Homecoming

Alumni Activities & Events

Homecoming & Family Weekend

October 3-5, 2025

Homecoming is the largest gathering of MNU alumni all year long. We welcome alums and their families to campus for a weekend full of fun and meaningful events and activities. We worship, enjoy fellowship with each other, cheer for our teams, admire the talent of our current students and our fellow alums, recognize the purposeful lives we lead, and celebrate the faithful lives of those we have lost in the past year.

It is a powerful weekend, and we want as many alums as possible to join us on campus every year.

9:30 AM	Homecoming Chapel	College Church
11:30 AM	Alumni Award Honorees Luncheon (invite only)	Cunningham Center (Austin Room)
12:30 PM	Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Bell Center (Performance Hall)
3:00 PM	Copeland Athletic Complex Site Visit	Pioneer Field
4:00 PM	Hymn Sing-Along	Weatherby Chapel
5:00 PM	MNU Block Party (till 7:00 PM)	Cunningham Center (Founder’s Plaza)
5:00 PM	Homecoming Chili/Dog Dinner*	Cunningham Center (Founder’s Plaza)
6:00 PM	Friends of the Performing Arts Reception (invite only)	Bell Center (Gilmore Room)
7:00 PM	Volleyball Game vs Park*	Cook Center
7:30 PM	COLLAGE: Performing Arts Concert*	Bell Center (Performance Hall)
9:00 PM	Men’s Soccer Alumni Futsal Game	Cook Center

*Event requires registration | **Event is at your own expense

8:30 AM	Homecoming Celebration Breakfast*	College Church (Uphaus Hall)
9:00 AM	Women’s Soccer Alumni Game	Pioneer Field
10:00 AM	Class Reunions*	Metz/Smith
10:00 AM	Golden Reunion: Class of 1974*	College Church (Garrett Chapel)
10:00 AM	Volleyball Alumni Game	Cook Center
12:00 PM	Lunch**	Cunningham Center (Wiley Commons)
1:00 PM	Women’s Soccer Game vs Mount Mercy*	Pioneer Field
2:00 PM	Homecoming Football Game vs Missouri Valley*	Olathe District Activity Center (ODAC)
3:30 PM	Men’s Soccer Game vs Mount Mercy*	Pioneer Field
5:00 PM	Pioneer Family Feast*	Cunningham Center (Wiley Commons)
7:00 PM	Women’s Basketball Alumni Game	Cook Center
7:00 PM	MNU’s Night of Praise	Cunningham Center (Founder’s Plaza)
7:30 PM	Student Homecoming Banquet	Kansas City, MO
8:30 PM	Men’s Basketball Alumni Game	Cook Center

*Event requires registration | **Event is at your own expense

8:00 AM	President’s Memorial Prayer Breakfast*	Bell Center (Grand Lobby)
9:00 AM	Homecoming & Family Worship	College Church
10:30 AM	Golden Reunion Sunday School Class	Weatherby Chapel

Homecoming 2024 Highlights

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Homecoming Information

Presenting the 2025 Alumni Awards

Each year, we honor several alumni who have led purposeful lives following their days at MNU. These awards include: Alumna of the Year, Alumnus of the Year, Young Alum of the Year, and Carrying the Torch. In 2022, we created the Michael Copeland Civic Leadership Award to honor alumni who are serving in the public sector. If you would like to nominate a Pioneer for any of these awards, please fill out the Nomination Form by May 1. Recipients will be announced in September and will be honored during Homecoming & Family Weekend, October 3-5.

NOMINATE

Alumni Reunions

Remember, relive, and reconnect as the classes of 1972, 1973 and 1974 welcome the Class of 1975 into the Golden Circle at their 50-year reunion, while the classes of ’80, ’85, ’90, ’95, ’00, ’05, ’10, ’15, and ’20 celebrate their reunions. Each class will have their own reserved room and a committee of peers who have organized activities. Cost is free, but registration is required.

Alumni Gatherings

There is a little something for everyone on the Homecoming schedule:

Reunion Alumni: Homecoming Chapel; Class Reunions; Homecoming Celebration Breakfast; Homecoming Football Game; Pioneer Family Feast; MNU Night of Praise

Former Athletes: Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony; Athletic Alumni Gatherings for Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Soccer

Families: Junior/Senior Visit Weekend; MNU Block Party; Homecoming Football Game; Pioneer Family Feast; MNU Night of Praise

MNU Fans: Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony; Pioneer Volleyball Match, Homecoming Football Game; Pioneer Men’s & Women’s Soccer Matches; Men’s & Women’s Basketball Varsity vs Alumni Games

Music Lovers: Homecoming Chapel; Collage Concert; MNU Night of Praise

Hotels

Our homecoming festivities fall on the same weekend as a major soccer complex in Olathe, causing a shortage of available hotel rooms. Check availability soon.

HOTEL GUIDE

CAMPUS MAP

Events

MNU Theatre | Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical

Bell Cultural Events Center - Mabee Performing Arts Hall

Nov 23, 2024 @ 7:30pm

to Nov 23, 2024 @ 9:30pm

Based on the 1992 movie and inspired by a true story, Newsies is a musical theatre favorite! Set in early 1900s New York City, Newsies is the tale of the young children who sold papers for a living and the strike they undertook to force Pulitzer to provide them a living wage.

MNU Theatre | Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical

Bell Cultural Events Center - Mabee Performing Arts Hall

Nov 22, 2024 @ 7:30pm

to Nov 23, 2024 @ 9:30pm

Newsies Backstage Experience

Bell Cultural Events Center - Gilmore Room

Nov 23, 2024 @ 10:00am

to Nov 23, 2024 @ 12:00pm

Join the characters from Newsies for doughnuts and coffee followed by a guided tour of the backstage and set. Then, have the opportunity to learn fight choreography and a special newspaper choreography section from the show! Finish your morning up with a great photo op!

Artist Talk, Tammy Brown

Mabee Learning Commons, 1st floor

Nov 14, 2024 @ 6:30pm

to Nov 14, 2024 @ 7:30pm

Tammy Brown is a worship artist who uses acrylics to paint Divinely inspired messages in live Worship Church and at Conferences.

Innovation Academy Invitational

MidAmerica Nazarene University - Cunningham Student Center

Feb 15, 2025 @ 10:30am

to Feb 15, 2025 @ 3:00pm

MNU's Innovation Academy Invitational is for high-achieving juniors and seniors in high school. During the event, students

MNU Concert Band, Choirs, and Chamber Orchestra | Let Everything That Has Breath

Bell Cultural Events Center - Mabee Performing Arts Hall

Apr 27, 2025 @ 3:30pm

to Apr 27, 2025 @ 5:30pm

Join us as we present our final concert of the season and honor performing arts seniors in the MNU Concert Band, MNU Heritage Choir, MNU Symphonic Choir, and MNU Chamber Orchestra.

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