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Trojan Days Schedule of Events

What one thing unites campus, community and over 144 years? Trojan Days! The 2025 Trojan Day Committee invites you to join in celebrating our beloved homecoming traditions.

Events below sponsored by the Student Activities Board and DSU Trojan Pride Committee unless noted otherwise

Join Us

Travelin’ Trojan

  • All Week, Around Campus
  • Clues given at 10:00am on DSU Facebook page & campus TV monitors

Homecoming CTF Hosted by ARL

  • Create a Pwn account
  • Join the competition
  • Help station available Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 11:30am-1pm in Trojan Center West Hallway

  • Competition runs Sunday, September 21-Saturday, September 27

Coronation & SAB Event Comedic Magician John Cassidy

  • 7:30 p.m., Dakota Prairie Playhouse

Travelin’ Trojan

  • All Week, Around Campus
  • Clues given at 10:00am on DSU Facebook page & campus TV monitors

Homecoming CTF Hosted by ARL

  • Create a Pwn account
  • Join the competition
  • Help station available Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 11:30am-1pm in Trojan Center West Hallway

  • Competition runs Sunday, September 21-Saturday, September 27

$1 Movie Night

  • Movies: Him at 8:00pm and Toy Story 30th Anniversary at 8:15pm
  • 8 p.m. Dakota Cinema (west of Pizza Ranch)

Travelin’ Trojan

  • All Week, Around Campus
  • Clues given at 10:00am on DSU Facebook page & campus TV monitors

Homecoming CTF Hosted by ARL

  • Create a Pwn account
  • Join the competition
  • Help station available Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 11:30am-1pm in Trojan Center West Hallway

  • Competition runs Sunday, September 21-Saturday, September 27

What’s Up Wednesdays

  • Activity: Stuff-a-Stuff (While supplies last)
  • Noon, Trojan Center (outside if weather allows)
  • Sponsored by the Counseling Center, Student Activities Board, and International Programs

Tie Dye with SAB

  • 2:00pm, West Trojan Center Lawn

Office & Building Decorating Contest

  • Judging begins at 2:00pm, Around Campus
  • Research Rising with Dr. Erik Garcell

“Teaching Quantum Programming as an Engineering Discipline: Scalable Tools for Hands-On Education and Research”

  • 3:00pm, MadLabs Room 112

Travelin’ Trojan

  • All Week, Around Campus
  • Clues given at 10:00am on DSU Facebook page & campus TV monitors

Homecoming CTF Hosted by ARL

  • Create a Pwn account
  • Join the competition
  • Help station available Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 11:30am-1pm in Trojan Center West Hallway

  • Competition runs Sunday, September 21-Saturday, September 27

Trojans Give Back

  • After Party: 2:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., West Trojan Center Lawn
  • Sponsored by Student Activities Board and Student Senate

Karaoke with DSU Live

  • 7:30 p.m., Trojan Center Underground

Travelin’ Trojan

  • All Week, Around Campus
  • Clues given at 10 a.m. on DSU Facebook page & ca.m.pus TV monitors

Homecoming CTF Hosted by ARL

  • Create a Pwn account
  • Join the competition
  • Help station available Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Trojan Center West Hallway

  • Competition runs Sunday, September 21-Saturday, September 27

Trojan Zone Stadium Store

  • 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Beacom PREMIER Complex

DSU Spirit Prize Patrol

  • 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Trojan Center (outside if weather allows)

DSU Alumni Picnic

  • 12 p.m., Tailgate Area

Beadle Hall Tours

  • 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Meet at south entrance

Annual Trojans Together Homecoming Social

  • 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Beacom PREMIER Complex: Champion’s Lounge
  • Sponsored by DSU Foundation
  • For faculty, staff, alumni, and community

DSU Baseball Alumni Game

  • 6 p.m., Flynn Field

DSU Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet

  • 6:30 p.m., Dakota Prairie Playhouse
  • Alumni social to follow

Homecoming Dance Hosted by DSU Swing Dance Club

  • 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Lot between East Hall and Kennedy Center
  • (Rainsite: Trojan Center Underground)

Trojan Days Color Run & Walk

  • Time 8 a.m., Madison Community Center
  • Free registration for DSU students at CC front desk or on their app
  • Sponsored by Madison Community Center

Trojan Days Parade

Trojan Zone

Campus Tours

  • 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Start at Beacom Institute of Technology 

Tailgate

  • 11:00a.m., SE of field

Trojan Football vs. Southern Oregon

  • 2:00p.m., Brian Kern Family Stadium at the Beacom PREMIER Complex