{"id":4530,"date":"2012-10-01T14:58:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T19:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//www.nicholls.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//?p=4530"},"modified":"2012-10-01T14:58:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T19:58:16","slug":"nicholls-invites-community-to-gridiron-greatness-homecoming-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//www.nicholls.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//2012/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//10/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//01/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//nicholls-invites-community-to-gridiron-greatness-homecoming-events/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530//","title":{"rendered":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ invites community to ‘Gridiron Greatness’ Homecoming Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/"/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/"THIBODAUX/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u00a0/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u2014 ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ students, alumni and fans will celebrate/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u201cGridiron Greatness/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u201d during 2012 Homecoming Week festivities, which begin Saturday, Oct. 6./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/n

Kicking off the week is /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u201cPaint the Town Red/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u201d Day of Service, a new addition to the Homecoming tradition. Students will spend the morning working on several beautification projects for the city of Thibodaux./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u201cI challenged the Homecoming Committee to come up with something new and different, and a philanthropy project seemed like the perfect addition,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u201d said Deborah Raziano, director of alumni affairs. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u201cWe are all excited for this opportunity to partner with the Thibodaux Mayor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u2019s Office to offer meaningful service projects for our students while promoting campus and community pride./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/n

Homecoming will also coincide with the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ CAN! food drive, which will have donation drop-off locations at several Homecoming events. Throughout the week, students will participate in a kick-off barbecue, a pep rally, flag football games, a Homecoming breakfast and dance, and pirogue races./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/n

Homecoming weekend begins at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, with the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Alumni Federation/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u2019s John Brady Golf Classic at the LaTour Golf Course in Mathews. Gary Barbaro, the first ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ football player to be drafted into the NFL, will return as the tournament/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/u2019s chairman and be on hand interacting with golfers during the four-person scramble, 18-hole tournament. Other events on Friday include:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4530/n

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