The tradition continues as University of Detroit Mercy plans to celebrate Homecoming, Sept. 29 – Oct. 1. The annual gathering is open to students, alumni, friends, family, faculty, staff and the community.
The Fall Festival-themed event aims to reconnect past, present and future Titans through three days of celebration. Homecoming kicks off with the presentation of the Alumni Achievement Spirit Awards and is followed by numerous other presentations, sporting events, reunions, a tailgate and bonfire and more.
Those planning on participating are asked to bring one non-perishable food or personal hygiene item per person for the Detroit Mercy Student Food Pantry. Suggested items include single-serving soup, instant meals, peanut butter, canned fruit, protein bars or personal hygiene items.
All activities are free unless indicated with an asterisk on the itinerary below:
Thursday, Sept. 29
- Alumni Achievement Spirit Awards * — 5:30-9:30 p.m. (Student Union Ballroom)
Friday, Sept. 30
- Titan Slam Monologue Competition preliminaries — 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Life Sciences 113)
- Hoop Night in the D — 6:30-7:30 p.m. (Calihan Hall)
- McLean Lecture — 7-8 p.m. (Zoom Meeting)
- Titan Tailgate and Bonfire — 7:30-9:30 p.m. (Parking Lot G)
Saturday, Oct. 1
- Tour de Titan Bike Ride * — 10 a.m. to Noon (McNichols Campus)
- Tea & Tapas – Mercy & Jesuit Values Past, Present and Future — 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Student Union Ballroom)
- HSA Alumni and Student Networking — 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (McNichols Campus Library, Second Floor)
- Fall Festival & Old-Fashioned BBQ — 12-4 p.m. (Sacred Heart Square)
- Taping of “Ask The Professor” — 12-1 p.m. (Sacred Heart Square)
- KBG Reunion Lunch — 12-2 p.m. (Architecture Exhibition Space)
- Comfortable Cup of Tea – College of Health Professions Panel Discussion — 1-3 p.m. (CHP 124)
- Theatre Reunion — 1-3:30 p.m. (Sacred Heart Square)
- Softball Tournament — 2-6 p.m. (Buysse Softball Park)
- Titan Slam Monologue Competition Finals — 3:30-6:30 p.m. (Life Sciences 113)
- Mass — 4-5 p.m. (St. Ignatius Chapel)
- Women’s Soccer game — 4-5:30 p.m. (Titan Field)
- Golden Jubilee Reunion, Class of ’72 — 4:30-8 p.m. (Architecture Exhibition Space)
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