September 11, 2026
The Mayville State University Alumni Association board has a full slate of activities planned for the university’s combined Homecoming/Farmers Bowl celebration the weekend of September 18 and 19, 2026. The busy schedule will begin with tours of Old Main, the campus flagship building which is undergoing a major transformation and renovation. Weekend highlights will include the Homecoming Awards Dinner, where several alumni will be recognized; the traditional Ceremony of Remembrance at the Military Honor Garden on the Grounds of the Larson Alumni and Leadership Center; a parade; corn on the cob and hot dog feed; tailgating; Comets football game vs. Simpson University; and the highly anticipated Farmers Bowl Auction.
Teresa (Berry) Agnes, Portland, N.D., Dr. Jane Braaten, Bismarck, N.D., and Charity Stegman, Cavalier, N.D. will be inducted into the Performing Arts Hall of Fame. The induction program will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, September 18 in the Mayville State Classroom Building Auditorium. It will include musical selections by the Mayville State Music Department and Triplicity. The program is open to the public.
Patti (Eastgate) Aanenson, Larimore, N.D., Kasie (Braaten) Windfelder, Navarre, Fla., and Rammie (Braaten) Olson, Fargo, N.D., will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award. Tom Capouch, Portland, N.D., and Lowell Nelson, Grand Forks, N.D., will receive the Distinguished Service Award. Andy Braaten, Carrington, N.D., Jeryl “Murph” Thompson, Drayton, N.D., Brad Walsh, Bismarck, N.D., and Jennifer (Hegna) Walsh, Bismarck, N.D., will be inducted into the Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame. Nancy (Johnson) Berg, Pierre, S.D., Chuck Bush, Zeeland, Mich., Wade Grinde, Spring Grove, Minn., and Kermit Johnson, Davenport, N.D., will be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame. These folks will be honored during the Homecoming Awards Dinner scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, September 18 in the MSU Campus Center Luckasen Room. A pre-dinner social will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the MSU Larson Alumni and Leadership Center.
Click here to see the Homecoming 2026 alumni honoree biographies.
Tickets for the September 18 Homecoming Awards Dinner are available at the MSU Foundation office, at www.mayvillestate.edu/Homecoming2026, or by calling 701-788-4864. Seating is limited. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Additional Mayville State Homecoming/Farmers Bowl activities are as follows:
Friday, September 18
- 3 p.m. - Old Main Renovation Tour. RSVPs are required at www.mayvillestate.edu/OMtours.
- 8:30 to 11 p.m. - Social for all Mayville State alumni and friends at the Campus Center Luckasen Room.
Saturday, September 19
- 8:30 a.m. - Open house at Mayville State’s Edson and Margaret Larson Alumni and Leadership Center and the gardens on the grounds of the facility.
- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - MSU Bookstore will be open.
- 9:30 a.m. - Ceremony of Remembrance at the Military Honor Garden on the south lawn of the Edson and Margaret Larson Alumni and Leadership Center.
- 11 a.m. - Parade begins near the Goose River Bank in downtown Mayville. It will travel east down Main Street, turn north at Fifth Avenue, and end at Mayville State’s Jerome Berg Field. To register an entry in the parade, contact Stacy at stacy.buchl@mayvillestate.edu.
- 11:30 a.m. – Hall of Fame on the 5s Reunion and Tailgating at “The Grove.” Teams marking anniversaries in five-year increments since they played are being honored this year. They are the 1955-56 baseball team, the 1976 softball team, the 1960-61 basketball team, the 1995-96 men’s basketball team, the 2005-06 men’s basketball team, and the 2001 baseball team. Tailgating festivities will be hosted by the Comet Gridiron Club.
- Noon - Corn on the Cob & Hot Dog Feed. There will be inflatable games and fun for all outside of Jerome Berg Field. There is no admission charge, but freewill donations will be accepted.
- 12:30 p.m. - Guided tour of Old Main renovation. RSVP is required at www.mayvillestate.edu/OMtours.
- 2 p.m. - Homecoming football game vs. Simpson University at Jerome Berg Field. Homecoming honorees will be recognized at half time.
- 5 p.m. - The grand finale for the weekend will be the Farmers Bowl Auction. Socializing and silent auction bidding begin at 5 p.m. in the MSU Campus Center Luckasen Room. The excitement of the live auction begins at 7 p.m. See a preview and preliminary list of items to be auctioned and purchase admission tickets at www.mayvillestate.edu/FBAuction2026. Admission tickets are also available at the MSU Foundation, MayPort Hardware Hank, and the MSU Bookstore.
See all the Mayville State University Farmers Bowl/Homecoming 2026 details at www.mayvillestate.edu/Homecoming2026. For more information, contact the MSU Office of Alumni Affairs, 701-788-4750 or alumni.mail@mayvillestate.edu.