{"id":19963,"date":"2025-01-27T15:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=19963"},"modified":"2025-01-27T23:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T04:55:46","slug":"titan-winter-blast-feb-1-features-chili-cook-off-winter-fun-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/01\/27\/titan-winter-blast-feb-1-features-chili-cook-off-winter-fun-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Titan Winter Blast, Feb. 1, features chili cook-off, winter fun for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19965\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/chili-cookoff.jpg?resize=300%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image of four students and Tommy Titan in front of table at chili cookoff\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/chili-cookoff.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/chili-cookoff.jpg?resize=768%2C564&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/chili-cookoff.jpg?resize=750%2C550&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/chili-cookoff.jpg?w=770&amp;ssl=1 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/winterblast.php\">Titan Winter Blast<\/a>, Detroit Mercy&#8217;s annual signature winter event, returns <strong>Saturday, Feb. 1, <\/strong>followed by a UDM men\u2019s basketball contest with Green Bay, all taking place on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>All Titans \u2014 students, alumni, staff, faculty, friends, family and guests \u2014 are invited to join us at the Student Fitness Center from <strong>11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/strong> for some winter festivities and camaraderie!<\/p>\n<p>Various teams of chili chefs from across the University&#8217;s campuses will turn up the heat at the wildly popular chili cook-off! Refreshments will be provided by Eastern Market Brewery and the EA Caf\u00e9, the student-run\u00a0coffee cart. Snuggle up for some horse-drawn trolley rides and have a blast at the outdoor ice-skating rink, playing cornhole, fowling, cookie decorating, games and activities and more!<\/p>\n<p>Following the fun at the Student Fitness Center, head over to Calihan Hall to cheer on the Titans as they battle Green Bay at <strong>1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cost for attendance is $5 for students and $20 for alumni, faculty, staff and guests. Children 12 and under are free! Admission includes tastings at the chili cook-off, food and refreshments, all games and activities and a ticket to the men\u2019s basketball contest.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/winterblast.php\"><strong>Register for Titan Winter Blast.<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19970 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?resize=993%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A graphic of the Titan Winter Blast taking place on Saturday, Feb 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is a Detroit Mercy logo and a registration scan code on the bottom left-hand corner. Tommy Titan is in the center bottom of page with a winter hat on an a shield in front of his face. There are four photographs of individuals participating in winter blast activities as well as a photo of a Titans men's basketball player taking a shot.\" width=\"993\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?resize=978%2C550&amp;ssl=1 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?w=1986&amp;ssl=1 1986w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?w=2979&amp;ssl=1 2979w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Detroit Mercy for its annual Titan Winter Blast, which is set for Saturday, Feb. 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by a UDM men&#8217;s basketball game, all on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":19970,"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":[59,711,717,834,3825,708],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/01\/winter-blast-graphic-25.png?fit=8000%2C4500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-5bZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963"}],"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\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19963"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20146,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963\/revisions\/20146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}