parade
TSU HOMECOMING PARADE 2025
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18th
2025 Parade Theme
“FOREVER TRUE, FOREVER TSU”
Applications are Due by Thursday, September 18, 2025 @ 4:30PM
Only 65 applications will be accepted.
If your application is accepted, you will be sent instructions to pay. Do NOT send payment until you are approved.
A Late fee of $75.00 is applied if application is submitted after the deadline.
The following rules and guidelines are to be met by all entrants in the Tennessee State University 2025 Homecoming Parade.
Any violation of these guidelines will result in forfeiture of participation in the parade.
Entry fees will NOT be refunded for any reason, including inclement weather.
Please retain these instructions and bring them to your assigned mandatory parade meeting
at 7pm on Monday, September 29, 2025 in the Floyd-Payne Campus Center room 210 (the Forum).
For more information, contact Dr. Eddie Cribbs at 615-963-5883 or parade@tnstate.edu
Complete the Application Below
or Download & Email to parade@tnstate.edu.
How To Enter The Parade
STEP 1
Completely fill out the application form. Incomplete application will not be reviewed. Only one applications (1) car or one (1) float per organization will be allowed to participate in the parade.
STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
On a separate sheet of paper (8 1/2 x 11) draw your entry design and email it to parade@tnstate.edu. All entries MUST be theme related.
Homecoming Committee’s approval on entry design. Please allow up to 14 business days after submission. Note: All applications must include an entry design to be considered for the Tennessee State University 2025 Homecoming Parade.
Fees will be due no later than September 29, 2025. Payments are accepted via check, money order, or on-line payment. You can also pay with cash directly to the Tennessee State University Bursars Office located on campus in the Ned Ray McWherter Administration Building. Make certain to keep all receipts on file.
ENTRY CATRGORY & FEES
(A) Business
(B) Community/Churches and Others
(C) TSU Departments
(D) TSU Student Organizations
(E) Standard Late Fee
$175.00
$125.00
$45.00
$35.00
$75.00