Homecoming Court

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Last Updated: Jun 23, 2025, 01:33 PM

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SIU Homecoming Royalty Competition is a long-celebrated tradition at SIU. Candidates must submit a detailed application, resume, and reference letter and then be interviewed. Once chosen for the court by a panel of judges, candidates must campaign on campus for their fellow Saluki votes. Royalty will be announced on the 50-yard line during halftime of the SIU Homecoming Football game.

Voting extends from 8:00 a.m. the Monday of Homecoming Week through 12:00 p.m. on that Friday. Visit MyCourses to vote for your favorite candidates when voting opens!

Court application

Homecoming Court Candidates

  • 2025 Homecoming Court Candidates

    Applications will open in September

     In the meantime, check out our updated rules and policies including:

    • 2025 Homecoming Court guidelines
    • Nominate a student for Homecoming Court
    • RSO and department sponsorships of a candidate
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  • Nominate a Candidate

    We want you to nominate students you think are deserving of being on the 2025 Homecoming Court!

    Anyone Can Nominate a Student

    • Fellow students
    • Faculty or staff
    • RSOs as a whole
    • Community members

    The Process is Completely Anonymous

    • The student will recieve an email that they were nominated but it will not say who nominated them.
    • It is up to the student to then apply themselves after being nominated.
      • Students can apply themselves even if they are not nominated.
    • The nominations will be taken into consideration when determining who will be on the Court.
    • Nominators are not required to be a sponsor of the candidate during the campaign.

      Nominations are due before court interviews to allow all nominees enough time to apply

Guidelines for Candidates

  • Saluki Royalty Guidelines

    8-10 Finalists Will Be Chosen for Homecoming Court, 2 Saluki Royalty Will Be Crowned

    • All students who apply will be considered for the 10 court finalists, regardless of gender identity
    • 2 students will be crowned as Royalty 
    • 10 finalists chosen by an interview committee
    • Royalty voted on by student body on D2L

    Requirements

    • Undergraduate students only
    • Must be at least junior status with 56 credit hours completed
      • At least 12 of those hours must be from SIUC
    • Must have at least a 2.5 GPA
      • This includes SIUC GPA and accepted transfer credits / GPA
    • Must be in good academic and judicial standing with SIUC
    • Must complete the full application packet
    • Students are not eligible if they have previously served on the Homecoming Court
    • Students are not eligible if they are currently serving on the Student Programming Council

  • How Sponsoring Works

    Sponsor Guidelines

    • Once a candidate is a part of the Homecoming Court they can have ONE sponsoring organization.
    • It is the candidates job to obtain a sponsor.
    • Once the sponsor is approved by SPC, that sponsor can do the following:
      • Post on social media about the candidate
      • Promote the student on campus
      • Have flyers up and other advertising on campus promoting the candidate
      • The organization must follow all Court guidelines
      • The Candidate is responsible for all actions of the sponsor. 

  • Candidate Sponsorship Guidelines

    SPC is allows students to have sponsors during the Homecoming Court campaigns!

    Each Candidate is allowed one sponsor as well as their department/college to promote them as candidates. (see below for details)

    Sponsors must be approved by SPC and confirmed by the candidate.

  • Who Can Be a Sponsor

    • Registered Student Organizations (excluding the list below) are the only entities that can be a sponsor.
    • Individual Greek Organizations 
    • Individual Saluki Athletics team (see below for details)

  • Who Cannot Be a Sponsor

    • SPC
    • USG
    • All umbrella RSOs (BAC, HSC, ISC, ect)
    • 4 Greek Councils (NPHC, CPA, IFC, MGC)
    • Dawg Pound

  • Academic Departments

    • Academic departments are seperate from other sponsors and do not count as the one sponsor from above.
    • The student must be a degree seeking student within the department/college
    • If multiple students are on the court, departmenst/colleges can do the following:
      • The department/college can promote all candidates from their area
      • OR Choose to promote no candidates.
        • Cannot support one student but not another within the department/college

  • Saluki Athletics

    • If a student athlete is on the court, their team can serve as the sponsor
      • But that is in place of a RSO sponsor.
      • Their college/department can still promote them.
    • The student must be a current student athlete with that program at SIU.