This year’s Homecoming theme is “Oh, the places you’ll go!”, but some of us here at the Kentucky Building are reminiscing about all of the places that WKU Homecoming has been. From float building, to Big Red’s Roar, to the parade, to the football game, and finally to Homecoming Queen, WKU students have continued the tradition of banding together for a week filled with spirit and Hilltopper pride! Below are several images from Homecoming’s past courtesy of our very own Department of Special Collections at WKU.
Pershing Rifles float, 1960Christine DeVries and members of her homecoming court, 1964.Dorm residents preparing for homecoming, 1968.Alice Gatewood, WKU’s first African American homecoming queen, 1972.Homecoming float, 1975.Members of Sigma Kappa at Big Red’s Roar, 1976.WKU football players at the homecoming game, 1980.Homecoming queen Ruth Hosse, 1989.Members of the Hillraisers Club at the homecoming rally, 1998.Sorority sisters participating in the homecoming step show, 1998.
The Kentucky Museum is located in the Kentucky Building on the campus of Western Kentucky University. The Museum houses several changing exhibits. There are a variety of partnerships, services, opportunities, workshops, camps and other outreach provided to the public each year.
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