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Homecoming 2025

Soaring with Pride

By Rowan University

October 22^nd, 2025

What makes you soar with pride?

For the Profs who flocked to Glassboro all week, it's celebrating Homecoming traditions. Thousands of students, alumni, friends and family visited to reconnect with the campus and community and to showcase their #ProfPride during the days-long celebration.

#ProfPride

October 13 through 17 lined up a full schedule designed to keep #ProfPride building from generation to generation. Among the activities: the annual spirit competition where 30+ teams of students competed in various contests to earn points toward the coveted spirit competition.

During the team contests, Men's Ultimate Frisbee won the annual push cart competition and Alpha Psi Omega earned first place in the lip sync. Rowan Badminton won the CANstruction competition and the Sailing Sabors floated to the top in the crowd-favorite battleship tournament. Rowan Bowling placed first overall, followed by Men's Ultimate Frisbee and Martinson Honors College.

CANstruction competition helped bring in more than 700 product donations to The Shop, Rowan’s food pantry and resource center for students.

Belonging together

The Center for Belonging & Student Engagement and the Office of Alumni Engagement hosted a homecoming social, bringing together LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, staff, alumni and allies for an evening of building community.

Rowan's living and learning legacy

A special reunion breakfast honored the community legacy of Rowan's Residential Learning & University Housing team.

Honoring engineering alumni

Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering started its Homecoming celebration by honoring its third class of Circle of Distinction inductees.

Ric Edelman College launch

Alumni, faculty, staff and administrators celebrated the creation of the Ric Edelman College of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences.

Tailgate time

Hours before kickoff, volunteers assembled tables, tents and speakers and fired up grills for pre-game festivities with family, friends and fans.

Music and merriment abound

The Pride of the Profs Marching Band paraded through the University Showcase and tailgate for a pre-game performance with special guests Elite Diamondz, Rowan's majorette dance crew. Visitors stopped in their tracks to answers the band's "who let the Profs out?" call.

University Showcase

Guests found games and giveaways at every turn, thanks to enthusiastic representatives of departments and organizations from all of Rowan's campuses, colleges and schools.

"My favorite tradition"

"Playing football is my greatest college memory," said Rodney Taylor '68, a defensive lineman from Glassboro State College days. "The homecoming game is my favorite tradition. We come back every year," he added, gesturing to his wife and son (below). Just about every branch of their family tree is filled with alumni, including Taylor's mother, his siblings, his children and now his granddaughter, who just started her first year.

A winning week

Homecoming week put more "W's" in the record book for the Profs with Women's Volleyball, Field Hockey and Men's Soccer coming out on top for all their matches.

In Saturday's football game against William Patterson, the Profs scored a 45-16 win, but not before first-year Mordecai Ford made program history. Ford's 94-yard rush in the fourth quarter became the longest rushing touchdown in Rowan football history.

Let's hear it for the Profs

With the Profs up 19-0 at the end of the second quarter, all eyes were on midfield at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium for halftime performances from Rowan Cheerleading and Dance Team. The Pride of the Profs treated the packed stands to a "villain era" medley, including the crescendo from Wicked's "Defying Gravity"

Following the spirit competition awards, two lucky students got the chance to punt for a free car and earned $100 Rowan Bucks for their efforts. Then, the crowd acknowledged Tony Cattani '98, M'02, 2025 National High School Principal of the Year.

2025 Paul A. Hilton ’83 Fellowship Breakfast

Homecoming celebrations concluded on Sunday with the Paul A. Hilton '83 Fellowship Breakfast, hosted by the Rowan University Black Alumni Network (RUBAN). The annual event recognizes the power of unity among friends and celebrates the collective and individual contributions made to the Rowan community.

This year's event honored the late John Bunting '78, M'97, Amanda M. Koon '78 and Winifred Still Davis '76, M'77.

Rowan/Glassboro Athletic Hall of Fame

Sandy Duda '96, Jamie Elias '02, Tony Racioppi '04, Abby Singley Adams '05, Clinton Tabb III '03, John Yurkow '01, 1998 Field Hockey and 1993 Softball team were honored at the Athletic Hall of Fame induction Sunday (for more photos, captions and story).

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