NSU Homecoming Parade to be Held October 29

Norfolk, Va.—Norfolk State University's homecoming parade will be held Saturday, October 29. This year's theme is Forever Upward: 70 Years of Excellence. In honor of the victims of Hurricane Katrina and former NSU President Marie V. McDemmond, a New Orleans native and this year’s grand marshal, the parade will feature a Mardi Gras celebration.

The parade, which will begin at 9 a.m., will be led by McDemmond, and Honorary Grand Marshal Saint Paul Epps, the first student to enroll and pay tuition and fees at NSU in 1935.

The parade route will begin on Corprew Avenue, heading west. It will then make a right turn on Park Avenue, heading north; right on Virginia Beach Blvd., heading east; right on Ballentine Blvd., heading south; right on Corprew Avenue, heading west; and conclude at the viewing stand, which will be in front of the Scott-Dozier Dining Hall on Corprew Avenue.

For more information, contact the NSU Office of News and Media Relations at 823-8373.