Faculty/Staff Breakfast, Blood Drive, Residence Hall Dinner & Talent Search ... Oh My!!

So I'm sitting in Pruis Hall at the Blood Drive, and I can't believe we are already on day three of Homecoming Week! We've already had the Flag Football Prelims on Sunday and Opening Ceremonies & Fireworks last night, both of which were great successes!

Today has been an especially busy day for me already. The General Chair, Chanel, and I each got to speak on the 104.1 WLBC about Homecoming with Steve Lindell. We then went to the Faculty/Staff Breakfast and ate some really good food, thanks to the Ball State Federal Credit Union! The breakfast was a really good opportunity for the committee and myself to socialize with the professors and other faculty at Ball State. It's also a really good way for all of us to say thanks for all the hard work they do.

As I said earlier, I am currently helping at the Blood Drive, which was put together with the help from the American Red Cross. All day, students, faculty and the Muncie community have been donating blood and saving lives.

Next is the Residence Halls Dinner starting at 5 p.m. in Elliott, Noyer and LaFollette Halls. I am very excited for this because I can't wait to eat some good food! Meals are free with a dining swipe or $7.55 for all of you off-campus students. Everyone will also get an awesome "Rock the Red" nalgene water bottle!

The highlight and ending to Tuesday of Homecoming Week is the Student Scholarship Talent Search in Emens Auditorium! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. There were around 70 acts who auditioned and it was narrowed down to 20, so we have the cream of the crop for tonight's entertainment. There is will be $4,500 worth of scholarships to give away and one lucky person in attendance will have the chance to win a FREE IPOD NANO!

I hope everyone comes out to the great week of events we have planned and be sure to come out to Talent Search tonight! It will be a great show!!

Meaghan Sigman

Publicity Chair

Homecoming Week!

Wow....I've been sitting here at my computer, eating cheerios, and I can't stop thinking about how freaking amazing Homecoming Week is going to be. Think about the best day you've had throughout your entire life....and MULTIPLY THAT BY 7! It's going to be a crazy week jam packed with amazingness. You better get hype.

Anywhoo...on a more serious note, I have something fantastic to tell you about!! The American Red Cross will be hosting a blood drive on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 from 9:00am-3:00pm at Pruis Hall.

If you would like to make an appointment to give blood, please go to www.redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code: ballstate to set up an appointment. Walk-ins are also welcome! You can earn up to 40 Ashley Points for your organization.

The Red Cross is in great need of blood donations. The Homecoming Steering Committee is fairly large and we will hunt you down if you do not give blood. See you all there giving blood from 9:00am-3:00pm....or else.

ROCK THE RED! :)

LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED

2010 BALL STATE HOMECOMING IS IN 2 WEEKS!!!!

I hope you all are as excited as the Homecoming Steering Committee is! Thanks to everyone who attended the Homecoming Roalty Fashion Show. It was so much fun! You can the top 10 king and queen candidates on our website (http://cms.bsu.edu/About/AdministrativeOffices/Alumni/Homecoming/Royalty.aspx)

Another big thanks to ALL the teams that signed up for events. You guys help make Homecoming exciting and successful!

Events this week:

Tuesday: Flag Football Tournament Captain's Meeting--make sure your team captain or a representative from your team attends! It's at 5:30 p.m. in the Alumni Center conference room 1.

Wednesday: Faculty/Staff and Royalty Social--we invite ALL faculty staff and royalty candidates to attend. Event starts at 4:30 in the Alumni Center. Come enjoy delicious, free food and mingle :]

Thursday: Royalty Dinner and Interviews--all royalty are to be in attendance. Event starts at 5 p.m. in the Alumni Center. Look pretty!

Oct. 4-9: ALL STUDENTS/FACULTY/STAFF/ALUMNI--we encourage you to come to as many Homecoming events as possible! It will be a fun time for everyone. Rock the Red!

See you guys in the upcoming weeks!

Kait

Hey guys!

Royalty voting is going on NOW. Vote for your Ball State Homecoming student and faculty king and queen at www.bsu.edu/votebsu. Polls close Monday, Sept. 20th at 4 p.m.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Fall Info Meeting. The Committee's excited to kick registration off, and I'm excited for those Flag Football Tournament forms to start rollin' in! ;]

Speaking of which, remember that your COMPLETED registration forms, release of liability forms (if applicable) and PAYMENT are all due to the Homecoming Office upstairs in the Alumni Center by Thursday, September 23rd at 4 p.m.

You can also drop off registration forms to our table in the Atrium between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. that day.

Don't miss out on the Homecoming 2010 experience! Order your homecoming shirt for only $10, register your teams and get ready to ROCK THE RED with us the week of October 3.

Event descriptions and forms, as well as t-shirt information can be found at http://cms.bsu.edu/About/AdministrativeOffices/Alumni/Homecoming.aspx.

--Kait, Flag Football Chair :]

Fall Info Meeting Tonight!

