The University of Tennessee at Martin will host its 2024 homecoming festivities Sept. 28-Oct. 6 on the main campus. Among this year’s events, the annual Quad City tent festival will begin at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 5, followed by the 2 p.m. homecoming football game against Gardner-Webb University at Hardy M. Graham Stadium.
UT Martin is bringing out the board games with a theme of “Get on Board with Homecoming” for the event-filled week.
Traditional homecoming events throughout the week include rope pull held at 4 p.m. throughout the week with championships beginning at 3 p.m., Oct. 4, behind the Student Recreation Center; lip sync held at 7 p.m., Oct. 1, at Festival Park in downtown Martin; pyramid and pep rally held at 7 p.m., Oct. 4, at the Elam Center; and the National Pan-Hellenic Council step show at 7 p.m., Oct. 5, at the Skyhawk Fieldhouse.
In addition to the step show, the Black Alumni Council is sponsoring several events during homecoming week, including the BAC Game Night at 7 p.m., Oct. 4, at the Dunagan Alumni Center; the BAC Alumni Mixer at 9 p.m., Oct. 4, at the Dunagan Alumni Center; and the BAC Tailgate during the homecoming game on Oct. 5.
Saturday, Oct. 5, is the primary day for homecoming activities and includes the Chancellor’s Brunch and Alumni Awards Program (invitation only) prior to the opening of Quad City at 10:30 a.m. The Skyhawk football team will take its traditional “Hawk Walk” through the quad at 11 a.m., and the football game begins at 2 p.m.
Homecoming week will end with brunch from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oct. 6, in the Skyhawk Dining Hall.
More about the week is available at alumni.utm.edu/homecoming-24, where homecoming T-shirts can be reserved and a complete list of events is posted. Adult T-shirts range from $20 to $22 and youth T-shirts are $15.
For more information about UT Martin homecoming activities, contact Dr. Jackie Johnson, associate vice chancellor for Alumni Relations, at 731-881-7610 or jjohn253@utm.edu
