Homecoming Schedule 2026

Tuesday, September 29th

  • Block Party & BBQ – Outside Student Union, 5:30pm (meal purchased via the cafeteria)

Wednesday, September 30th 

  • Homecoming Chapel – Culbertson Auditorium, 10:00am, Travis Blake ’99 speaker
  • Women’s Soccer vs. Bethel – Soccer Fields, 2:00pm
  • Men’s Soccer vs. Bethel – Soccer Fields, 4:00pm
  • Fields of Faith – Smisor Stadium, 7:00pm, Dwayne Wilson ‘94 speaker

Thursday, October 1st 

  • Movie on the Lawn – Cooper Lawn, 8:30pm

Friday, October 2nd 

  • Homecoming Check-In – Mabee Library, 9:00am
  • Photography Exhibition by Professor Larry Brownlee – SC Art Building (8th St. and Washington Ave.), TBD
  • Legacy Pannel – Location TBD, Time TBD, (Legacy Student focused question and answer time)
  • Guided Campus Tour – Divine Servant Statue, 10:00am – 11:00am
  • Golden Club Gathering (all classes 1975 and prior) – Cornerstone Room, Student Union, 11:00am–2:00pm Lunch (purchase through lunch line, in cafeteria) and Fellowship (Advanced Registration Encouraged)  
  • 50th Year Class Reunion (1976 class) – Heritage Hall, Cooper Hall 11:00am – 2:00pm (Advanced Registration Required)
  • Decade of the 70s Reunion (1970-1980 classes) – 2nd Floor Cooper Hall – Incubation Lab 1, 11:00am – 5:00pm (Advanced Registration Encouraged)  
  • Ice-Cream Social – Student Union, TBD
  • Alumni Author (Book Signing) – Mabee Library, 1:00pm
  • 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 2:00pm – 3:30pm
  • Warrior Worship – Cornerstone, Student Union, 3:00pm – 3:45pm
  • Guided Campus Tour – Divine Servant Statue, 3:45pm – 4:45pm
  • All Alumni Dinner – West Cafeteria 5:30pm – 7:00pm (Advanced Registration Required)  
  • Homecoming Volleyball Games vs. Avila – Lonnie Kruse Court, Gleason Center, 5:00pm & 7:00pm (Ticket Needed, Sterling Volleyball vs. Avila University | sterling Box Office)
  • Homecoming Musical “Fiddler” – Culbertson Auditorium, Spencer Hall, 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00pm) (Ticket needed, link coming soon)

Saturday, October 3rd 

  • Lady Warriors Basketball Pancake Feed – Lonnie Kruse Court, Gleason Center, 7:30am – 12:00pm (Ticket Needed, can be purchased at event)
  • Photography Exhibition by Professor Larry Brownlee – SC Art Building (8th St. and Washington Ave.), TBD
  • Homecoming Hangout – Gleason parking lot, 10:00am – 12:30pm
  • Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony – Wilkey Fieldhouse, Gleason Center, TBD
  • Alumni Author (Book Signing) – Family Pavilion, Smisor Stadium, 10:00am
  • Homecoming Football Game vs Bethel – Smisor Stadium, 1:30pm (Ticket needed, Sterling Football vs. Bethel College (Homecoming) | sterling Box Office)
    • Homecoming Royalty Coronation – Smisor Stadium, 1:00pm before game
    • Hall of Fame Recognition – Smisor Stadium, during half time
  • Class Reunions Dinner – West Cafeteria, 5:00pm – 7:00pm (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” Cast & Crew Reunions Dinner – Cornerstone, Student Union, 5:00pm – 7:00pm (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” – Culbertson Auditorium, Spencer Hall, 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00pm) (Ticket Needed, link coming soon)

Sunday, October 4th 

  • Homecoming Musical “Fiddler” – Culbertson Auditorium, Spencer Hall, 2:00pm (doors open at 1:30pm) (Ticket Needed, link coming soon)

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**