{"id":14875,"date":"2023-09-28T16:33:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=14875"},"modified":"2023-09-28T17:08:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T21:08:32","slug":"see-you-at-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2023\/09\/28\/see-you-at-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"See you at Homecoming!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14877\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/23-homecoming-promo-full.jpg?resize=993%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A large group of people with bikes outdoors in front of a clock tower at left, in the middle a photo of a bonfire at night and on the right, students help children shoot a toy bow and arrow.\" width=\"993\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/23-homecoming-promo-full.jpg?resize=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/23-homecoming-promo-full.jpg?resize=1024%2C415&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/23-homecoming-promo-full.jpg?resize=768%2C311&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students, alumni, employees and their friends are all invited to join the festivities at the University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/homecoming.php\">Homecoming<\/a>, scheduled for <strong>Sept. 29-30<\/strong> at Detroit Mercy\u2019s McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Two days of events \u2014 from games and tours to informational sessions to a battle of high school marching bands \u2014 are planned and attendees will be sure to find something just for them.<\/p>\n<p>Among the highlights are a bike tour of the historic areas surrounding the McNichols Campus, a men\u2019s soccer game, a noncompetitive alumni kickball game, a taping of Detroit Mercy\u2019s long-running show Ask the Professor and a readers theatre performance.<\/p>\n<p>The main event is a Fall Festival beginning at 5 p.m. It features hayrides, bubble soccer, a rock wall, food trucks, craft tent, scavenger hunt and petting zoo, all located in the heart of campus at the Fisher Fountain. Once it gets dark, a bonfire will be lit and attendees will be able to celebrate the Titan athletic teams. This will be followed by a Stroll Off competition.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in the weekend\u2019s events are a KBG Reunion Lunch, a 50th reunion for the Class of 1973 and the presentation of this year\u2019s Spirit Awards Alumni Achievement awards.<\/p>\n<p>For a complete schedule and to register, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/homecoming\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students, alumni, employees and their friends are all invited to join the festivities at the University\u2019s Homecoming, scheduled for Sept. 29-30 at Detroit Mercy\u2019s McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":14877,"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":[59,159,52],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/09\/23-homecoming-promo-full.jpg?fit=1900%2C770&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-3RV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14875"}],"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=14875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15014,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14875\/revisions\/15014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}