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Homecoming Week: A Week of Fun, Food, Funk and Football

By Abby Hutchison
December 2, 2025

Homecoming Week 2025, which included festive donuts, a birthday party for an adored school mascot, an evening of coffee and live music, and a Missouri Baptist Spartans football win under stadium lights, proved to be one for the books this year.

Kaylee Dunn and Spartacus shared a laugh at the beloved mascot’s birthday party. Photo by Lauryn Pyatt

These freshmen were all smiles for Spartacus’ Birthday Party. Pictured from left to right: Jackson Cobb, Kaylee Dunn, Claire Floring, Avery Birkner, Solomon Talbott and Keshon Ward. Photo by Abby Hutchison

Solomon Talbott accepted defeat from mighty Spartacus. Photo by Lauryn Pyatt

Jenna Jones and Jordan Walker-Wright waited eagerly in line for their turns to spin a prize wheel. Photo by Abby Hutchison

McKenna Zoellner and Brooke Hinton, members of the MBU STUNT Team, brought the cheer to Spartacus’ birthday bash. Photo by Abby Hutchison

Game on! Photo by Kailey Schmidt

Matthew White and Charles Robinson happily enjoy their slices of Spartacus’ birthday cake. Photo by Lauryn Pyatt

Olivia Sutton posed happily with the birthday mascot. Photo by Lauryn Pyatt

Valentina Navarro displayed excellence in a round of air hockey. Photo by Abby Hutchison

The candy buffet was a hit with MBU students. Photo by Kailey Schmidt

Women’s soccer players stopped by to enjoy the Blue and White Donuts in the Quad. Photo by AJ Tufuga

Taira Schertz, assistant dean of Student Engagement, and Dr. Lydia Thebeau, vice president of Academic Affairs, shared conversation at the Donuts event. Photo by AJ Tufuga

Brayden Leonard grabbed a donut on his way to class on Monday morning during Homecoming Week. Photo by AJ Tufuga

Lillie Cuddeback welcomed students with warm smiles and delicious donuts. Photo by AJ Tufuga

Delaney Patterson and Justin McGary, Student Life members, showed off this year’s Homecoming merch design. Photo by AJ Tufuga

José Silva presented Ashley Crane with the 2025 Vocational Excellence Award. Photo by Allin Means

The impressive MBU alumni band, Forecast Funk, lived up to their name and brought the funk to thePerk Event. Photo by Abby Hutchison

Madison Abell and Norman May performed beautifully to kick off thePerk [28]. Photo by Abby Hutchison

Jordan Walker-Wright and Matthew White served as thePerk [28] emcees. The duo kept the crowd engaged and laughing the whole night. Photo by Abby Hutchison

MBU alumni, Alex Moffitt and Erin Crockett, put on a very entertaining skit at thePerk Event. Photo by Abby Hutchison

A handful of brave souls participated in a Hot Ones hot wing challenge. Contestants were asked burning questions while their tongues were also burning from the spice of the wings. Photo by Abby Hutchison

Joel and the Spartones tore up the stage and had the crowd singing along during their iconic performance of Whitney Houston’s, “I Want to Dance with Somebody.” Pictured from left to right, Joel Lindsey, Leah Starks, Tia Reeves and Tyler Warren (not pictured, drummer Schaeffer Lindsey) Photo by Abby Hutchison

Jenna Jones, Abby Hardy and Aly Klug loved their new mugs. Photo by Abby Hutchison

Freshmen Tristan Reddin, Jackson Cobb, Emily Krisby and Keshon Ward repped their new Homecoming merch at thePerk Event. Photo by Abby Hutchison

Nursing student Abby Hardy roasted her marshmallow to perfection at the Homecoming Tailgate. Photo by Abby Hutchison

Friends Lauren Yost and Emily Vallet bundled up as they watched the Spartans football team bring home the win for the 2025 Homecoming game. Photo by Jenna Jones

Abby Hardy, Abby Hutchison, AJ Tufuga, Alex Moffitt, Aly Klug, Ashley Crane, Avery Birkner, Brayden Leonard, Brooke Hinton, Charles Robinson, Claire Floring, Delaney Patterson, Dr. Lydia Thebeau, Emily Krisby, Emily Vallet, Erin Crockett, Forecast Funk, Jackson Cobb, Jenna Jones, Joel and the Spartones, Jordan Walker-Wright, Jose Silva, Justin McGary, Kailey Schmidt, Kaylee Dunn, Keshon Ward, Lauren Yost, Lauryn Pyatt, Lillie Cuddeback, Madison Abell, Matthew White, MBU STUNT Team, McKenna Zoellner, Norman, Olivia Sutton, Solomon Talbott, Spartacus, Spartacus's Birthday Party, Taira Schertz, thePerk Event, Tristan Reddin, Valentina Navarro

Abby Hutchison

Abby Hutchison is a writer, editor and photojournalist for MBU Timeline. She is a senior studying communications and journalism, and she is a resident assistant at North Hall and a university ambassador. Abby loves to spend her free time journaling and reading, being active outside with her friends, and cooking fun recipes with her mom. Abby’s passion for journalism lies in storytelling and feature writing.

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