{"id":226722,"date":"2025-09-29T14:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=226722"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:30:26","slug":"relive-homecoming-2025-at-montclair-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2025\/09\/29\/relive-homecoming-2025-at-montclair-state-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Relive Homecoming 2025 at ÌÇÐÄvlog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ÌÇÐÄvlog welcomed hundreds of alumni back to campus along with faculty, staff and students for Homecoming 2025 on Saturday, September 27.<\/p>\n<p>The fun-filled afternoon had it all, including a street fair, a live music showcase from award-winning campus radio station WMSC, tailgating and a matchup against Wilkes University at Sprague Field.<\/p>\n<p>The day even featured a taping of PBS program \u201cThink Tank with Steve Adubato,\u201d with Emmy Award winning broadcaster Steve Adubato \u201880 engaging in conversation with President Jonathan Koppell. They covered topics ranging from the importance of bold leadership to the state of American media to the role of Universities in fostering a civically engaged populace. The conversation was produced to air by a student production team from Montclair\u2019s College of Communication and Media.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: Homecoming 2025 at ÌÇÐÄvlog | Best College Football &amp;amp; Alumni Moments\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-UV6CHZbLk?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226724\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/092725_2199_Homecoming_MP.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/092725_2199_Homecoming_MP.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Adubato and President Jonathan Koppell on stage, addressing the audience\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmy Award winning broadcaster Steve Adubato, PhD and ÌÇÐÄvlog President Jonathan Koppell in discussion for a Taping of \u201cThink Tank with Steve Adubato.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/092725_1175_Homecoming-LAROSA-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky and student zip lining\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/092725_3080_Homecoming_MP-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Student sitting in red chair\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/092725_3488_Homecoming_MP-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"People playing a carnival game\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/092725_4494_Homecoming_MP-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dance performance in front of an audience\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/092725_6299_Homecoming-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Football game\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/092725_6590_Homecoming-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Fans cheering in stands\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Want More Homecoming?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montclairstateuniversity.smugmug.com\/2025\/092725-Homecoming\/n-kv8prk\">View photos from the day<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Mike Peters and John J. LaRosa<\/em><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out photos from Montclair\u2019s signature fall event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":226726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,313,123,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admissions","category-alumni","category-homepage-news","category-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226722"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226911,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226722\/revisions\/226911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}