Homecoming 2025
Celebrate & Reconnect
Celebrate tradition and reconnect with friends at Homecoming—where alumni, students, and families come together to honor the past and embrace the future.
Event Schedule
November 13 – 15, 2025
Thursday – November 13
11:00am
Chapel with Doug Rutt, CIU Board Chairmen
Friday – November 14
8:00am
Check-In at the Alumni Center
9:00am - 11:50am
Attend a Class
9:00am - 11:50am
Class Reunions
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lunch (Complimentary) at the Cafeteria
1:00pm - 3:30pm
Attend Class
1:00pm - 3:30pm
Class Reunions
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Ambassador Choir Concert at the Shortess Chapel
5:30pm
Meet the President - Dr. Bill Jones at the Moore Fitness Center
6:00pm
Banquet ($25) at the Moore Fitness Center
Saturday – November 15
9:00am
Devotional with Rob Morgan at the Cook Conference Room
10:00am
Class Reunions
9:30am - 3:30pm
Bouncy House at the Quad
12:00pm
Lunch at the Cafeteria
Reunions
Don’t miss your Class Reunion — reconnect with classmates, friends, faculty and staff!
Class of 1955
70th class reunion
Class of 1965
60th class reunion
Class of 1975
50th class reunion
Class of 1985
40th class reunion
Class of 1995
30th class reunion
Class of 2005
20th class reunion
Class of 2015
10th class reunion
Hotels & Lodging
Wingate by Wyndham
108 Saluda Pointe Ct, Lexington, SC 29072
Call directly and ask for the CIU rate. CIU visitors get a 15% discount.
DoubleTree by Hilton
2100 Bush River Rd, Columbia, SC 29210
Call Central Reservations at (866) 247-3572 and reference group code: CDT90V. Rate: $189 (plus tax).
Aloft Columbia Downtown
823 Lady St, Columbia, SC 29201
Call and ask for CIU rate. Rate: $139 (plus tax) depending on availability.
Cambria Hotel
Staybridge Suites
1913 Huger St, Columbia, SC 29201
Call directly and ask for CIU discount code #100246929. Rate: $139 per night for the king suite with full kitchen and sleeper sofa, or $149 per night for the one bedroom king suite and one bedroom two queen suite. Depending on availability.
Contact CIU Alumni
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