Weeklong celebration invites the Coastal Bend to join Islander traditions, games, and community events.<\/p>\n
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) is celebrating decades of academic achievement, student success, and Islander pride during Islander Homecoming 2026, running Feb. 22 through Feb. 28.<\/p>\n
University leaders say the weeklong celebration is open not only to students and alums, but to the entire Coastal Bend community.<\/p>\n
Homecoming events include the annual Lighting of the \u201cI,\u201d basketball games, a block party, tailgate festivities, and long-standing Islander traditions designed to bring generations together.<\/p>\n
Cierrah Godin, Communication Specialist for Student Life at TAMU-CC, says one of the most visible events is Citywide Blue Day on Tuesday, Feb. 24, when residents across Corpus Christi are encouraged to wear blue in support of the university.<\/p>\n
\u201cCitywide Blue Day is for all of Corpus Christi,\u201d Godin said. \u201cWe\u2019re asking everyone to wear blue and show their Islander spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n
City leaders are also joining in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Corpus Christi Mayor\u00a0Paulette Guajardo is expected\u00a0to issue a proclamation recognizing TAMU-CC during a City Council meeting.<\/p>\n
One of the most anticipated events of the week is the Lighting of the \u201cI,\u201d described by organizers as the university\u2019s biggest pep rally of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s when the entire community comes together\u2014our teams, coaches, faculty, staff, and fans\u2014to get pumped up for the weekend,\u201d Executive Director of TAMU-CC alumni relations Elvia Aguilar and Godin said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Additional events include a student-versus-faculty basketball game on Wednesday night at the Dugan Wellness Center and the traditional Anchors Away celebration on Tuesday afternoon, where participants paint the campus anchor white.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat anchor represents our history and our traditions,\u201d Aguilar said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the ways we kick off Homecoming week and honor where we\u2019ve been.\u201d<\/p>\n
University officials say Homecoming Week reflects the strong connection between the university and the Coastal Bend.<\/p>\n
Both Godin and Aguilar add, \u201cThis university is part of Corpus Christi. This is home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weeklong celebration invites the Coastal Bend to join Islander traditions, games, and community events. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-175731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}