Join us for Homecoming & Family Weekend!

September 30 – October 1, 2022

It’s Time to Celebrate! Otterbein was founded 175 years ago, and this year’s Homecoming & Family Weekend will be one for the history books.

This fall we’ve expanded our traditional Homecoming & Family Weekend to include Friday evening. We have a really fun event planned for 5 p.m. that evening where you can meet faculty and staff – and grab a beer or glass of wine! And after that it’s food trucks, live music, dancing, and a special 175th Birthday Photo Moment at 9 pm!

We hope you’ll come early for our new Friday events, spend the night at one of our area hotels (click on “Places to Stay”), and enjoy the whole Homecoming & Family Weekend as it continues throughout the day Saturday. 

Schedule subject to change. Events in BOLD are open to all alumni.

Thursday, September 29, 2022

• Golden Reunion Begins for the Classes of 1971 and 1972
  For full Golden Reunion details, click here.
• 8 p.m. | Department of Theatre & Dance presents a performance of A Little Night Music – Tickets available here beginning August 30 (Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall) 

Friday, September 30, 2022

• 9 a.m. Leather Helmet Gang (‘O’ Club Room, by invitation only)
• 9:30 a.m. Golden Reunion Welcome & Coffee (The Point)
• 10:30 a.m. Golden Reunion – Class of 1972 Photo (The Point)
• 11 a.m. Golden Reunion – Class of 1971 Photo (The Point)
• 11:30 a.m. Golden Reunion Luncheon & Celebration of Class Gifts (The Point)
• 12 p.m. Golden Reunion Picnic Luncheon (The Point)
• 2-4 p.m. Golden Reunion Activities & Tours
• 3 p.m. Dr. Beth Rigel Daugherty Retirement Reception – RSVP here (Philomathean Room, Towers Hall) 
• 5 p.m. Cardy Hour With Faculty & Staff (Campus Center West Parking Lot)
  • Families and Alumni are invited to this special 175th Celebration Happy Hour. 
• 5 p.m. Multicultural Center Open House (Barlow Hall, 88 Cochran Alley)
• 5 p.m. Sierra Leone Program Alumni Reunion (Elevate Office – Westerville, 670 Meridian Way)
• 6 p.m. Golden Reunion Happy Hour & Celebration Dinner (Renaissance Hotel)
• 7 p.m. Otterbein Choir Reunion Rehearsal – separate registration required here (Riley Auditorium) 
• 7 p.m. OtterFest (Campus Center West Parking Lot)
  • Sponsored by HES Facilities Management 
  • Live music from The British Invasion
  • Food trucks including Cardinal Pizza ($4/slice, cash only) and Dane’s Dogs and New York Specialties
  • Biergarten featuring Zaftig Brewing
    
• 8 p.m. | Department of Theatre & Dance presents a performance of A Little Night Music – Tickets available here beginning August 30 (Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall) 
• 9 p.m. Special 175th Birthday Photo Moment! (Campus Center West Parking Lot)

Saturday, October 1, 2022

• 7:30 a.m. Celebration of Otterbein Breakfast (Campus Center West Parking Lot, by invitation only)
• 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Breakfast bar and coffee available for purchase in the Den (Campus Center, 100 W. Home St.)
• 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Westerville Farmers Market (21 S. State St.)
• 9:30 a.m. Celebration of Otterbein (Cowan Hall)
  • Alumni Awards Presentation (full award recipient details here)
  • State of the University Address delivered by President John Comerford
• 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Westerville Vendor Fair (Campus Center West Parking Lot)
• 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cardy Zone for kids (Grove St.)
• 11 a.m. Homecoming Parade 
• 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. OtterFest (Campus Center West Parking Lot)
  • Sponsored by HES Facilities Management 
  • Hosted by Johnny Steiner ’96
  • Live music featuring Allison Asarch ’18, Alex Toth ’22, and more!
  • A delicious buffet lunch available for purchase on-site
  • Biergarten featuring Zaftig Brewing
• 12-2 p.m. African American Alumni Network Block Party hosted by Otterbein’s African American Student Union – All are welcome! Separate free registration required here. (The William Henry Fouse House of Black Culture, 154 W. Home St.) 
• 12-1 p.m. UPDATE: The guided tour of the Frank Museum has been changed to a guided tour of the Miller Gallery – SOLD OUT ticket required (33 Collegeview Rd.)
• 2 p.m. Football, Otterbein University vs. Capital University – part of Roush Auto Rivalry Week (Memorial Stadium)
  
• 3 p.m. Petie Dodrill Memorial (Cowan Hall)
  
• 5-7 p.m. Otterbein “O” Club Reception & Awards Program – Program begins at 6 p.m. (The Point)
• 7 p.m. Otterbein Alumni Choir Concert (Church of the Messiah, 51 N State St)
• 8 p.m. Department of Theatre & Dance presents a performance of A Little Night Music – Tickets available here beginning August 30 (Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall)