Homecoming and Family Weekend
Save the Date: Illinois Tech’s Homecoming and Family Weekend October 17–19!
New this year, we are combining Homecoming and Family Weekend! Celebrate with the entire Scarlet Hawk community and join us on campus this fall for a special lineup of events and activities taking place Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19, 2025. More details will be shared throughout the summer, so be sure to check this website in the coming months. We can’t wait to see you in October! If you have any questions, please email us at alumni@illinoistech.edu.
Check out photos from Homecoming Weekend 2024!
Photography will be taking place at these events and may be used for promotional purposes. By attending Homecoming and Family Weekend, you will be granting permission for your likeness to be photographed.
Schedule of Events Coming Soon!
Other Activities
The east lobby of Michael Paul Galvin Tower is home to Illinois Tech’s first physical-digital interactive experience. As an institution that cares deeply about advancing innovation through the power of our collective difference, we invite you to explore the Illinois Tech difference—and add your own—through experiential touchpoints designed just for you.
Location: Galvin Tower, East Lobby
Building, Breaking, Rebuilding: The IIT Campus and Chicago’s South Side (University of Minnesota Press, 2024), was co-edited by professor Michelangelo Sabatino and professor emeritus Kevin Harrington. Specially designed vitrines filled with Armour Institute / IIT, Bronzeville, and Chicago memorabilia metaphorically transform IIT’s Mies Society Gallery into a “living room,” a place for conversations and discoveries to occur. The memorabilia—ranging from historic postcards to student yearbooks—tell the story of people and places in and around Bronzeville. An exhibition website provides a digital platform that expands access to materials featured in the exhibition and book. The website will also host a film by South Side filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz [Brown Planet Productions] and Murmur Ring that examines the layered history of IIT’s campus through contemporary voices.
Location: Galvin Tower, West Lobby
Getting to Campus
Directions
Automobile
From the North
Dan Ryan Expressway east to 31st Street exit, continue south to 33rd Street, turn left (east). Metered parking is located along Federal Street north and south of 33rd Street, and in the Visitor's Parking Lot (Lot A4) at 32nd Street and State Street.
From the South
Dan Ryan Expressway west to 35th Street exit, continue north to 33rd Street, turn right (east). Metered parking is located along Federal Street north and south of 33rd Street, and in the Visitor's Parking Lot (Lot A4) located at 32nd Street and State Street, on the east side of State Street.
From Lake Shore Drive
Exit at 31st Street, go inland (west) to State Street, turn left (south). Metered parking is available in the Visitor's Parking Lot (Lot A4) located at 32nd Street and State Street, on the east side of State Street.
Parking
Metered parking is available to all visitors and located along Federal Street north and south of 33rd Street, and in the Visitor's Parking Lot (Lot A4) located at 32nd Street and State Street, on the east side of State Street. Special event parking may be available in other parking lots on campus. Please contact Access, Card, and Parking Services for more details about parking, or visit the parking web page for current parking locations at www.iit.edu/cbsc/parking. Please call the parking administrator at 312.567.8968 if you need assistance in finding parking.
Airport
Illinois Tech and Chicago are served by O'Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport. Public transportation is available from O'Hare and Midway airports, and limousine or taxi will take you from all airports to Illinois Tech's campus. View the City of Chicago's Airport System Home Page for more information.
Train
Amtrak and Metra commuter rail trains run to Union Station, with additional Metra commuter trains running to Ogilvie Transportation Center. From these stations, take the Rock Island Metra train from LaSalle Street station to 35th Street / "Lou" Jones station, CTA's public transportation, or a taxi to Mies Campus.
Bus
Travel to the Greyhound or Continental Trailways terminals, then take a taxi or public transportation to Mies Campus.
Public Transportation
- CTA Red Line (Howard-95th/Dan Ryan) to Sox-35th station
- CTA Green Line (Ashland-63rd or 63rd-Cottage Grove) to 35th-Bronzeville-IIT station
- CTA bus lines with stops on Mies Campus (#29-State, #35-35th, #24-Wentworth, #4-Cottage Grove)
Visit the CTA website for schedules and bus routes.
Are you planning to visit Illinois Tech from out of town? If so, take advantage of our preferred hotel rates at the Hiltons at McCormick Place.