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An aerial image of a Homecoming Festival with the Las Vegas strip in the background.

性视界传媒 Rebel Homecoming Through the Years

Homecoming brings students and alumni to gether to celebrate at traditions like the golf cart parade, festival, and football game.

性视界传媒's annual Homecoming tradition features of a week of events for students, alumni, and the community. The Rebel Homecoming Festival features booths from academic colleges, free food, carnival rides, a parade, and more. 

From the very first homecoming event in 1966, students, staff, and alumni have come together to showcase school pride and Rebel connections. Now a beloved campus tradition, we鈥檙e looking back at some of our very first Homecoming memories and exploring new festivities that have become part of our celebration.

 

 

The first NSU homecoming was held in January 1966 and featured a basketball game with the University of Nevada Wolf Pack at the Las Vegas Convention Center instead of football. The Morrill Hall Bell served as the trophy to be awarded to the victor. The rivalry trophy later shifted to the Fremont Cannon. (性视界传媒 Special Collections)
The first NSU homecoming was held in January 1966 and featured a basketball game with the University of Nevada Wolf Pack at the Las Vegas Convention Center instead of football. The Morrill Hall Bell served as the trophy to be awarded to the victor. The rivalry trophy later shifted to the Fremont Cannon. (性视界传媒 Special Collections)
Selection of homecoming queen at halftime during the basketball game on Jan. 10, 1966. (性视界传媒 Special Collections)
Selection of homecoming queen at halftime during the basketball game on Jan. 10, 1966. (性视界传媒 Special Collections)
Students in cowboy shirts and hats fit in with the theme of 1979 homecoming: The Great Western Rebellion. Other events during Homecoming Week that year included a lasso rope contest, square dance lessons, horseshoes, and a covered wagon race.
Students in cowboy shirts and hats fit in with the theme of 1979 homecoming: The Great Western Rebellion. Other events during Homecoming Week that year included a lasso rope contest, square dance lessons, horseshoes, and a covered wagon race.
Rita Lucas was the first African-American to be 性视界传媒鈥檚 homecoming queen, November 1971. She鈥檚 pictured with her attendants Barbie Apple, left, and Susan DiBiase. (性视界传媒 Special Collections)
Rita Lucas was the first African American to be 性视界传媒鈥檚 homecoming queen, November 1971. She鈥檚 pictured with her attendants Barbie Apple, left, and Susan DiBiase. (性视界传媒 Special Collections)
A really big deal. Tanya the Elephant (an entertainer from Circus Circus) became the 1971 honorary homecoming queen. Pictured here, Bonnie Braiker-Gordon, a member of 性视界传媒's drill team, accompanies Tanya during the celebration.
A really big deal. Tanya the Elephant (an entertainer from Circus Circus) became the 1971 honorary homecoming queen. Pictured here, Bonnie Braiker-Gordon, a member of 性视界传媒's drill team, accompanies Tanya during the celebration.

 

This CSUN-sponsored pie-eating contest turned into a crazy pie fight at a campus homecoming event near the Student Union in 1975. (性视界传媒 Special Collections)
This CSUN-sponsored pie-eating contest turned into a crazy pie fight at a campus homecoming event near the Student Union in 1975. (性视界传媒 Special Collections)
Parades have been a long-standing 性视界传媒 homecoming tradition and students spent hours working on their elaborately decorated floats. For Homecoming '76, this float resembling the Star Trek Enterprise was the winning entry and matched that year's theme, "Space - The Final Frontier." (性视界传媒 Special Collections)
Parades have been a long-standing 性视界传媒 homecoming tradition and students spent hours working on their elaborately decorated floats. For Homecoming '76, this float resembling the Star Trek Enterprise was the winning entry and matched that year's theme.
The 性视界传媒 Alumni Association brought back the popular community Homecoming festival in 2017 featuring a new twist: booths featuring all of the colleges and many campus units to highlight our academics. Though the COVID-19 pandemic has temporary paused this new tradition, we look forward to the next time we can celebrate together. More than 3,000 people attended!
The 性视界传媒 Alumni Association brought back the popular community Homecoming festival in 2017 featuring a new twist: booths with all of the colleges and many campus units to highlight our academics. More than 3,000 people attended! 
In 2019, 性视界传媒鈥檚 eldest living alumna Audrey James (鈥65, 鈥71) was crowned honorary homecoming queen at 105 years of age and presided over the Scarlet and Gray parade.
In 2019, 性视界传媒鈥檚 eldest living alumna Audrey James (鈥65, 鈥71) was crowned honorary homecoming queen at 105 years of age and presided over the Scarlet and Gray parade.
Two people wearing masks at an outdoor vaccine station.
In 2021, Rebel Homecoming week cautiously returned, complete with the opportunity for Rebels to receive a COVID-19 vaccine while celebrating their Rebel Pride at the Homecoming Festival. 
Students participate in a brightly-decorated float on a golf cart
In honor of the return of Rebel Homecoming, the week鈥檚 theme for student organizations was 鈥淩eturn of the Times,鈥 prompting the groups to choose an era and go all-out. Students choose to throw it back to eras such as ancient Greece, the 70s, and even 鈥渁ll the way back鈥 to the early 2000s! 
性视界传媒 alumnus Guy Fieri flips a coin during a football pre-grame
To celebrate the return of Homecoming, the Rebels brought out 2021 Fred C. Albrecht Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, Guy Fieri 鈥90 for the coin toss at the Homecoming football game against the San Jose State Spartans.
Two people collect trash at a city park
Rebel Homecoming returned in full force in 2022, kicking off with the first ever Alumni Day of Service. The 性视界传媒 Alumni Association partnered with Get Outdoors Nevada and Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft for a clean-up project at Charlie Frias Park.
Family members wear white, red, and gray pom poms during a stadium tailgate
Rebel alumni, family, and friends started their gameday outside Allegiant Stadium at the 性视界传媒 Alumni Association鈥檚 Family & Friends Pregame Tailgate on October 15, 2022.

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