Homecoming Week preview

Florida Atlantic University is celebrating Homecoming Week starting on Monday. Events are scheduled on all campuses and are targeted to reach all students - young and old, traditional and non-traditional.

Homecoming for FAU was anything but traditional until the addition of the football team in 2001. Before football, the men's and women's basketball team would be the center of Homecoming Week and would take place in February.

FAU nicknamed their homecoming Owl Prowl. This years theme: Lights, Camera, Action.

Friday night, as the official kickoff event for Parent's Weekend, the Alumni Association hosted a wine reception for students and their parents. Saturday, University President Frank Brogan will host a brunch at the Baldwin House on the Boca Raton campus from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

On Monday, which is the conclusion of Parent's Weekend and the start of Homecoming Week, Fall Family Fest is being presented by the Student Government Program Board and Housing and Residential Life. The fest will feature free food, a pep rally, a bon fire, a live broadcast of Head Football Coach Howard Schnellenberger's weekly radio show and a golf cart parade. The event starts at 5 p.m. and will run through 9 p.m. It will take place on the Housing Lawn.

On Tuesday, Housing and Residential Life will put on their 8th annual Timuqua pageant - a showcase of talent for residential students. The Timuqua Pageant is named for the recently bulldozed Timuqua Resident Hall.

Thursday will feature the Talon Awards, which is a food and wine reception honoring the Homecoming Court, as well as faculty, staff, community and student leaders.

Friday's headline event will be the comedy show with comedians Mon'Nique, DeRay Davis and Lil Duval. The show starts at 8 p.m. and will take place in the University Center auditorium.

The headline event for Owl Prowl is the football game. Kickoff against Arkansas State scheduled for Saturday at 4 p.m., and the team is expecting 10,000 fans. Tailgating will begin at 12 p.m. and will feature free food sponsored by Chartwells. Before the game, meet me and some of the other prOWLers as we meet outside of Indian River Tower Resident Hall and decorate our cars and then caravan down to the stadium. We will be starting at 11:30 a.m. and departing at 1 p.m.

The university and the athletic department are working to help lift the booze ban at Lockhart Stadium.

Sunday is reserved for the Homecoming Dance, which will take place in the University Center starting at 8 p.m.

For more information on Homecoming, visit their website at Owl Prowl.