Morningside announces homecoming events
Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Morningside College’s returning alumni will have the opportunity to see recent campus improvement projects when the college celebrates Homecoming 2007 "Taste of Morningside" Friday, Oct. 5 through Sunday, Oct. 7.
Morningside has invested $15 million in campus improvements that are scheduled to be completed by the spring of 2008.
A Morningside volleyball match will be played in the renovated Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center-Allee Gym, class reunions will be held in the Yockey Family Community Room on the renovated first floor of the Olsen Student Center and campus tours will showcase Lags Hall, the Jensen Softball Complex and a glimpse of the Hilker Campus Green Space which is scheduled for completion by May 2008.
"With these new facilities comes renewed fervor in celebrating the rich history and traditions of Morningside College," said Gene Ambroson, director of alumni relations. "Morningside has a flavor all its own and, for the second time in as many years, we will celebrate the uniqueness of Morningside by hosting the Taste of Morningside’ celebration after the Mustangs’ football game against Hastings College on Saturday."
Last year’s homecoming featured a food festival with favorites from local vendors accompanied by live music from the Magnificent Board of Directors. Both events are back this year and will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot across the street from Dimmitt Hall at the intersection of Peters Avenue and South Paxton Street. A fireworks display will follow the food festival.
The food festival will feature buffalo wings from Bob Roe’s Point After, Charlie Boy taverns from Miles Inn, pizza from Jerry’s Pizza, onion chips from Tastee Inn and Out, hot dogs and hamburgers from Coney Island, chicken from Sneaky’s, Boss Hog BBQ and ice cream treats from Well’s Blue Bunny. Tickets can be purchased at registration or at the event at the price of $1 per ticket. Venders will determine the number of tickets needed per food or beverage item.
The Magnificent Board of Directors, inducted into the Iowa Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, is a Siouxland-based, 10-piece band featuring four horns, a rhythm section, lead guitar, keyboards and lead vocalist. Morningside alumni Joel Orthman, Dave Snakenberg, Kevin Linder and Mike Guntren are all members of the group.
The homecoming alumni weekend will feature special events for the classes of 1947, 1957, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987 and 1997. In addition, there will be reunions for members of Morningside’s football teams from 1948 to 1956, members of Morningside’s wrestling teams from 1962 to 1978, the Acacia Fraternity and Student Ambassadors.
The Homecoming Coronation and Talent Show will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in Eppley Auditorium. An alumni art exhibit will be on display in Eppley Art Gallery from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6.
A concert featuring Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans and desert sponsored by Dairy Queen will take place at 8:30 p.m Friday, Oct. 5, in Eppley Auditorium. Other events that day will include an all-college reception at the Spoonholder Caf in Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Learning Center, class reunion dinners for the classes of 1947, 1957 and 1982 at 6:30 p.m. in the Yockey Family Community Room of the Olsen Student Center.
Reunion gatherings for the football and wrestling teams will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Marina Inn in South Sioux City. Reunion gatherings for the Acacia Fraternity, Student Ambassadors, and the classes of 1972, 1967, 1977, 1987, and 1997 will be at Mac Behr’s on Historic Fourth Street.
Saturday events will include the "Taste of Morningside" food festival and live music by the Magnificent Board of Directors; campus tours departing from Eppley Auditorium from 9 a.m. to noon.; a 5K Wellness Fun Walk/Run at Elwood Olsen Stadium and around the Morningside campus at 8 a.m.; the M-Club Brunch at 11 a.m. in the Yockey Family Community Room of the Olsen Student Center; a volleyball match between Morningside and Doane College at 11 a.m. in the Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center-Allee Gym, Morningside’s homecoming football game against Hastings (Neb.) College at 2 p.m. at Elwood Olsen Stadium; and the fireworks display.
Homecoming worship services will be at 8:30 and 11 a.m.Sunday at Grace United Methodist Church, 1735 Morningside Ave.
Reservations are required for Friday’s class reunion dinner and football and wrestling gatherings and can be made by calling (712) 274-5107. Costs are $15 for the class reunion dinner and $25 for the reunion gatherings. Admission prices for the volleyball match are $6 for adults and $2 for K-12 students and are available at the gate. Ticket prices for the football game are $6 for adults and $2 for students and are available at the gate.
Reservations are also required for the M-Club Brunch and can be made by calling (712) 274-5192. Cost is $11 if reservations are made by Friday, Sept. 28, and $15 at the door. The Wellness Fun Walk/Run is sponsored by Morningside’s Wellness Committee and is open to alumni, friends and children. Entry fee is $10.
