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Clock & Seal™ Award Banquet

Homecoming is a time when campus activities allow students and alumni alike to celebrate the FSU community and its accomplishments.

The first Homecoming celebration took place in 1948, the year that the Florida State College for Women (FSCW) became a co-educational institution and was renamed the Florida State University. An early morning breakfast and barbecue held in the afternoon were part of the first FSU Homecoming celebration and provided the FSU community with a place to gather. In 1950, FSU celebrated Homecoming by hosting a football game in the newly built Doak Campbell Stadium where the Marching Chiefs premiered the FSU Fight Song.

Today, it is apparent that the FSU Homecoming Weekend celebration is steeped in tradition. While some traditions, such as the FSU Fight Song, games in Doak and Homecoming itself, are as old as FSU, other notable traditions have developed over time, as our Seminole Nation grows.

The Clock & Seal™ award banquet, sponsored by Burning Spear, is a core tradition included in Homecoming weekend festivities. Since its inception in 1995, has hosted chief names in many spheres of leadership, as well as icons of Seminole lore. Attended by a vibrant mix of current and past campus leaders, FSU faculty, staff and administration, Clock & Seal™ has become the must-have ticket for every Seminole fan.

Members of the 2007 Clock & Seal™ committee are proud to announce that former FSU linebacker Peter Boulware will be the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Clock & Seal™ dinner. Boulware is a former All-Pro linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens, as well as a civic leader active in the Tallahassee community and Vice President of Legacy Toyota of Tallahassee. He recently announced his candidacy for the Florida House of Representatives.

This year’s event is taking place Friday, October 26th at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. Tickets are forty dollars ($40) per person, which includes the cocktail reception, hors d'oeuvres and dinner. Complete tables may also be purchased for three hundred dollars ($300) and provide seating for eight (8).

Checks or money orders should be made payable to Clock and Seal. Any questions may be directed here.