A full week of festivities is planned as Cal U celebrates Homecoming 2015 with a talent showcase and a float-filled parade with a “Superheroes” theme. Weekend events begin at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23, when interim University President Geraldine M. Jones invites alumni, employees and friends of Cal U to attend “Our Showcase of Stars” in Steele Hall Mainstage Theater. Some of Cal U’s most talented alumni, students and faculty will appear onstage to benefit the Student Scholarship Fund for Academics, Arts and Athletics.  Ticket price is $10; students with valid CalCards are admitted free. All Cal U alumni are invited, and the public is welcome to attend. Tickets will be available at the door, or by calling the Steele Hall Box Office at 724-938-5943.

The annual Homecoming Parade begins at noon on Oct. 24. The lineup of bands, floats and marchers will step off from the Convocation Center courtyard and travel down Third Street. Marchers will turn right at Union Street and return to campus on Second Street.  The march will include the Vulcan women’s basketball team, winners of the 2015 NCAA Division II National Championship.

A Vulcan Huddle tailgate party begins at 1:30 p.m. at Roadman Park, near the pavilions outside Adamson Stadium.

At 3 p.m. the Cal U football team hosts Clarion University in Adamson Stadium. The Cal U Marching Band will perform at halftime, when winners of the Homecoming Parade float competition will be announced and the Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned.

For more information about Our Showcase of Stars and a complete schedule of Homecoming events, visit www.calu.edu.

Homecoming Parking and Transportation

On Campus

Free visitor parking is available Oct. 24 in Lot 4 (the River Lot) and from 8 a.m.-11 p.m. in the Vulcan Garage, off Third Street near the campus entrance.

Flat-rate parking is available from 3 p.m. Oct. 23 to 11:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the pay-by-license metered lots behind the Natali Student Center (Lot 17) and Gallagher Hall (Lot 11).

On Oct. 24, Homecoming Day, Lot 21 will be closed so family activities can be held. Lot 11 will be used for Homecoming Court and parade vehicles. Lot 2 will be open to permit holders and those attending the President’s Circle brunch.

Road closures

Beginning at 7 a.m. Oct. 24, Third Street will be closed on campus, and Hickory Street will be closed from Sixth to Third streets to accommodate the parade. Campus road closures continue throughout the day. Motorists can access Lot 4 (the River Lot) via Green Street and Second Street.

In California Borough, no parking is permitted from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 24 on Second Street (200 to 500 blocks), Third Street (200 and 400 blocks) and Union Street (200 block).

Borough police will ticket vehicles parked along the parade route beginning at 9 a.m. After 10 a.m., vehicles parked along the route will be towed.

Vulcan Flyer shuttles

Vulcan Flyer shuttles will operate as usual until 11:30 a.m. Oct. 24. Service will resume immediately after the Homecoming Parade, when the shuttle stops at Booker Towers to take football fans to Adamson Stadium.

Shuttle service between Roadman Park and the main campus continues until 11 p.m. Oct. 24.