NDSU invites the campus and Fargo-Moorhead community to participate in Homecoming 2014 activities during the week of Oct. 6-11. 

The schedule of key events is shifting to better connect with traditions of the past and strengthen connections for the future.

Major events include the President’s State of the University Address scheduled Thursday, Oct. 9, at 11 a.m. in the Festival Concert Hall. The Blue Key Homecoming show is set for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Festival Concert Hall.

The Homecoming parade is scheduled to begin Friday, Oct. 10, at 5:30 p.m. It will once again be on Broadway in downtown Fargo, where it was held from 1922 to 1982. Live music from the band Brat Pack Radio will follow the parade on 2nd Avenue between Broadway and 5th Street.

The Bison football game against Southern Illinois University Saturday, Oct. 11, is sold out, although a limited number of standing room only tickets may become available at 8 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 10. Multiple locations are being organized to watch the football game and planning continues for ways to greater showcase NDSU’s educational and research capabilities.

For more information, a map of downtown activities and the parade route, and a complete schedule of events, visit www.ndsu.edu/homecoming.

Organizations sponsoring an open house, reception or other special event during Homecoming week are encouraged to submit information online at www.ndsu.edu/homecoming.

In 2012, President Dean L. Bresciani assembled a committee to expand participation in Homecoming and celebrate NDSU as a top 100 research university, in addition to enjoying successful Bison athletics in the Fargo-Moorhead community.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation’s top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.