Don't forget ladies and gents the Homecoming Fall Information Meeting is TONIGHT at 9:30 p.m. at the Alumni Center! Make sure to have at least one representative to come from your organization so that you can receive Ashley Points! Plus there is FREE pizza and drinks!

Air Jam Registration Forms

Can begin to be turned in to the Alumni Center TOMORROW MORNING at 9:00 a.m. Remember that there is a $30 registration fee and we have only 20 spots to fill. After the first twenty the next seven will be alternates so make sure to turn your forms in ASAP! Registration will close at 4 p.m. on September 17!

See you tonight!!

J.Day, Air Jam Chairman

6 more weeks until Rock the Red!!

Thanks to everyone who visited our booth at the activity fair tonight! We hope you're getting as excited as we are for Homecoming 2010, Rock the Red!!!

For those of you who signed up to help with events this year, we'll be contacting you with subcommittee info soon!

Mark on your calendars, planners, cell phones, whatever you use that the Fall Info Meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 8th at 9:30 p.m. in the Alumni Center. Come hear about all of the awesome events going on during Homecoming week, eat FREE pizza, and GET PUMPED UP! :] Hope to see you all there!

Kait Buck is my name, Flag Football is my game (and you better be there Oct. 6th!)

A SUMMER POST! :D

We just finished our summer retreat today! We all have a lot accomplished, however we still have a bit further to go! For AirJam:

-Giveaways are finalized
-Code Red has confirmed their exhibition performance
-I have 3 members so far for my subcommittee (I am looking to fill 8 spots)
-E-mailed about getting the drumline to perform at opening day and the marching band in the parade
-E-Mailed my hometown marching band about participating in the parade
-E-mailed dealerships about possible convertibles for the parade
-Air Jam forms are updated
-Working on a seating chart for judges and performers for the show, HSC intro at Air Jam, day of show time line

Today I was working on my schedule for this fall, and WHOO it is going to be busy!! I feel like it will be manageable though(I am nervous about time commitments with my internship... going to contact them tomorrow).

I hope everyone's summer is going well!!!!

p.s. if you were counting.... 11 WEEKS UNTIL HOMECOMING!!!

One Love,

J.Day, Air Jam Chairman

Homecoming Schedule...

A thought just occurred to me... if you didn't attend the Spring Info meeting, NOT ONLY did you miss out on tons of pizza but you also missed out the release of the Homecoming 2010 schedule. I guess I can still let you guys in on it though.... :]

Sunday, Oct. 3: Flag Football pre-lims at Bethel Rec Fields

Monday, Oct. 4: Opening Ceremonies at the new Rec Center followed by FIREWORKS on LaFollette Field

Tuesday, Oct. 5: Residence hall dinner + Ball State's Got Talent (talent search!)

Wednesday, Oct. 6: "Pimp My Grill" Tailgating Competition + Flag Football semi-finals/championship at Schuemann Stadium

Thursday, Oct. 7: AIR JAM.

Friday, Oct. 8: Bed Races on Riverside @ their NEW TIME: 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 9: Morning parade--time TBA + Football game vs. Western Michigan Broncos!

On a side note, if you plan on being in the parade this year--SIGN UP EARLY. We are decreasing the number of entries this year.

Thanks!

Kait

COUNTDOWN: 9 SCHOOL WEEKS UNTIL "ROCK THE RED" HOMECOMING 2010!!

Hey everyone!

Just thought I'd drop in and say thanks to everyone who came to the Spring Info meeting. Hopefully you're all getting as pumped about homecoming as the steering committee is!

I've just about got everything done for flag football for this semester. We've got some great giveaways planned for people who play AND people who watch! You should definitely make this event a must see during homecoming week :]

Have a great end of semester! We'll see you at the Fall Info meeting in a few months!

Kait Buck

Flag Football Chairman

Faculty & Staff Royalty!!

Hey Guys!!

I hope you are getting as excited as we are about Homecoming 2010! My name is Brittney Williams and I am the Faculty/Staff Chairman. I am really excited to be planning some great events for Homecoming 2010! This past week nominations were submitted for faculty and staff royalty. I am proud to say that we have 102 queen nominations and 93 king nominations for faculty and staff!!

This fall is when we will be voting for Homecoming 2010 Faculty/Staff Royalty King and Queen!! I hope everyone who attended the Spring Information Meeting last night enjoyed themselves and found out some very helpful information about homecoming!

Thanks & Rock the Red,

Brittney Williams

Faculty/Staff Chairman

Air Jam 2010!!!

Get pumped! Air Jam 2010 is coming soon! This event is always well attended by the Ball State community, and this year will be the most exciting year we have seen yet! Coronation of the 2010 Homecoming king, queen, and cournt will be during Air Jam again this year. This sell out event will be held on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 9:00 p.m. in Emens Auditorium!

