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Homecoming

Alumni Activities & Events

Homecoming & Family Weekend

October 3-5, 2025

Homecoming is the largest gathering of MNU alumni all year long. We welcome alums and their families to campus for a weekend full of fun and meaningful events and activities. We worship, enjoy fellowship with each other, cheer for our teams, admire the talent of our current students and our fellow alums, recognize the purposeful lives we lead, and celebrate the faithful lives of those we have lost in the past year.

It is a powerful weekend, and we want as many alums as possible to join us on campus every year.

9:30 AM Homecoming Chapel College Church
11:30 AM Alumni Award Honorees Luncheon (invite only) Cunningham Center (Austin Room)
12:30 PM Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Bell Center (Performance Hall)
3:00 PM Copeland Athletic Complex Site Visit Pioneer Field
4:00 PM Hymn Sing-Along Weatherby Chapel
5:00 PM MNU Block Party (till 7:00 PM) Cunningham Center (Founder’s Plaza)
5:00 PM Homecoming Chili/Dog Dinner* Cunningham Center (Founder’s Plaza)
6:00 PM Friends of the Performing Arts Reception (invite only) Bell Center (Gilmore Room)
7:00 PM Volleyball Game vs Park* Cook Center
7:30 PM COLLAGE: Performing Arts Concert* Bell Center (Performance Hall)
9:00 PM Men’s Soccer Alumni Futsal Game Cook Center
*Event requires registration | **Event is at your own expense
8:30 AMHomecoming Celebration Breakfast*College Church (Uphaus Hall)
9:00 AMWomen’s Soccer Alumni GamePioneer Field
10:00 AMClass Reunions*Metz/Smith
10:00 AMGolden Reunion: Class of 1974*College Church (Garrett Chapel)
10:00 AMVolleyball Alumni GameCook Center
12:00 PMLunch**Cunningham Center (Wiley Commons)
1:00 PMWomen’s Soccer Game vs Mount Mercy*Pioneer Field
2:00 PMHomecoming Football Game vs Missouri Valley*Olathe District Activity Center (ODAC)
3:30 PMMen’s Soccer Game vs Mount Mercy*Pioneer Field
5:00 PMPioneer Family Feast*Cunningham Center (Wiley Commons)
7:00 PMWomen’s Basketball Alumni GameCook Center
7:00 PMMNU’s Night of PraiseCunningham Center (Founder’s Plaza)
7:30 PMStudent Homecoming BanquetKansas City, MO
8:30 PMMen’s Basketball Alumni GameCook Center

*Event requires registration | **Event is at your own expense

8:00 AMPresident’s Memorial Prayer Breakfast*Bell Center (Grand Lobby)
9:00 AMHomecoming & Family WorshipCollege Church
10:30 AMGolden Reunion Sunday School ClassWeatherby Chapel

Homecoming 2024 Highlights

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Homecoming Information

Presenting the 2025 Alumni Awards

Each year, we honor several alumni who have led purposeful lives following their days at MNU. These awards include: Alumna of the Year, Alumnus of the Year, Young Alum of the Year, and Carrying the Torch. In 2022, we created the Michael Copeland Civic Leadership Award to honor alumni who are serving in the public sector. If you would like to nominate a Pioneer for any of these awards, please fill out the Nomination Form by May 1. Recipients will be announced in September and will be honored during Homecoming & Family Weekend, October 3-5.

Events

MNU Theatre | Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical
Bell Cultural Events Center - Mabee Performing Arts Hall
Nov 23, 2024 @ 7:30pm
to Nov 23, 2024 @ 9:30pm
Based on the 1992 movie and inspired by a true story, Newsies is a musical theatre favorite! Set in early 1900s New York City, Newsies is the tale of the young children who sold papers for a living and the strike they undertook to force Pulitzer to provide them a living wage.
MNU Theatre | Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical
Bell Cultural Events Center - Mabee Performing Arts Hall
Nov 22, 2024 @ 7:30pm
to Nov 23, 2024 @ 9:30pm
Based on the 1992 movie and inspired by a true story, Newsies is a musical theatre favorite! Set in early 1900s New York City, Newsies is the tale of the young children who sold papers for a living and the strike they undertook to force Pulitzer to provide them a living wage.
Newsies Backstage Experience
Bell Cultural Events Center - Gilmore Room
Nov 23, 2024 @ 10:00am
to Nov 23, 2024 @ 12:00pm
Join the characters from Newsies for doughnuts and coffee followed by a guided tour of the backstage and set. Then, have the opportunity to learn fight choreography and a special newspaper choreography section from the show! Finish your morning up with a great photo op!

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