Students prep floats for Ohio State Homecoming

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- There is just one day left until Ohio State University's Homecoming parade, and students spent Thursday putting the final touches on floats for the Homecoming parade.

Thursday was the last day to work on the parade floats, and students said they would be doing so until 9 p.m.

Amelia Scheetz with the university's Office of Student Life said students have been hard at work for months on the floats.

"Students from different organizations, sororities, fraternities come down here to The 'Shoe and they work on building their homecoming floats,” Scheetz said. “Some organizations start designing their floats as early as August, but the float building process started on Monday.” 

There is also a major theme for this year's parade: Brutus will be the focus on many of the floats to celebrate the mascot's 60th birthday.

“Brutus is actually going to be our grand marshal this year, which is awesome,” Scheetz said. “It's for his 60th birthday. So, we get to celebrate Brutus and Homecoming at the same time. I think, I also just love getting to see alumni of all ages, get to meet and interact with current Buckeyes so they can form that lifelong Buckeye connection.” 

The 113th Homecoming celebration starts Friday with the parade at 6 p.m., starting at Ohio Stadium. Many students like Nathan Snizik are excited to join the tradition.

“I think it's really important because Homecoming has been a tradition on OSU's campus for as long as I know,” Snizik said. “This is kind of what it's about, it's, you bridge the alumni and the current students and bring it all together in something really special.”