Oklahoma State University celebrates 104th Homecoming

Oklahoma State University celebrates 104th Homecoming

Monday, October 20, 2025

Media Contact: Chase Carter | OSU Alumni Association | 405-744-2066 | [email protected]

Last week, Oklahoma State University hosted several activities to commemorate the 104th edition of America's Greatest Homecoming.

Fountain Dyeing

It all started with the annual Fountain Dyeing at Edmon Low Library on Sunday. At this event, members of the OSU Homecoming Steering Committee turned the OSU fountain on the Beverly Clerico Plaza orange to kick off the week's festivities. This year's Homecoming theme, selected by the OSU Alumni Association, was "From: Stillwater, To: The World."

OSU President Jim Hess spoke and members of the OSU Spirit Squad, as well as Pistol Pete, joined in the celebration. The Homecoming King and Queen pair of Jace Johnson and Jaselyn Rossman were crowned. An interview with Johnson and Rossman is available on YouTube.

Sign Competition

The Sign Competition also kicked off Sunday, with a variety of OSU clubs, residence halls, and fraternities and sororities creating signs to place along Library Lawn.

The winners of the Sign Competition were:

Student Organizations

• 1st - Global Scholars LLP
• 2nd - Oklahoma State Artist Society
• 3rd - Oklahoma State Ducks Unlimited

Residential Life

• 1st - Stout Hall
• 2nd - Bennett Hall
• 3rd - Parker/Wentz Halls
• Love's Fan Favorite - TBA

Greek Life

• 1st - Kappa Alpha Theta/FarmHouse
• 2nd - Kappa Delta/Alpha Gamma Rho
• 3rd - Alpha Omicron Pi/Alpha Tau Omega

Harvest Carnival and Chili Cookoff

The Harvest Carnival and Chili Cookoff were Tuesday night at the Payne County Expo Center.

The Harvest Carnival actually predates OSU's Homecoming, going back all the way to 1913.

Here were the winners of the Harvest Carnival and Chili Cookoff:

Harvest Carnival

Student Organizations

• 1st - OSU Dairy Science Club
• 2nd - OSU Swine Club
• 3rd - Collegiate FFA

Residential Life

• 1st - The Villages
• 2nd - Bennett Hall
• 3rd - Zink/Allen Halls

Greek Life

• 1st - Chi Omega/Phi Delta Theta
• 2nd - Kappa Alpha Theta/FarmHouse
• 3rd - Kappa Delta/Alpha Gamma Rho

Chili Cook-Off

Student Organizations

• 1st - Food Science Club
• 2nd -The Wildlife Society
• 3rd - Student Network Board

Residential Life

• 1st - Village A
• 2nd - Stout Hall
• 3rd - North Commons

Hester Street Painting

On Wednesday, community members came to Hester Street near campus to paint encouraging messages for the Cowboy football team and coaches to read during the Spirit Walk on game day.

Orange Reflection

On Thursday and Friday, the OSU residence halls decorated their halls with lots of orange lights in fun and creative ways.

This year's winners were:

• 1st - The Villages
• 2nd - Griffith Community Center
• 3rd - Zink/Allen

All-night Pomp

Every year, OSU's fraternities and sororities work for weeks to create house decorations to showcase their pride for the university and to best highlight that year's theme.

The fraternities house the structure and build the frame and the sororities create the decoration by pomping with tissue paper.

This year's pairings were:

• Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Nu
• Alpha Delta Pi and Beta Theta Pi
• Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Tau Omega
• Chi Omega and Phi Delta Theta
• Delta Delta Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha
• Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Chi
• Kappa Alpha Theta and FarmHouse
• Kappa Delta and Alpha Gamma Rho
• Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Kappa Alpha
• Phi Mu and Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Gamma Delta

Walkaround

The campus comes alive during Walkaround as all the week's signs, residence halls, Hester Street paint and house decorations are done in time for thousands of alumni to return to Stillwater.

For the fraternity and sorority community, the Greek Neighborhood is a popular attraction with its house decs.

Here are this year's winners:

Alumni Association Chair's Cup

• 1st - Kappa Kappa Gamma/Pi Kappa Alpha
• 2nd - Kappa Delta/Alpha Gamma Rho
• 3rd - Kappa Alpha Theta/FarmHouse
• 4th - Alpha Delta Pi/Beta Theta Pi
• 5th - Chi Omega/Phi Delta Theta

Engineering Excellence Award

• Kappa Alpha Theta/FarmHouse

VIP House Decoration Award

• Kappa Kappa Gamma/Pi Kappa Alpha

Sea of Orange Parade

The Sea of Orange Parade took place Saturday morning and went from downtown all the way up Main Street to Hall of Fame Avenue.

Although this year's parade was effected by rain, the paradegoers and floats powered through. The full parade is available to watch on YouTube.

This year's parade also marked the 10th observance of the 2015 parade crash when four people - Marvin and Bonnie Stone, Nikita Naka and Nash Lucas - lost their lives when a motorist drove into the crowd. The parade honored their memory with three riderless horses and a riderless pony.

Sweepstakes

Although the Cowboys lost the football game to Cincinnati, OSU students, faculty, staff and alumni still packed Boone Pickens Stadium to support the team.

The sweepstakes winners of the week were also announced to officially finish off the 2025 edition of America's Greatest Homecoming.

Student Organizations

• 1st - OSU Dairy Science Club
• 2nd - Business Student Council
• 3rd - CEHS Student Council

Residential Life

• 1st - Zink/Allen Halls
• 2nd - Bennett Hall
• 3rd - The Villages

Greek Life

• 1st - Kappa Alpha Theta/FarmHouse
• 2nd - Kappa Delta/Alpha Gamma Rho
• 3rd - Kappa Kappa Gamma/Pi Kappa Alpha

Jerry Gill Spirit Award

• Zeta Tau Alpha/Phi Gamma Delta

Most Spirited College

• Ferguson College of Agriculture