Homecoming Schedule 2026

Wednesday, September 30th 

  • Homecoming Chapel – Culbertson Auditorium, 10 a.m., Travis Blake ’99 speaker
  • Women’s Soccer vs. Bethel – Soccer Fields, 2 p.m.
  • Men’s Soccer vs. Bethel – Soccer Fields, 4 pm
  • Block Party – Smisor Stadium, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
  • Fields of Faith – Smisor Stadium, 7 p.m., Dwayne Wilson ‘94 speaker

Thursday, October 1st 

  • Movie on the Lawn – Cooper Lawn, 8 p.m.

Friday, October 2nd 

  • Homecoming Check-In – Mabee Library, 9 a.m.
  • Photography Exhibition by Professor Larry Brownlee – SC Art Building (8th St. and Washington Ave.), 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Legacy Panel – Location TBD, Time TBD, (Legacy Student focused question and answer time)
  • Guided Campus Tour – Gleason Center, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
  • Golden Club Gathering (all classes 1975 and prior) – Cornerstone Room, Student Union, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Lunch (purchase through lunch line, in cafeteria) and Fellowship (Advanced Registration Encouraged)  
  • 50th Year Class Reunion (1976 class) – Heritage Hall, Cooper Hall 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (Advanced Registration Required)
  • Decade of the 70s Reunion (1970-1980 classes) – 2nd Floor Cooper Hall – Incubation Lab 1, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Advanced Registration Encouraged)  
  • Ice-Cream Social – Student Union, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • Alumni Author (Book Signing) – Mabee Library, 1 p.m.
  • Tennis Alumni Gathering – Tennis Courts, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  • Home(coming) in the works of C.S. Lewis: A Special Homecoming event of Lewis readings and reflections by Sterling College Faculty – C.S. Lewis Center, Mabee Library 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  • Warrior Worship – Cornerstone, Student Union, 3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
  • Guided Campus Tour – Divine Servant Statue, 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
  • All Alumni Dinner – West Cafeteria 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. (Advanced Registration Required)  
  • Homecoming Volleyball Games vs. Avila – Lonnie Kruse Court, Gleason Center, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. (Ticket Needed, Sterling Volleyball vs. Avila University | sterling Box Office)
  • Homecoming Musical “Fiddler on the Roof” – Culbertson Auditorium, Spencer Hall, 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) (Ticket Needed)

Saturday, October 3rd 

  • Lady Warriors Basketball Pancake Feed – Lonnie Kruse Court, Gleason Center, 7:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Ticket Needed, can be purchased at event)
  • Photography Exhibition by Professor Larry Brownlee – SC Art Building (8th St. and Washington Ave.), 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Homecoming Hangout – Gleason parking lot, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  • Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony – Wilkey Fieldhouse, Gleason Center, 10:30 a.m.
  • Alumni Author (Book Signing) – First Bank Family Pavilion, Smisor Stadium, 11 a.m.
  • Homecoming Football Game vs Bethel – Smisor Stadium, 1:30 p.m. (Ticket needed, Sterling Football vs. Bethel College (Homecoming) | sterling Box Office)
    • Homecoming Royalty Coronation – Smisor Stadium, 1 p.m. before game
    • Hall of Fame Recognition – Smisor Stadium, during half time
  • Class Reunions Dinner – West Cafeteria, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. (1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006, 2016, and 2026 alumni classes. Other years are welcome to request a designated table as well, communicate with the Alumni Office) Dinner (purchase through dinner line, in cafeteria) and Fellowship (Advanced Registration Encouraged)
  • “Fiddler on the Roof” Cast & Crew Reunions Dinner – Cornerstone, Student Union, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. (for the cast & crew of the 1971, 1987, 2008, and 2026 SC performances of “Fiddler”. Parents and families of current cast & crew are also invited). (Advanced Registration is Encouraged)
  • Homecoming Musical “Fiddler on the Roof” – Culbertson Auditorium, Spencer Hall, 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) (Ticket Needed)

Sunday, October 4th 

  • Homecoming Musical “Fiddler on the Roof” – Culbertson Auditorium, Spencer Hall, 2 p.m. (doors open at 1:30 p.m.) (Ticket Needed)

General Information:

Cafeteria pricing:

  • Lunch & Dinner – $10.40 +tax (roughly $11.50)
    • Senior Discount (62+) – 10% off (roughly $10.25)
    • Children (Under 5) – Free
    • Children (6-17) – $7.25 +tax (roughly $8)

**More information to be added soon**