For more information on these and other 2007 Homecoming events, please call the Alumni office at (712) 274-5107.
Morningside has invested $15 million in campus improvements that are scheduled to be completed by the spring of 2008.
A Morningside volleyball match will be played in the renovated Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center-Allee Gym, class reunions will be held in the Yockey Family Community Room on the renovated first floor of the Olsen Student Center and campus tours will showcase Lags Hall, the Jensen Softball Complex and a glimpse of the Hilker Campus Green Space which is scheduled for completion by May 2008.
"With these new facilities comes renewed fervor in celebrating the rich history and traditions of Morningside College," said Gene Ambroson, director of alumni relations. "Morningside has a flavor all its own and, for the second time in as many years, we will celebrate the uniqueness of Morningside by hosting the Taste of Morningside’ celebration after the Mustangs’ football game against Hastings College on Saturday."
Last year’s homecoming featured a food festival with favorites from local vendors accompanied by live music from the Magnificent Board of Directors. Both events are back this year and will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot across the street from Dimmitt Hall at the intersection of Peters Avenue and South Paxton Street. A fireworks display will follow the food festival.
The food festival will feature buffalo wings from Bob Roe’s Point After, Charlie Boy taverns from Miles Inn, pizza from Jerry’s Pizza, onion chips from Tastee Inn and Out, hot dogs and hamburgers from Coney Island, chicken from Sneaky’s, Boss Hog BBQ and ice cream treats from Well’s Blue Bunny. Tickets can be purchased at registration or at the event at the price of $1 per ticket. Venders will determine the number of tickets needed per food or beverage item.
The Magnificent Board of Directors, inducted into the Iowa Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, is a Siouxland-based, 10-piece band featuring four horns, a rhythm section, lead guitar, keyboards and lead vocalist. Morningside alumni Joel Orthman, Dave Snakenberg, Kevin Linder and Mike Guntren are all members of the group.
The homecoming alumni weekend will feature special events for the classes of 1947, 1957, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987 and 1997. In addition, there will be reunions for members of Morningside’s football teams from 1948 to 1956, members of Morningside’s wrestling teams from 1962 to 1978, the Acacia Fraternity and Student Ambassadors.
The Homecoming Coronation and Talent Show will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in Eppley Auditorium. An alumni art exhibit will be on display in Eppley Art Gallery from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6.
A concert featuring Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans and desert sponsored by Dairy Queen will take place at 8:30 p.m Friday, Oct. 5, in Eppley Auditorium. Other events that day will include an all-college reception at the Spoonholder Caf in Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Learning Center, class reunion dinners for the classes of 1947, 1957 and 1982 at 6:30 p.m. in the Yockey Family Community Room of the Olsen Student Center.
Reunion gatherings for the football and wrestling teams will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Marina Inn in South Sioux City. Reunion gatherings for the Acacia Fraternity, Student Ambassadors, and the classes of 1972, 1967, 1977, 1987, and 1997 will be at Mac Behr’s on Historic Fourth Street.
Saturday events will include the "Taste of Morningside" food festival and live music by the Magnificent Board of Directors; campus tours departing from Eppley Auditorium from 9 a.m. to noon.; a 5K Wellness Fun Walk/Run at Elwood Olsen Stadium and around the Morningside campus at 8 a.m.; the M-Club Brunch at 11 a.m. in the Yockey Family Community Room of the Olsen Student Center; a volleyball match between Morningside and Doane College at 11 a.m. in the Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center-Allee Gym, Morningside’s homecoming football game against Hastings (Neb.) College at 2 p.m. at Elwood Olsen Stadium; and the fireworks display.
Homecoming worship services will be at 8:30 and 11 a.m.Sunday at Grace United Methodist Church, 1735 Morningside Ave.
Reservations are required for Friday’s class reunion dinner and football and wrestling gatherings and can be made by calling (712) 274-5107. Costs are $15 for the class reunion dinner and $25 for the reunion gatherings. Admission prices for the volleyball match are $6 for adults and $2 for K-12 students and are available at the gate. Ticket prices for the football game are $6 for adults and $2 for students and are available at the gate.
Reservations are also required for the M-Club Brunch and can be made by calling (712) 274-5192. Cost is $11 if reservations are made by Friday, Sept. 28, and $15 at the door. The Wellness Fun Walk/Run is sponsored by Morningside’s Wellness Committee and is open to alumni, friends and children. Entry fee is $10.
For more information on these and other 2007 Homecoming events, please call the Alumni office at (712) 274-5107.
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