I am delighted and honored to be a poart of one of the most anticipated events of the week and cant wait to see the creative and exciting dance and lyracism with this years 'Rockin' theme! We have a lot of the same criteria as last year in regards to having a 20 entry limit with 7 alternate spots, each team will have a non-refundable $30 entry fee to be considered, and songs will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

There are 3 judging categories (Greek, Residence Hall, and Independent) with 5-20 people per team. Ashley Points will be awarded for group participation. Judges will award points to groups the fit the theme'Rock the Red' theme in their acts, dance, and accuracy of lip-sync.

I am very excited to meet all of you in the fall! With you cooperation and enthusiasm, I know that Air Jam will be a great success and Homecoming 2010 will be 'ROCKIN'!'

One Love,

Jenna Day

Alpha Gamma Delta, Beta Tau
Cardinal Corps
Homecoming Steering Committee, Air Jam Chairman
Peer Health Education, Mentor
Student Alumni Relations Team (St.A.R.T.)
Office of Admissions

FREE PIZZA! -say what?

HEY GUYS! SPRING INFO MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AT 9:30PM! COME GET FREE PIZZA! and learn about the best event of the year!

Get ready for a Rockin Homecoming this year!!! So far we have had a little over a months worth of meetings and we have been coming up with some really cool ideas for Homecoming 2010! We have some new events and of course some old traditional ones.

I have been preparing street closings and getting all the paper work completed for the Parade. Soon I can focus on the fun stuff- LIKE PARADE ENTRIES! :) Everyone be sure to turn in your entry forms for the parade early! We will be cutting down on entry forms this year- it will be first come first serve.

See you all tomorrow night!

love,

Paula Truex

(Parade Chair)

Rock the RED!!

Hey everybody, my name is Matt Wells and I am in charge of Community Relations/Sponsorships and Promotions for Homecoming 2010. We are starting to get things together in our preparations for the biggest week of the school year!

Sponsorships and promotions are a huge part of each event that occur throughout the week. As always, the committee is looking for donations from anybody and everybody that wants to be a part of Homecoming! However, a big push this year is bringing the sponsors to the students and connecting the community with our beautiful campus. How is this going to happen? Simple.

Air Jam will include a brand-new "sponsorship row" of local businesses who will be on-site giving away items and information about their companies to interested students. They will be there at the door, waiting on you, and ready to showcase their business on one of the biggest nights of the year. It's too early to unveil who is going to be involved, but it's something to get excited about!

Finally, if anyone wants to get involved with Homecoming on a promotional side or via donation, feel free to contact me at bsuhomecoming10promotions@gmail.com to set up a meeting! I would love to hear from you and I am extremely excited for the week of October 4-9, leading all the way to a battle against MAC West foe Western Michigan!

GO CARDS AND... ROCK THE RED!

Matt Wells
Community Relations/Sponsorships/Promotions

What's New this Year!

As the title to this post suggest there are some new things this year's upcoming "Rock the Red" Homecoming 2010.

This is Bryan and I am one of the Special Event Coordinators and my event is going to blow your socks off. Last year was BSU's first ever all campus Flag Football Tournament. What goes best with football and friends? Grilling out of course!

Before the Flag Football Tournament we will be having our first ever "Pimp My Grill" Tailgate Contest. Organizations, Faculty/Staff, alumni, and students will compete for the ULTIMATE TAILGATING PACKAGE!

We potentially might also have a live band to play while the competitors are setting up as well as enjoying themselves before the game!

We will be giving out the awards during halftime of the Championship Game. Awards will be given to divisional winners, an overall winner, and Best Food Entrée!

Get excited for "Rock the Red" and "Pimp My Grill"!

UPDATE from Special Events Chairman!

Hey everyone! I'm Kait, one of your 4 Special Events Chairmen for this year's homecoming!

Things are really picking up speed lately so get excited! We have all of our events in place and a GREAT theme--Rock the Red! The spring info meeting is next Wednesday, April 14th so come out, get pumped for homecoming and eat free pizza :]

This week we're finishing up the logo and getting together prizes/awards/giveaways for all of our events. Look forward to some pretty cool freebies this year!

My baby this year is the Flag Football Tournament--yes, it's back for a 2nd run!! This year we've decided on a major change though. Both a semi-finals round AND the championship game will be hosted at Schuemann Stadium. Hopefully this will give more of you a chance to play in the Stadium and generate more EXCITEMENT! Learn more about this event at the Spring Info Meeting and start thinking about your teams. Maybe you could be the Flag Football Champion of Homecoming 2010!!

First blog from your royalty chairperson!!

First Post on the site!
Kalyn here from the 2010 Homecoming Steering Committee as Royalty Chairperson! Things are rolling right along on our agenda with sponsorships rolling in, new special events and nominations for this year's royalty candidates. If you haven't heard already our theme is......ROCK THE RED BALL STATE HOMECOMING 2010! So get excited because this Homecoming is about to the best yet!!