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Mark your calendars for September 23-29th, 2024!

Feeling nostalgic about your college years? Relive the good old days with your former classmates and professors.

This is your chance to:

  • Spend time with the people who made your time at Roberts special
  • Support our student clubs and alumni-owned small businesses at the Homecoming Festival
  • Cheer for Redhawk alumni and students during one of many Homecoming Games
  • Jam out to alumni bands and listen to the Roberts Symphony Orchestra
  • Vote for your favorite car in our MVP Homecoming Car Show

Did you graduate in a year ending in 4 or 9? It’s time for your five-year reunion! We’ve set aside a special area for you and your graduating class to reunite.

Please view our full schedule to view details, times, and locations! *Coming July 2024

These are just a few highlights of what you can look forward to:

Festival Fun

Live Music Stage - Featuring alumni bands.
Roberts Car Show - Come vote for your favorite vehicles at our Car Show!
Shopping - Shop at alumni craft vendors and student group fundraiser tents.
Giant Games & Activities - Enjoy fun activities for the whole family.
Festival Food - Featuring fun festival food served in Garlock Dining Commons!


Music

POPS Concert - Enjoy popular music performed by the RSO (Roberts Symphony Orchestra) with the Roberts Chorale.
Wind Ensemble - Attend the Roberts Wind Ensemble performance, under the direction of Dr. Paul Shewan.


Reunions

Yesteryears Brunch - Honoring Alumni who graduated in '74 or earlier, Faculty Emeriti, guest speaker, and special music
Five-Year Reunion Celebration - Classes ending in ‘9’ and ‘4’ are invited to our Reunion Celebrations event held during our Homecoming Festival on Saturday, September 28th!


Athletics

Alumni Games - Watch our former athletes compete against each other!
Athletic Games - Support our student athletes and attend men’s and women’s soccer, cross country invitationals, women’s field hockey, and women’s volleyball.


A Note from Sarah…

I still remember my first Homecoming.

I was a freshman– and to be honest, a little homesick. I hadn’t seen my parents since they dropped me off at school. So you can imagine my excitement as we reunited on campus.

As a daughter of two Roberts alumni, that Homecoming back in 2016 was so special for all three of us. Throughout that week, I attended numerous events that are still a tradition today: the Men’s Alumni Soccer Game, Homecoming Movie Night, the Homecoming Festival, Apple Picking, and Saturday Night Live, among others.

But even though those events were all really fun, at the end of the day, Homecoming was so much more than that. Simply being together in a special place that’s forever changed the lives of our family. It felt like a beautiful full-circle moment, bridging our past with my present. Seeing my parents reconnect with old friends made me excited about my future in the Roberts Community.

This is the magic of Homecoming: spending quality time with the people who made your time at Robert special.

My parents and I are really looking forward to spending time together at Homecoming 2024.

Will you be there, too?

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Homecoming 2023 Photo Highlights