vs. Victory University (Auburn Arena) |
Come out and
support the Auburn Men's Basketball team as they take on Victory University
in their first exhibition game of the season at 7:00 in the Auburn Arena! We
need to fill the student section and support the team in true Auburn Family
fashion! |
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Wednesday, October
31, 2012 |
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3:30 p.m. |
ODK Cake Race (Student Center Greenspace) |
Who doesn't love cake? Run in
the ODK cake race on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 on the Green Space.
Finishers will receive a cake according to supply and the first place winners
in the male and female divisions both receive complimentary cakes and a kiss
from Miss Auburn and the Student Government Association president,
respectively. Click here to register for the 84th
Annual ODK Cake Race. |
Omicron Delta Kappa |
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Thursday, November 1, 2012 |
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7 p.m. |
Speaker: Billy
Nye the Science Guy (Student Center
Ballroom) |
Join UPC in the AU
Student Center Ballroom at 7:00 pm for a lecture from a Bill Nye the Science
Guy who will be speaking about his life and touching on the topic of Hela Cells to go along with this years common book
program "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks". *This event is
SOLD OUT. |
University
Program Council |
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9 p.m. |
Flashmob Rave (RBD Library) |
Support the Beat Bama Food
Drive in their fight against hunger by taking over the library! Don your best
rave attire as Aubie leads the flashmob
at RBD library Thursday night at 9 p.m. Here the winner of the "Who's your CANdidate?" Penny Drive will be announced! |
Beat Bama Food Drive |
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Friday, November
2, 2012 |
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All Day |
Homecoming Float
Display (Roosevelt
Concourse) |
Homecoming
floats, sponsored by ODK, are a long-standing tradition at Auburn! Come pick
out YOUR favorite Homecoming float on Friday and Saturday along the Roosevelt
Concourse. |
Omicron Delta
Kappa |
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All Day |
Football First
Friday (Opelika Main
Street) |
First Friday is a
monthly event in Historic Downtown Opelika featuring extended shopping hours,
live music and more. Shops stay open until 8 pm or later, giving shoppers a
chance to browse the one-of-a-kind stores and make new friends. Enjoy dinner
at one of the local restaurants and finish up with a dessert while enjoying
the live music entertainment on each street corner. For more information
visit http://www.opelikamainstreet.org/. |
Historic Downtown
Opelika |
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7 a.m.-9 a.m. |
Miss Homecoming Voting |
Don't forget to vote for Miss
Homecoming! Voting is from 7:00am
– 9:00pm. Just log onto Tigeri, go to Campus Life and click on the voting
link. It is very important that
every student makes their voice heard and votes for their favorite candidate! |
Student
Government Association |
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5 p.m. |
Reverse Tiger
Walk (Athletics
Complex) |
Join us Friday
for Reverse Tiger Walk! Fans will have an opportunity to create a spirit
tunnel as Coach Chizik and the football team depart
Auburn for their hotel stay in Montgomery. |
Tigerettes and Tiger Hosts |
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7 p.m. |
Women's
Volleyball vs. Arkansas (Student Activity
Center) |
Don't have any plans Friday
night? What better way to spend some time relaxing and supporting the Auburn
Women's Volleyball team as they host SEC opponent Arkansas at 7:00 PM in the
Student Act! Bring your friends and families and enjoy some awesome AU
volleyball! |
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7 p.m. |
Homecoming Swing
Dance (The Marriott
Grand National, Opelika) |
The Auburn
Knights Orchestra will present a night of swing dancing and big band jazz at
the Opelika Martiott at Grand National. Admission
is $5 for students with an ID, $10 for the general public and $15 for
couples. Food and beverages will be available for purchasing. For more
information, visit www.auburnknights.com. |
The Auburn
Knights Orchestra |
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All Night |
Hudson Family
Foundation Benefit Concert (Auburn Arena,
Parking available in the Auburn Arena lot and Stadium Deck) |
The Auburn
Homecoming Benefit Concert will feature Dierks
Bentley, Craig Morgan and Easton Corbin. The concert is a benefit for the
Hudson Family Foundation created by Auburn alumni Tim Hudson, pitcher with
the Atlanta Braves, and his wife, Kim, a partner in the Davis Law Firm in
Auburn. The foundation seeks to make a positive, long-lasting impact on the
lives of children who have a need for assistance with regard to a specific
physical, emotional or financial circumstance. For information on ordering
tickets click here. For a $10 Auburn student and
faculty/staff discount, enter "WAR EAGLE" as the promo code. |
Hudson Family
Foundation |
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Saturday, November 3, 2012 |
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All Day |
Homecoming Float
Display |
Homecoming
floats, sponsored by ODK, are a long-standing tradition at Auburn! Come pick
out YOUR favorite Homecoming float on Friday and Saturday along the Roosevelt
Concourse. |
Omicron Delta
Kappa |
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8:30 a.m.-Kickoff |
Ag Roundup (Ag Heritage
Park) |
The ever-popular
Fall Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture will be held at Ag Heritage
Park for Auburn's largest tailgate party. The event features a wide
variety of Alabama grown and made foods--corn dogs, sausage, grilled burgers,
catfish, rabbit, goat, turnip greens and sweet potato fries to name a few--as
well as live and silent auctions to raise money for College of Agriculture
scholarships, informative displays from Auburn University departments and
organizations and various commodity groups, children's activities and a visit
from the AU Pep Band. Admission is $5; children 6 and under are admitted
free. Tickets are available at the gate. For more information on activities,
rules and regulations call (334) 844-3204 or (344) 844-3596 or send an email
to rollome@auburn.edu. |
College of
Agriculture Alumni Association |
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9:30 a.m. |
Tiger Walk (Corner of Samford Ave./Donahue Dr.) |
An Auburn
tradition which began in the early 1960s when Auburn players would walk from
Sewell Hall to the football stadium and fans would line Donahue Drive to wish
them well. Over the years the Tiger Walk has grown into a major part of game
day at Auburn, so much so that it is listed on the players' game weekend
itinerary. Every Tiger Walk prior to home games draws thousands and over the
last couple of years the Tiger Walk has become a standard as Auburn football
players enter stadiums on the road. Come be a part of this tradition and
encourage our guys as they enter the stadium. |
Tigerettess and Tiger Hosts |
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11:30 a.m. |
Homecoming Game
vs. New Mexico State (Jordan Hare
Stadium) |
Come hang out
with 87,451 members of the Auburn family in Jordan Hare Stadium as the Auburn
Football Team takes on New Mexico State. Kickoff is at 11:30 AM with Tiger
Walk 2 hours before kickoff and the Spirit March 1.5 hours before. Come
celebrate some of Auburn's relished traditions and support the Tigers! War
Eagle! |
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