Homecoming
Homecoming 2020 is October 2-3
Bring your Blugold pride and come celebrate UW-Eau Claire at homecoming this year. Festivities include Blugold Fever Fest, the parade, the game in Carson Park, the Fifth Quarter post-game party! You won’t want to miss a minute of the festivities. Be part of the largest Blugold alumni gathering of the year!
2020 Schedule of Homecoming Events
Let us know if you are coming back to Eau Claire for Homecoming and you will be entered in a drawing for some Blugold swag. More information soon.
Friday, October 2
Golden Blugold Celebration
10:00 a.m. | Davies Center
UW-Eau Claire alumni who graduated in 1970 or earlier have earned the title of "Golden Blugold" and Emeriti Faculty/Staff are invited to a special weekend on campus.
Hall of Fame Banquet
4:30 p.m. | Ojibwe 330C, Davies Center
Greek UWEC Homecoming Mixer
Friday, Oct. 2, 7:30-10 p.m. | The Cabin, W.R. Davies Center
No charge, but Registration appreciated! Cash bar of beer and wine available. Hors d'oeuvres will be provided and guests are welcome to attend. Questions? Contact Greeklife@uwec.edu
Saturday, October 3
Nursing Alumni Homecoming Walk
8 a.m. | Nursing Building
UW-Eau Claire Blugold Wrestling
8:30 a.m. | "Kill the Hill" Garfield Ave Hill
10:30 a.m. | Bean Bag Tournament at Carson Park, $35 team or $20 individual
Register with Coach Fader 608-385-4885 or Russ Peloquin 715-864-0765
Parade
10 a.m. | First Avenue
Blugold Fever Fest
11 a.m. | Carson Park
Join other alumni and the Blugold Marching Band at the pregame Fever Fest. Buy your lunch from one of the food trucks on site, and revel in Blugold fun and camaraderie.
Football Game
1 p.m. | Carson Park
Blugolds vs. UW-Whitewater
Tickets can be purchased at Carson Park or in advance at the Blugold ticket office. Halftime entertainment by the Blugold Marching Band and Alumni BMB Band.
Group reunions + events
The following groups are planning Homecoming 2019 reunions and events.
Greek UWEC Homecoming Mixer
Friday, Oct. 2, 7:30-10 p.m. | The Cabin, W.R. Davies Center
No charge, but Registration appreciated! Cash bar of beer and wine available. Hors d'oeuvres will be provided and guests are welcome to attend. Questions? Contact Greeklife@uwec.edu
Nursing Alumni Homecoming Walk
Saturday, Oct. 3, 8-10 a.m., | Nursing Building
Registration starts at 7:30 a.m., with the walk across and around campus beginning at 8 a.m. Continental breakfast and a door prize drawing will follow at 9 a.m. Register for Nursing Alumni Walk here
UWEC BMB Alumni at Homecoming
Saturday, Oct. 3, 10 a.m., | Carson Park
All former members of the Blugold Marching Band are welcome!
For more information
Check back to this page for additional Homecoming details as they are finalized. Save the Date: Homecoming 2020, Oct 2-3. For more information about any of the Homecoming 2020 events, contact the alumni office at alumni@uwec.edu or 715-836-3266.
Homecoming memories...
UW-Eau Claire's Cheer and Stunt team had a head up on the competition at Yell Like Hell during Homecoming 2015.
Kyle Naber spent Homecoming 2016 with his parents, Mary and David Naber, both Blugold alumni from the Class of 1986.
The Blugold Marching Band performing during the 2015 Homecoming parade