This document discusses Illinois State University's efforts to engage alumni and students in homecoming celebrations through various online and virtual activities. It highlights web-based and mobile tools that increased participation, including an interactive map with over 450 updated alumni profiles, online voting that saw a quarter of students participate, and social media presence that drove over 100,000 page views to the homecoming website. The university aims to continue enticing greater involvement through virtual events and promotions for homecoming 2011.

1. Nontraditional Homecomings – a Virtual Experience!

3. IllinoisStateHomecoming.com

4. E-vite

5. Downloads for Desktops and Mobile Devices

6. Mobile Alerts

7. Alumni Return Home Contest Almost 450 alumni have updated or verified their contact information

8. Interactive Google Map

12. Online Voting for Student Royalty Over ¼ of the student body participated (almost double the number that vote for student government)

13. Campus Web Integration

16. Photo Galleries Almost 15,000 images captured

19. Community E-Promotions

20. Enticing Involvement for Homecoming 2011

22. 1,925 visited using mobile device

23. Average time on site 0:02:03

24. Total page views 100,325

25. Facebook was our second highest referring page (next to the University website)

26. 125 e-cards sent

27. 4,492 visits to our watch online page (within the last two weeks of October!)

28. 647 votes cast for 2011 theme

29. HC video views on YouTube 26,780