Go Maroon and Gold during homecoming week!
Some say it’s the highlight of the whole year as a queen and marshal are crowned and all around Aberdeen, people display their pride in the NSU Wolves. It’s a week of football, swimming and soccer games that culminates in the annual Gypsy Day Parade – the largest parade in South Dakota.
We look forward to hosting our students, alumni, families and the community for homecoming. Go Wolves!
Gypsy Day parade
Oct. 7, 2023
Homecoming Week
Oct. 1-8, 2023
Theme
TBD
2022 Gypsy Day Parade Float Winners:
- Best Overall Float (best group participation and overall theme representation): Primrose
- Second Best Overall: Blank Canvas Salon
- Third Best Overall: Aberdeen Swim Club
- Northern Spirit Award (best Northern internal group participation): NSU Honors Program
- Thunder’s Award (best animal entry): Dirksen Organic Beef
Best Overall Band: Aberdeen Central High School

Queen Maray Larson (left) and Marshal Drew Veflin

From left: Laurie Rogers, Elizabeth Votava, Taren Tschetter, Kaitlyn Morrison, Queen Maray Larson, Marshal Drew Veflin, Sam Masten, Isaiah Nolan, Laine Converse and Dylan Eckart
For more information about parade registration, contact Justin Fraase, vice president for enrollment, communications and marketing, at 605-626-7747 or communications@northern.edu.