Fairmont State University’s homecoming parade goes through historic downtown Fairmont at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 1. The grand marshals are Robert and Shannon Colaianni Tinnell, who started Fairmont’s Feast of the Seven Fishes Festival in 2006. This year’s Alumni Award honorees will also ride in the parade.
The parade is part of homecoming week, September 28 through October 4, with the theme “Meet Me on the Hill.” Other homecoming events:
- Thursday, October 1: Emeritus Luncheon honoring the Class of 1976 at noon in the Falcon Center Conference Rooms (tickets required), an alumni social at 4 p.m. at The Joe (323½ Adams St.), and Thursday Night Lights at 7 p.m. in the tennis courts gravel lot on campus.
- Friday, October 2: Alumni Awards Luncheon at noon and the Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner at 5 p.m., both in Falcon Center Gym 1 (tickets required for both).
- Saturday, October 3: an alumni tailgate from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Duvall-Rosier Field White Lot, then the 2 p.m. homecoming football game against Glenville State.
The full schedule and registration details are on the university’s homecoming website.