Homecoming events at Tusculum College will be held on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30-31.

Events will include include a golf tournament, a variety football game, an alumni dinner and dance, campus tours and visits to local attractions.

Offered on Friday at the President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library will be "Preserving Your Tusculum Traditions" and a special showing of films about campus life from the 1940s-1960s.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Museums of Tusculum College will offer special presentations for those interested in learning how to care for treasures in their own home.

Also available throughout the weekend will be campus tours.

The 2009 Homecoming Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, Oct. 30, at Nolichucky View Golf Club and will feature a scramble format with the handicap system applied for a net division and a gross division. First place will be awarded for each division.

Registration is required. Alumni, spouses, faculty, staff and friends are invited to participate.

The shotgun start is 9 a.m. The fee per participant is $50 and includes a breakfast buffet to begin at 8 a.m. Lunch will also be provided, as well as beverages and goodie bags.

Also on the agenda for Friday are visits to Myers Pumpkin Patch (10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) and Brights Zoo (10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), a staff and faculty chili cook-off and a presentation by Jack Smith, director of the Thomas J. Garland Library at 1:30 p.m. titled, "The Story of the Bell."

The story tells of the McCormick Hall bell from its service on a Civil War gunboat to how it came to the Tusculum College campus.

On Friday evening, the annual Sports Hall of Fame/All Alumni Dinner will be held at the General Morgan Inn, at 6:30 p.m.

On Saturday, there will be the Pioneer Memorial Walk. A new event for this year's Homecoming Celebration, the walk is an opportunity to honor the memory of former Pioneers and friends.

The Alumni Association will meet at 10:15 a.m. at Chalmers Conference Center in the Niswonger Commons.

The sixth annual Homecoming Parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. and will pass along the route between the Charles Oliver Gray Complex and Pioneer Park. The Tusculum College Class of 1959 whose members are celebrating their 50th reunion year, will serve as the grand marshals.

The parade will be followed by a pre-game Tailgate Party starting at noon and the big game at 2:30 p.m. as the Pioneers face the Mars Hill Lions.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children, with children five and under free, and can be purchased at the ticket booth at the football stadium preceding the game.

To end the night, an Alumni dinner and dance will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Ella's in Greeneville. Since it will be Halloween, costumes will be encouraged.

For more information or to register, call 423-636-7303 or go to www.tusculum.edu.