Schedule of Activities and Events
Homecoming Weekend
Ole Miss vs. UAB
October 15-18, 2009
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
7 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Pep Rally, Student Union Plaza
5 – 8 p.m.
Dinner available in McCormick Café in The Inn at Ole Miss.
6 p.m.
Book Signing:
N.M. Kelby. Off Square Books.
6 p.m.Grove-In Movie: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Free admission. The Grove Stage (Rain Location: Turner Center Auditorium).
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Meeting: Ole Miss Alumni Association Board of Directors. Lamar Law Center. Alumni board members only.
5 – 8 p.m.
Dinner available in McCormick Café in The Inn at Ole Miss.
5 p.m.
Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith discusses the news business and his own career. Overby Center Auditorium. For more information or assistance related to a disability, please contact: Dawn M. Jeter, Operations Manager at 662-915-1692
5:30 p.m.
Homecoming parade and pep rally. Lyceum to Oxford Square.
6 p.m.
The Grove opens to tailgaters.
6 p.m.
Reception honoring 2009 Alumni Hall of Fame inductees John Warner Alford Jr. (BBA 60, MA 66) ; John “Kayo” Dottley (BSPHE 50, MEd 51); George E. Hilliard (BBA 77); and William W. Parsons Jr.(BE 79) as well as Alumni Service Award winner David E. Brevard (BA 78) and Outstanding Young Alumni Award recipient Tamara Yvette Crawford (BSME 02). The Inn at Ole Miss. Call 662-915-7375 for more information.
7 p.m.
Dinner honoring 2009 Alumni Awards recipients. Ticketed event. Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom in The Inn at Ole Miss. Call 662-915-7375 for more information.
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
7 – 11 a.m.
Breakfast available in ballrooms C and D in The Inn at Ole Miss ($9.95 adults, $6.95 children ages 6-12, children 5 and under eat free).
10 a.m.
Ole Miss Alumni Association annual meeting. New officers of the Alumni Association will be installed, and Alumni Awards recipients will greet alumni and friends. Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom in The Inn at Ole Miss.
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Alumni Association ‘Members Only’ hospitality room open. Alumni Association members are invited to enjoy refreshments, football and fellowship. Guests are $10/person. Due to the remodeling of the Triplett Alumni Center, the hospitality room for the 2009 football season will be held in the E.F. Yerby Conference Center Auditorium next door to the Alumni Center. Free to active members and to children high school age and younger if accompanied by an adult. Face tattoos are available for children. Please bring your membership card for quicker access. Check your membership status
here.
1-3 p.m.Lunch available in McCormick Café in The Inn at Ole Miss ($7.95).
3:40 p.m. (time tentative)
Walk of Champions, the Grove.
4 p.m.
Pharmacy Alumni & Friends Tailgate, sponsored by Pharmacy Alumni Chapter and Pharmacy Student Body. Alumni and friends of the School of Pharmacy are invited to enjoy food and beverages under the Pharmacy tent located on the lawn in front of Faser Hall.
5:30 p.m.
Pregame introduction of 2009 alumni award recipients. Miss Ole Miss and Colonel Rebel also will be introduced before kickoff. Hollingsworth Field, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
6 p.m.
Football:
Ole Miss vs UAB,
Hollingsworth Field, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Halftime Crowning of the Homecoming Queen by Alumni Association President Rose Flenorl and ASB President Artair Rogers and halftime performance by the Pride of the South Marching Band, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Brunch available in the Ballroom in The Inn at Ole Miss ($15.95 adults, $9.95 children ages 6-12, children 5 and under eat free).
1 p.m.- 2 a.m.