Family Weekend 2025

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Weekend allows friends and family to visit their students on campus and participate in various activities, including sports, student organizations, and more. 

 🦅 Join us on Sept. 19 through 21, 2025!

FAMILY WEEKEND

Friday, Sept. 19

• Family Fun at the MSU Recreation & Wellness Center
  • Main facility: 6 a.m.-8 p.m.
  • Pool: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Registration and “Nacho Average Family Night,” 6-8:30 p.m. - Adron Doran University Center (ADUC) Plaza (3rd Floor of ADUC for rain location). Pick up your lanyards and packets and register for giveaways at the ADUC Registration Table. Registration fee $15.
• MSU Star Theater Show, 7-7:45 p.m., free admission
• Movie on the Lawn “Secondhand Lions,” sponsored by MSU Student Activities and CAB - Dusk –10:30 p.m., ADUC Lawn (Button Auditorium for rain location). Free admission. Cotton candy and popcorn provided.
• Living History: Life of the Soldier, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Rowan County Veterans Museum, 205 E. Main St.

Saturday, Sept. 20

• Eagle Lake Hike led by Campus Activities Board, 9-10:30 a.m. Free Eagle Lake T-shirts while supplies last.
• Family Fun at the MSU Recreation & Wellness Center
  • Main Facility: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
  • Pool: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 4-7 p.m.
• Living History: Life of the Soldier, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Rowan County Veterans Museum, 205 E. Main St.
• Morehead State University Store: Open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 1st Floor, ADUC
• Beaker Brunch and continued registration, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., The Rock, $12 per person to attend.
• Living History: Life of the Soldier, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Rowan County Veterans Museum, 205 E. Main St.
• Morehead Arts & Eats Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Main Street in Morehead
• MSU Star Theater Shows, 1 and 4 p.m., free
• MSU Tailgating and Festival Fun featuring student activities, tables, and food trucks, 4-6 p.m., Academic-Athletic Center Parking Lot, includes complimentary $5 food voucher
• MSU Football vs. Kentucky Christian, 6-8 p.m., Phil Simms Stadium. Fireworks will follow the game. Discounted Family Weekend game tickets are available online msueagles.com (order by Friday, Sept. 19). Tickets can also be purchased at the regular rate on game day.

Sunday, Sept. 21

• Family Fun at the MSU Recreation and Wellness Center
  • Main Facility: 3-10 p.m.
  • Pool: 4-8 p.m.
• MSU Soccer vs. Western Illinois, 1-3 p.m., MSU Soccer Field, Senior Day, and Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day.

Student Activities

MSU offers more than 100 student clubs and organizations. You can explore your interests in everything from politics and social issues to academics, athletics and faith. You can join a fraternity or sorority or perform on the field at halftime with the MSU Marching Band. MSU also offers Tau Sigma and the National Honor Society for Transfer Students.

Student Activities organizes events that attract nationally recognized performers and speakers. Events like Family Weekend, Greek Week and the Homecoming Parade bring together students, their families and alums.

Contact

ADDRESS: 217 ADUC, Morehead, KY 40351

EMAIL: studentactivities@moreheadstate.edu

PHONE: 606-783-2071