Homecoming Showcase and Concert

A Friday full of Maryville memories While there are meaningful Thursday events like the annual Wall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Homecoming officially begins Friday, Oct. 23, with a packed day of opportunities to reconnect and rediscover College Hill. Alumni registration will be open in Bartlett Hall, while the Student Homecoming Art Gallery will showcase student work in Building B of the Clayton Center for the Arts. Other Friday activities include the Connection Plate Lunch, the Boydson Baird Memorial Golf Tournament, the Fine Arts Alumni Panel and an open house to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the building of Crawford House, home to Mountain Challenge. The day’s festivities will also offer plenty of opportunities to reconnect through athletics and alumni gatherings, including a women’s soccer match against Southwestern that recognizes the 2001 team; a men’s match vs. Southwestern that recognizes the teams of 1976, 1995, 2005 and 2016; a softball alumni mentorship gathering; and rehearsals for both the Homecoming Choir and Off Kilter. On the softball field and at Scotland Yard, an alumni softball game and alumni baseball gathering, respectively, will bring Scots players out of retirement for another turn on the diamond. On Friday evening, one of the pillars of Homecoming Weekend begins with the President’s Welcome Reception in the William Baxter Lee III Grand Foyer of the Clayton Center, followed by the Founder’s Day Showcase in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre. The annual celebration will recognize the College’s history, recent accomplishments and the legacies of its alumni, including 2026 Alumni Award recipients Dr. Michael S. Roberts ’85, recipient of the Alumni Citation, and Dr. William “Denney” Zimmerman ’09, who will be given the Kin Takahashi Award for Young Alumni. The Founder’s Day celebration will be capped by a full performance of the Homecoming Choir. Rather than including alumni choir sets throughout the showcase, the choir will perform a…