Texas State University to host Homecoming Week events Oct. 22-28

INSIDE TXST

Lane Fortenberry | October 17, 2023

Texas State University will host a variety of Homecoming Week activities for students, employees, alumni, and the San Marcos community Oct. 22-28.

Homecoming Week is the university’s longest-running annual tradition that brings the community together to celebrate Bobcat pride and spirit. Texas State will play Troy University on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. at Bobcat Stadium.

“Homecoming is an exceptional time for new and returning Bobcats,” said Duane Bruce, Ed.D., assistant vice president and executive director of Student Involvement and Engagement. “For students, it’s about participating in traditions and creating new memories. For alumni, we return to our old stomping grounds and are in awe of all the tremendous changes we helped create during our time as students and for future generations of Texas State students. For our staff, faculty, families, and friends, it is about basking in and enjoying the wonderful community they help create for our students. It truly is a wonderful, cyclical experience.”

Events the San Marcos community is invited to include TXST’s Got Talent, a night of entertainment when students show off their talent. The show is on Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 7-10 p.m. in the LBJ Student Center Grand Ballroom.

The community is also invited to Texas State’s longest-standing Homecoming tradition, the Soap Box Derby, on Thursday, Oct. 26, from 4-5:30 p.m. on Woods Street behind the Housing and Residential Life building. Student groups will compete against each other by building and racing soap box cars downhill.

Following the derby, community members can attend Thursday Night Lights, the university’s new tradition, on Thursday, Oct. 26, from 5:30-8 p.m. This event features a golf cart Homecoming Spirit Parade that will start at the Housing and Residential Life building and end at Sewell Park. Following the parade, attendees will gather in Sewell Park for a pep rally co-sponsored by Athletics.

For more information, visit the Texas State Homecoming webpage.