Family Weekend is Sept. 20 – 22.

Events will start on Friday evening. Highlights include a University Safety Expo at 6 p.m. and the Student Showcase and Dinner at 7 p.m.

Saturday will start with a breakfast buffet, followed by tailgating and the Bears home football game. The Carnaval: Latinx Heritage Month Banquet starts at 5 p.m.

The annual Family Weekend Golf Scramble will start at 8 a.m. Sunday morning, and Sparkling Sunday Brunch will be served in Blair-Shannon and Garst.

More information about Family Weekend can be found on the New Student and Family Programs webpage.

Football and tailgating schedule

Family Weekend also brings this year’s Bears home opener football game. All of our home football games are scheduled for a 2 p.m. kickoff, with tailgating scheduled to start at 11 a.m.

The Bears football home schedule includes the following games:

• Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. against Kennesaw State University
• Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. against the University of South Dakota
• Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. against the University of Northern Iowa
• Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. against South Dakota State University
• Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. against Indiana State University

Support our fall sports teams

Other fall sports are already underway.

Last weekend, the Bears volleyball team hosted the Mary Jo Wynn invitational tournament on campus. This weekend the team will travel to New Orleans for the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Volleyball Classic tournament.

The men’s soccer team played their home opener last Thursday against the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Their next home game is Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. followed by a weekend home game on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.

The women’s soccer team played three exhibition matches at home in mid-August. Their next home game is Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. against the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

You can find more information about Bears football, volleyball, soccer, and all of our intercollegiate sports on the university’s athletics webpage.

As we kickoff our fall sports schedules, I hope you’ll join me in coming out to support our Bears.

Thanks for all you do for Missouri State!