{"id":18105,"date":"2024-09-26T14:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=18105"},"modified":"2024-09-26T14:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:03:15","slug":"all-invited-to-2024-homecoming-on-saturday-sept-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2024\/09\/26\/all-invited-to-2024-homecoming-on-saturday-sept-28\/","title":{"rendered":"All invited to 2024 Homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students, alumni, employees, family, fans and friends are all invited to join in the festivities at the University&#8217;s Homecoming, set for <strong>Saturday, Sept. 28<\/strong> on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>A full day of events has something for everyone, from games and tours to informational sessions and a battle of high school marching bands.<\/p>\n<p>Among the highlights are the annual bike tour of the historic areas surrounding the McNichols Campus, a men&#8217;s soccer game, a non-competitive alumni kickball game, a taping of Detroit Mercy&#8217;s long-running show, &#8220;Ask the Professor&#8221; and a reader&#8217;s theatre performance.<\/p>\n<p>The main event is the Fall Festival which is slated to begin at 4 p.m. It features hayrides, a rock wall, bubble soccer, food trucks and a petting zoo, all located inside or near the Student Fitness Center. After dusk, a bonfire will be lit to celebrate all Titan Athletic teams!<\/p>\n<p>Also included in the weekend&#8217;s events are a KBG Luncheon, a 50th reunion for the Class of 1974 and the presentation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/awards.php\">2024&#8217;s Alumni Achievement Spirit Award honorees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers are also still needed to assist with the celebration of Homecoming. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2024\/08\/23\/volunteers-needed-for-homecoming-sept-28\/\">Visit this link for more information on how you can get involved!<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/homecoming.php\">Full Homecoming info!<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18106\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/24-Homecoming-promo.png?resize=993%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Four different pictures from past Homecoming events, including a bonfire, soccer game, bike ride and a student posing with Tommy Titan.\" width=\"993\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/24-Homecoming-promo.png?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/24-Homecoming-promo.png?resize=1024%2C480&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/24-Homecoming-promo.png?resize=768%2C360&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/24-Homecoming-promo.png?resize=1173%2C550&amp;ssl=1 1173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students, alumni, employees, family, fans and friends are all invited to join in the festivities at the University&#8217;s Homecoming, set for Saturday, Sept. 28 on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":18106,"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":[6,6438,4404],"tags":[59,1259,709,159,52,6481,1258,160],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/24-Homecoming-promo.png?fit=1920%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-4I1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105"}],"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=18105"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22477,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105\/revisions\/22477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}