ECSU celebrates Homecoming Oct. 29 – Nov. 5
Kesha Williams
October 20, 2006Elizabeth City State University will hold the following events in observance of its 2006 Homecoming October 29 through November 4: October 29
Chapel Service sponsored by New Generation Campus Ministries
10 am – 1 pm, Ridley Student Center Theater Gospel Concert sponsored by Essence of Praise Gospel Choir featuring Ricky Dillard
3 pm – 6 pm, Vaughan Center Gym $5 for students with ID and children under age 12 $8 in advance $12 at the door Mr. & Miss ECSU Coronation
"A Cascade of Dreams… Happily Ever After"
7 pm – 9 pm, Fine Arts Center Auditorium FREE Coronation Reception and Ball
Sponsored by Mr. & Miss ECSU and the Student Activities Committee
9:30 pm – 2 am, Williams Hall Gym FREE October 30
DJ in the Cafe
11:30 am – 1:30 pm, Bedell Hall Cafeteria The "Gilligan’s Island" Wet & Wild Video Foam House Party
7 pm – 11:30 pm, Williams Hall Gym $1 before 8 pm $2 after 8pm October 31
Costume party for the Laboratory School
9:30 am – 12 pm, Ridley Student Center Multi-Purpose Room FREE
The Michael Myers Halloween Haunted House
Back to the Future Laser Tag
6 pm – 9 pm, Williams Hall Gym Donations such as canned goods or cash accepted. The Official Thriller Costume Party
10 pm – 1 am, Williams Hall Gym FREE with costume or $3 with ID $5without ID November 1
O’Shea D’Nelle’ Couture "House of Play" Designers
5 pm – 7 pm, Fines Arts Center Auditorium FREE Wild-n-Out (MTV Styled Variety Show) 80’s Style
8 pm – 10 pm NSU Stage Area FREE "Paid in Full" Basketball Tournament featuring the Lady Vikings
and the Vikings Basketball teams
11 pm – 1 am, Vaughan Center FREE November 2
Super Mario Bros. Mid-Day Mania
2 pm – 3:30pm Williams Hall Gym FREE Tom DeLuca "Hypnotist"
5 pm – 7 pm, Fine Arts Center Auditorium FREE
Mr. & Ms. Alumni Coronation
5:30 pm, K. E. White Graduate Center FREE, semiformal attire 60s Decade Reunion "Blue Carpet" Awards Banquet
Five outstanding alumni from each year of the 60s will be recognized
7:30 pm, K. E. White Graduate Center $35 per person black tie optional Vike Nu Fashion Show- "Willy Wonka and the Flavor of Fashion"
8:30 pm – 11pm, Fine Arts Center Auditorium $5 with ID $7 without ID The Breakfast Club Midnight Jump-off with DJ
11:30 pm – 1:30am, Bedell Hall FREE with ticket from Ridley Student Center Office November 3
60s Decade Breakfast & speaker, Dr. Luther Burse, Director of Urban Programs
and Diversity, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
8 am, K. E. White Graduate Center $15 per person Alumni Indoor Picnic and Bowling
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm, Ridley Complex $15 per person Dedication of the Physical Education/Field House in honor of Thomas L. Caldwell
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Physical Education/Field House ECSU Alumni Welcome Reception
Hosted by the Elizabeth City Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
5 pm – 6:30 pm
400 Water Street on the deck of Grouper’s Restaurant Pep Rally with Outdoor Cookout
4:30 pm – 6 pm, Ridley Student Center Plaza FREE Bon Fire with Fireworks
6:05 pm – 6:30 pm, Softball Field FREE The Criminal Justice Scholarship Banquet
6 pm, Room #216, Ridley Student Center "Star Search"
2nd Annual SGA Talent Show
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Fine Arts Center Auditorium $3 for students $5 for public Sports Hall of Fame Banquet
7 pm, K.E. White Graduate Center $30 per person, dressy attire SGA Party "Graffiti Rock" Real Hip Hop
10 pm – 2 am, Williams Hall Gym $5 student ID $10 without student ID Icebreaker, featuring DJ Heavy & The Nasty Boyz Band
10 pm – 2 am, K.E. White Graduate Center $25 casual attire November 4
Tailgating
7:30 am through the afternoon at Roebuck Stadium Homecoming Parade with Grand Marshals Dr. Helen Marshall Caldwell and Patrice Caldwell Smith
10 am – 12 pm, downtown Elizabeth City Parade route: from the 800 block of
Ehringhaus Street, right on Water Street, down Southern Avenue end at the G. R. Little Library. Pre-Game Ceremony
1:30 pm at Roebuck Stadium Homecoming Football Game ECSU vs. Virginia Union University
2 pm – 4 pm, Roebuck Stadium School of Mathematics, Science & Technology Alumni Reception Jenkins Science Center (lobby)
4 pm – 6 pm
RSVP by calling Mr. Larry Smith, 335-3831 School of Business and Economics Alumni Reception
4 pm, Williams Hall lobby
RSVP by calling Ms. Selma Davis, 335-3311 Pasquotank Arts Council Oyster Roast
7 pm – 10 pm, Gutman Household at 1 Gardner Pointe $30 per person
Entertainment by Greg Sampson
For more information, please call 252-338-6455 Alumni After Party
10 pm – 2 pm, K.E. White Graduate Center $15 per person
Renel Sample, class of ’91, as the DJ Annual Step Show and Concert featuring Rick Ross and Juelz Santana
6 pm – 11 pm, Vaughan Center $25 in advance $30 at the door "Funk Fresh, Dress to Impress" Pre-Dawn Party
12 am – 4 am Williams Hall Gym $7 with student ID $10 without student ID November 5
Prayer Breakfast with Speaker, Dr. Ricky L. Banks, class of ’77
9 am, K.E. White Graduate Center $15 per person For more information on Homecoming 2006 events, please call ECSU Office of Alumni
Relations, 335-3498 or the ECSU Office of Student Affairs, 335-3143 or 335-3372.