Spring Carnival
Save the Date: Spring Carnival 2026
Mark your calendars for the next Spring Carnival and Reunion Weekend: April 9-11, 2026! We will be celebrating the undergraduate class years ending in 1s and 6s, plus the first reunion of the Class of 2025. Learn about Reunion Weekend and how you can get involved.
For more than 100 years, Spring Carnival has celebrated CMU's traditional mainstays like Booth, Buggy, the Kiltie Band concert and Scotch'n'Soda performances.
This year, thousands of students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends came together on campus and virtually to enjoy this oh-so-CMU tradition April 3-5 and April 12-13 (thanks to a bonus Buggy weekend due to rain).
2025 Event Highlights & Recordings
Tartans on the Rise
Tartans on the Rise celebrates alumni who graduated in the last 10 years and are making an impact on their organizations and in their communities, across the nation and around the world through leadership, innovation and career accomplishments. The university celebrated this year’s class at a special reception during Spring Carnival Weekend. Congrats to all the honorees!
Opening Ceremony
Then & Now
2025 Booth Results
Fraternity
- First Place: Indiana Jones by SigEp
- Second Place: The Simpsons by AEPi
- Third Place: Men in Black by PhiDelt
Sorority
- First Place: Toy Story by KKG
- Second Place: Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by DG
- Third Place: Barbie World by APhi
Independent
- First Place: Wall-E by SDC
- Second Place: Howl's Moving Castle by ASA
- Third Place: The Muppets by Fringe
Blitz
- First Place: Jurassic Park by SusE/TPEG
- Second Place: Aladdin by MENASA/Spirit
- Third Place: Sharknado by KGB/PRISM
Doghouse
- First Place: Peanuts by ScottyLabs
- Second Place: The Iron Giant by RoboClub
- Third Place: Ponyo by Kappa Phi Lambda
Other Awards
- Overall winner: Jurassic Park by SusE/TPEG
- People's Choice Award: The Muppets by Fringe
- Chairman's Choice Award: Toy Story by KKG
2025 Sweepstakes Results
Men:
- CIA A (2:11:49)
- SDC A (2:15:86)
- SDC B (2:16:27)
Women:
- SDC A (2:39:06)
- CIA B (2:44:42)
- SDC B (2:45:45)
All Gender:
- SDC A (2:25.62)
- PiKA A (2:38.77)
- Fringe A (2:43.90)
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for more about Spring Carnival
Questions? Email CMUevents@andrew.cmu.edu
