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Homecoming
October 5, 2024
Welcome back, Bennies and Johnnies!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 5 and join us for Homecoming 2024.
CSB + SJU alums, families and friends unite for yet another highly-anticipated weekend of fun, activity, and reunion. Check out the details below and get excited for the many events being held throughout the weekend.
The current schedule for the day can be found below, more information will be added as homecoming weekend approaches.
Saint John’s VS. Augsburg University
2024 Homecoming Game
The Johnnies take on Augsburg
Saturday, October 5
Kickoff 1 p.m.
Clemens Stadium
We Can’t Wait to See you!
Pre-Game Tailgate
Join us for the Johnnie Football Tailgate in the SJU athletic fields parking lot from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. to celebrate our community. All are welcome to join the festivities in this paid, reserved lot. Park elsewhere on the SJU campus or take the LINK from CSB and walk into the lot to join alums, parents, and friends. Pack light and carry in your tailgate fare and refreshments.
Saint Ben’s VS. Saint Catherine’s
2024 Homecoming Game
The Bennies take on the Katies
Saturday, October 5
3 p.m.
CSB Athletic Complex
Homecoming event Schedule
8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Johnnie football Tailgate
10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Visual Art Exhibition: Communication through Observation
Communication Through Observation Artist: Loren Eakins
10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Saint John’s Bible
Saint John’s Bible, Alcuin Library
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Alum Book Signings
Saint John’s University Bookstore, Sexton Commons
David Charpentier ’89
The Boy Who Promised Me Horses
Steve Hoffman ’89
A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France
Barbara Rudnicki ’64
Conversations with a loving God: Judy’s cancer story
Dancing Through the Storm
Bryan Fleegel ’07
Jack and the Caterpillar (The Adventures of Jack!)
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
“Alice in Academica”: Ink Drawings of Alice in a CSB & SJU Wonderland by Wendy Sterba
Dietrich Reinhart Learning Commons, SJU (lower level, east entrance)
Using the famous Tenniel drawings of Alice and her friends from Lewis Carroll’s children’s books, Wendy Sterba places them in the Academic wonderland of Saint John’s and Saint Ben’s. Her ink drawings suggest questions like: How does our identity make the world seem fantastic and marvelous? How does our imagination interact with our environs to shape us? How does the imaginary affect how we are we situated in the “here and now”? Art of course does not give us the answers, but it can open a conversation.
Wendy Sterba is a painter and artist who taught Media and German studies at CSB/SJU for 30 years. She works in ink, paint, mixed media, fiber and jewelry and will be available for dialogue 10:30 am – 12:00 pm in the Dady Monahan Study Area of the Learning Commons.
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Abbey Woodworking Open House
New Abbey Woodshop
Fr Lewis Grobe hosts an informative and engaging session about contemporary and traditional Abbey woodworking.
1 p.m.
Johnnie Football vs. Augsburg
Clemens Stadium
Purchase tickets online or in person at the gate day of.
2 p.m. / halftime
Bob Basten Leadership Award Presentation
Clemens Stadium
Denis McDonough ‘92 is presented with 2024 Bob Basten Excellence in Leadership Award.
2 – 6 p.m.
Visual Art Exhibition: 2024 Art Faculty Exhibition
Alice R Rogers and Target Gallery
This exhibition “The answer is a good question,” showcases recent work by the Studio Art Faculty with accompanying text by our Art Historian. Each member of the art faculty maintains an active studio practice which is essential to their lives as artists and as teachers. Through a broad range of processes and media they explore a diversity of themes and topics to pose questions that reflect on our human experience.
2:30 – 5 p.m.
Homecoming Celebration Social
Quadrangle
A family-friendly social with cash bar and inflatables for the kids.
3 p.m.
CSB Soccer vs. St. Catherine University
Outdoor Athletics Complex
Half-time recognition CSB Hall of Fame Inductees
Hospitality room for HOF Inductees & families
4:00 p.m.
Mass
Saint John’s Abbey & University Church
5 – 8 p.m.
Johnnie Bennie Bash
CSB Mall
Join us on the CSB Mall for food trucks, live music by Grayson DeWolfe. Open to all!
5:15 p.m.
J-Club Hall of Honor
Guild Hall – Register Below
- Rick Bell ’83 – Football and Baseball
- Chuck Ceronsky ’70 – Cross Country and Track & Field
- Stacy Christensen ’76 – Hockey
- Al Eisele ’58 (posthumous) – Baseball
- Ernie England ’81 – Football
- Mike Fahey ’75 – Distinguished Service
- Bill Laliberte ’70 – Football, Hockey and Track & Field
- Dick Matchinsky ’57 (posthumous) – Basketball
- Tim Miles ‘76 – Coach: Cross Country and Track & Field
- Nathan Proshek ’04 – Golf
- Luke Vestrum ’03 – Swimming & Diving
- Thom Woodward ’70 – Distinguished Service
- 1978-1979 SJU Basketball Team
6 p.m.
CSB Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
Benedicta Arts Center – Register Below
Individual Inductees
- Toni St. Pierre ’77 – CSB Cross Country
- Tina Och Uphoff ’91 – CSB Tennis
- Courtney Remes Riach ’00 – CSB Swim & Dive
- Carol Howe-Veenstra, Athletic Director 1987-2015, Volleyball Coach 1984-1999
- Dr. LuAnn Reif, Faculty Athletic Representative 1985-2020
- Anna Heikenen Johnson ’06 – CSB Basketball
- Jenna Wendorff ’06 – CSB Track & Field
- Kathryn Hauff Dehn ’12 – CSB Golf
- Lexi Alm Johnson ’14 – CSB Softball & Volleyball
2005 Track & Field 4 x 100 meter relay team
- Bethany Keene Buus ’06
- Sarah Nezworski Lexcen ’05
- Patty Clintsman Peichel ’06
- Jen Dalhed ‘07
1998-99 Basketball Team
- annah Cooper Baker ’02
- Hayley Vipond Munsell ’01
- Elizabeth Schroeder ’02
- Heidi Eversman Paulson ’02
- Mia Peterson Thibodeau ’02
- Kristal Heikes Fehring ’02
- Heidi Schwichtenberg ’99
- Stacy Gonsior Spindler ’02
- Bridget Schmidt Corrigan ’02
- Molly Mark Johnson ’00
- Maria Boettger Lewis ’01
- Chris Rabe Weliver ’01
- Jen Blaser Femrite ’00
- Julie Korf Nielsen ’00
- Laura Wendorff Meyer ’00
- Nicole Miksche Althoff ’02
- Robyn Ruschmeier Courchane ’99
- Kathleen Penkala Massmann ’02
- Kim Lendway McKenzie ’02
- Kelley Schmidt Polasky ’01
- Michelle Lohn ’01
- Beth Holbrook ’00