Homecoming
麻豆果冻传媒 Homecoming
October 28 - November 2, 2024
Get ready to celebrate 100 Years of Golden Eagles. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community are welcome to celebrate Tech's homecoming and watch the Golden Eagles play. A parade going from Dixie Avenue and throughout campus includes local high school marching bands, community organizations, Tech student organizations and the homecoming court. Various college and organization reunions take place and a new and Mr. and Ms. 麻豆果冻传媒 are crowned.
The Homecoming schedule, competition packets, and Mr. & Ms. information will be available in August.
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For 2024, Student organization and residence halls will compete in three divisions:
- Gold Division - Up to 3 organizations representing a total of no more than 250 members may combine to participate in the Gold Division
- Purple 鈥 Up to 3 organizations representing a total of no more than 50 members may combine to participate in the Purple Division. Organizations with more than 50 members may request eligibility for the Purple Division with advisor support by emailing engagement@tntech.edu.
- Residence Hall Division 鈥 Resident Hall units as determined by Housing & Residential Life may participates in the Res Hall Division. Housing & Residential will determine and communicate participation rules.
鈥 Due Tue., Oct. 1, 2024 at 11:55 PM
One Team Registration per Homecoming team (e.g. 鈥淎lpha Zeta & Ski Team鈥 or 鈥淣ew Hall
North鈥).
鈥 Due Tue., Oct. 1, 2024 at 11:55 PM
One registration per participating Student Organization (e.g. Alpha Zeta). Does not
apply to Resident Hall teams.
鈥 Due Sun., Oct. 6, 2024 at 11:55 PM
2024 Homecoming Schedule
Homecoming Parade
- Guidelines and Instructions for Parade Participants
Guidelines and Instructions for Parade Participants
Float Division 鈥 Competition for organizations that build a float. Note: a float information sheet must be submitted. Trophies will be awarded during the Homecoming football game.
Pride Division 鈥 Competition for recognition. The winner will receive the TN Tech Pride Award. This division should include participants from the University or the Cookeville community who do not build a float. Examples of Pride Entries include cars, trailers, walkers, vans, horses, etc.
Parade Instructions:
- The parade line up will begin in the Towne Plaza parking lot (Gabe鈥檚 on Jefferson Avenue). Please have your entries ready to be lined up between 7:30 AM and 9:00 AM.
- Please park as far away from the front of the stores in the shopping center as you can. We want to minimize the disturbance to the stores and shoppers.
- Entries must remain 25-30 feet apart throughout the parade.
- Entries should stop at the judges' reviewing stand for a maximum of 20 seconds. If entries do not stop in front of the reviewing stand, the judges will not score them. Judges will view entries from the driver's side of the vehicle.
- A member of the sponsoring organization must remain with the entry at all times.
- FLOATS ONLY: Turn from 12th Street onto Stadium Drive, then left into the parking lot behind the scoreboard until the Homecoming game is over and attendees have dispersed. Do not remove floats from Stadium Drive until the football game is completed and attendees have dispersed.
- ALL OTHER ENTRIES: Disperse after turning left onto 12th Street.
- All floats and decorations must be disassembled and properly disposed of by Sunday, November 3, 2024.
Homecoming 2024 Parade Information
鈥 Due Oct. 11, 2024 at 11:55 PM
- Homecoming Parade Route
The homecoming parade route begins in the Towne Plaza parking lot, at the base of S Dixie Ave, then heads north up S Dixie Ave. The route then turns left on W 12th St. The parade disperses at B Street, and float drop off is behind the stadium scoreboard.