{"id":11433,"date":"2022-09-08T12:07:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T16:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=11433"},"modified":"2022-09-08T16:04:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:04:38","slug":"video-time-lapse-of-student-union-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2022\/09\/08\/video-time-lapse-of-student-union-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Time lapse of Student Union construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Detroit Mercy Student Union was built in 1955, expanded in 1970, and this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wb0slhQi3Dc\">time-lapse video<\/a> shows the major renovation and expansion begun in November 2020 and completed in August 2022. The facility is now once again the center of student life on campus.<\/p>\n<p>The Student Union is the new home for all student-centered services from admissions to financial aid to student life offices. It offers a one-stop-shop for students and their families as they consider a Detroit Mercy education; University Ministry offices has undergone expansion; and the bookstore has moved to newly renovated space in the building.<\/p>\n<p>Glass walls now brighten up the building and provide great views of the campus and a dynamic new outdoor plaza for studying or gathering. An indoor refreshment station, with study pods and a game area, are a place where students can hang out between classes.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/news\/articles\/2022\/09-02-student-union-grand-opening-blessing.php\">grand opening and blessing<\/a> of the new Student Union is set for Monday, Sept. 12 at 4 p.m. on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"993\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wb0slhQi3Dc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Detroit Mercy Student Union was built in 1955, expanded in 1970, and this time-lapse video shows the major renovation and expansion begun in November 2020 and completed in August 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":11436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[4459,3564,915,3503,3504,3653,3651],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/09\/DSC03571-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-2Yp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11435,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11433\/revisions\/11435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}