Frequently Asked Questions

Homecoming offers an opportunity for alumni and the families of currently enrolled students to experience what life is like at Emmaus. At our Homecoming weekend, you will have the chance to visit your student's classes, meet professors, join them in the bleachers as they cheer on the soccer and volleyball teams, or explore the city of Dubuque with them. This weekend provides an opportunity for you to reconnect with your old classmates or fellow students by seeing what they have come to enjoy here, and then sharing it with them.

In addition to all alumni, this weekend is for the whole family! It is open to students' parents, grandparents, siblings, and any other relatives with whom your student would like to share their life. Their family is our family!

There is no cost to attending Homecoming weekend. If you would like to enjoy meals in the Robbie Pile Dining Hall, you can purchase meal tickets at the host stand when you enter the Dining Hall. If you would like to participate in Friday evening's 9-hole 2-man scramble golf outing, there will be a fee of $25 per person, which can be paid when you arrive at the course. Tickets for athletic events can be purchased online or upon entry of each athletic event. 

Homecoming is once a year in the fall, around the middle or end of September. 

Meals can be purchased upon entry to the Robbie Pile Dining Hall, which accepts both cash and card payments. 

Meal Prices:

Lunch/Dinner - $10.00

Breakfast - $6.00

Salad Bar (includes drink bar) - $5.50

Children (ages 4-12) - $5.00

Children (ages 3 and under) - Free

Drink Bar - $1.00

For local lodging options for you and your family, please visit the Travel Dubuque website: www.traveldubuque.com/stay/hotels