Calling all the Mocsters: Photos from a Halloween-themed Homecoming Week

October 29, 2025Photo gallery by Angela Foster and Clara Paulson

An array of photos of Homecoming Week 2025 activities captured through the lens of UTC photographer Angela Foster and student Clara Paulson.

Two students sit on the floor of Maclellan Gym painting a banner. One student in a pink shirt laughs while holding a paintbrush, and another lies on their stomach painting letters in black. Art supplies and cups of paint are scattered around them.

A group of students sit on the gym floor painting a large banner with white and red letters. One student in an orange shirt mixes paint while others focus on details. The atmosphere is collaborative and relaxed.

Dozens of students fill the gym floor, seated in small groups painting banners spread out on tarps. Each group works with brushes, paint cups, and palettes, contributing to colorful Homecoming decorations.

Two students kneel side by side painting a banner featuring Scrappy the Mockingbird. One wears overalls and an orange shirt, smiling as they fill in purple paint, while the other works on blue and yellow details.

Four students sit in a circle painting a banner featuring bright green and orange designs. The students concentrate on their work, surrounded by paint cups and brushes on the tarp-covered gym floor.

Two students paint side by side on a banner spread across the gym floor. One holds a cup of paint while smiling and adding yellow to large letters, and the other carefully outlines designs beside her.

A small group of students gather around a table, smiling as they pour paint into cups. Two students share a laugh while squeezing paint bottles together.

A student in a gray sweatshirt smiles at the camera while painting orange and black designs on a banner. Paintbrushes and supplies sit nearby on the gym floor.

Students fill the floor dancing and smiling during the UTC Homecoming kickoff inside a campus building.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

A group of five people, including Chancellor Bruce, pose together in a hallway. Students are wearing costumes including one in a large purple TV headpiece and another in a long red coat and hat.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Chancellor Lori Bruce smiles while speaking with a student dressed in a red coat, hat, and white gloves.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Chancellor Lori Bruce talks with two students wearing matching UTC Homecoming 2025 shirts in a room with large checkerboard tiles on the floor.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Two students smile and hold up plates of food toward the camera during a campus event.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Two people in UTC Homecoming 2025 shirts speak on stage with microphones, standing in front of a yellow, blue and white backdrop.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Chancellor Bruce speaks from a podium with large illuminated “UTC” letters in front of her and a blue, yellow and white backdrop behind.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Members of the UTC Homecoming Court, wearing blue sashes, laugh and shake hands in front of the event stage.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

hree UTC students wearing Homecoming Court sashes smile on stage in front of a blue, white, and gold backdrop.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Chancellor Bruce greets a Homecoming Court member with a hug and a smile during the kickoff event.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Chancellor Bruce greets a Homecoming Court member with a hug and a smile during the kickoff event.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Students dance together in a brightly lit space

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Two students play cornhole indoors, one tossing a bean bag while the other watches near a wooden board.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Students dance together in a large, brightly lit space, raising their hands and smiling during the Homecoming kickoff.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

A group of students laugh and dance in sync during a line dance at the Homecoming event.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.

Three people wearing Homecoming 2025 shirts sit behind a table, smiling as they help at the event check-in.

Homecoming kickoff, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Lupton Hall.