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Slippery Rock University planning homecoming events

Rocky, the mascot having a grand time during the SRU Homecoming parade.

Slippery Rock University is throwing it back for this year’s Homecoming festivities.

With the theme “A Very Vintage Homecoming,” SRU’s Oct. 16 through 18 events will serve as a heartfelt tribute to the memories that unite alumni as they return to campus to celebrate where it all began, according to a news release from the university.

The Homecoming parade starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the intersection of Main Street and Route 108 in Slippery Rock. It will then follow Main Street to Morrow Way and end at the intersection of Morrow Way and Campus Drive.

Later on Oct. 18, The Rock football team will host Indiana University of Pennsylvania at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium at 1 p.m. and will feature the crowning of the Homecoming royalty at halftime and special on-field recognition ceremonies.

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