Homecoming & Family Weekend 2025: Come Back to the Nest!

Please mark your calendar for September 26-27, 2025, for this year’s Homecoming & Family Weekend!

This fall, we are looking forward to welcoming alumni, families, and friends back to campus for our annual Homecoming & Family Weekend! We had great feedback from last year’s event, and have these activities to look forward to this year:

• The Class of 1975 will celebrate its 50th Golden Reunion! Visit the Class of ’75 Reunion page here.
• The entire event will take place under the trees on the Towers Lawn and adjacent grounds!
• Friday evening will be focused on our Class of 1975 50th Reunion festivities.
• The Celebration of Otterbein Awards will take place on Saturday morning, at a special breakfast in the Campus Center.
• OtterFest will be on Saturday only this year, with a larger biergarten with partner Seventh Son Brewing Co. and Kitty Paw, emcee, music, and campus and alumni group tents.
• We’ll continue the new parade route from last year, along with activities for kids on Saturday morning, including the Ohio Wildlife Center demonstration, Luke the Juggler, Face Painting by Rita, and lawn games.

Make plans now to join us! Registration will open in July… but book your hotel now, via the links listed toward the bottom of this web page.

*Traffic Alert: The City of Westerville is hosting its Fall Arborfest on Homecoming Day, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Alum Creek Park off Main Street. Homecoming attendees are encouraged to access campus via Route 3/State Street versus Cleveland Ave/Main Street to avoid traffic delays. More info here.

The full schedule of Homecoming & Family Weekend 2205 activities will be posted soon!