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Homecoming from Home 2020

Virtual Homecoming from Home

When you celebrate Homecoming from Home, you help ¹ú²úAV keep our community connected this fall.

Lyndsey CrumLyndsey Crum
September 03, 2020

Fall semester may feel different this year, but nothing will get in the way of our commitment to keep ¹ú²úAV’s community connected.

¹ú²úAV’s Homecoming celebration, a tradition that dates back to 1923, is scheduled for the week of October 5-10. While ¹ú²úAV Football will not take the field and alumni reunions are postponed, the alumni office is organizing virtual and remote opportunities for you to share your Bear Pride in your hometown communities.

In inviting you to celebrate ¹ú²úAV’s Homecoming from Home, we’re asking you to help us keep both our communities and Bear Pride healthy this year. We know that ¹ú²úAV alumni are the thread that keep our university community tied together across class years, careers and cities. This year is our opportunity to show how close we can be even when we are apart.

Check out these 5 ways we are celebrating then visit to learn how other parts of campus are celebrating.

Lyndsey Crum ’05
¹ú²úAV Alumni Relations


5 Ways your Alumni Association is Celebrating Homecoming from Home

(1) National Week of Service: October 5-10

As part of the Homecoming from Home 2020 celebration, bring ¹ú²úAV’s spirit of involvement and service to your hometown community when you volunteer during the Alumni Association’s national week of service October 5-10, 2020.

What: National week of alumni service to share the importance and impact of alumni involvement in hometown communities around the country.

How:

  • Sign up to volunteer at a nonprofit or community organization in your hometown during the week of October 5-10, 2020
  • If you live in a city with a ¹ú²úAV alumni group, post your volunteer plans to your city’s Facebook group to encourage other Bears to join you
  • Wear Blue and Gold or ¹ú²úAV Bear gear during your volunteer shift (if allowed by the nonprofit)
  • Share a message about ¹ú²úAV and the value of community service on social media #¹ú²úAVHomecoming2020 and
  • Participants will be entered to win a ¹ú²úAV prize pack

(2) National Alumni Meet-Up – October 5

Connect to your Bear Network during a National Alumni Meet-up on Zoom, Monday, October 5. This is a great way to connect with fellow ¹ú²úAV alumni and start building your Bear Network.

(3) Alumni Career Panel – October 6

Join a ¹ú²úAV Alumni Career Panel to gain career and industry insight. .

(4) Blue & Gold Friday – October 9

Whether you’re at work or at home, pull out your favorite or Blue and Gold, and wear your ¹ú²úAV spirit with pride. If you’re working remotely, download a ¹ú²úAV virtual background featuring ¹ú²úAV’s campus, athletics and other fun ¹ú²úAV scenes.

(5) Support the Bears & Local Business – October 10

Explore Greeley’s growing Downtown -whether in person or virtually. Download the new to check-in downtown on Saturday October 10 and you'll help support local business and earn rewards points. Can't make it to Downtown Greeley? to see how Greeley  has grown!

Other ways to get involved

Alumni connections are an important part of ¹ú²úAV’s community. Help ¹ú²úAV grow and our community thrive when you get involved. Learn more

A Community Connected

Bears Support Bears

Among the ways that you may choose to share your ¹ú²úAV pride is through a gift in support of current and future students. ¹ú²úAV alumni generously support a variety of funds all year, directly impacting their fellow Bears. Consider making your annual gift during Homecoming from Home this year.