{"id":22476,"date":"2025-09-22T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=22476"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:45:34","slug":"2025-homecoming-weekend-to-welcome-all-titans-sept-26-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/09\/22\/2025-homecoming-weekend-to-welcome-all-titans-sept-26-27\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Homecoming weekend to welcome all Titans, Sept. 26-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22483 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Homecoming-2024.jpg?resize=993%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A group of four images from Homecoming 2025. First is a group of cyclist, second is lighting of the bonfire, third is a group of individuals with Tommy the Titan, and fourth is a group of men playing pickleball\" width=\"993\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Homecoming-2024-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C51&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Homecoming-2024-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C175&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Homecoming-2024-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C131&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Homecoming-2024-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C263&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Homecoming-2024-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C351&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Homecoming-2024-scaled.jpg?resize=1204%2C206&amp;ssl=1 1204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Homecoming-2024-scaled.jpg?w=1986&amp;ssl=1 1986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students, alumni, employees, family, fans and friends are all invited to join in the festivities at the University&#8217;s annual Homecoming, set for <strong>Sept. 26-27<\/strong>\u00a0on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>This two-day event offers something for everyone\u2014from exciting games and tours to informative sessions and even tasty barbecue wings to enjoy throughout the day on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Among the highlights are the annual bike tour of the historic areas surrounding the McNichols Campus, a pickleball clinic and competition, a taping of Detroit Mercy&#8217;s long-running show, &#8220;Ask the Professor&#8221; and a performance in the newly established Black Box Theatre in the Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees can also cheer on men&#8217;s lacrosse alumni Titans at Titan Field as they take on the 2025-26 men&#8217;s lacrosse team in a friendly game at noon on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The main event is the Fall Festival which is slated to begin at <strong>4:30 p.m.<\/strong> It features laser tag, arts and crafts, bubble soccer, yard and casino games, food trucks, scavenger hunt and many more family friendly activities, 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 and numerous reunions are the College of Health Professions Research Symposium, a Golden Jubilee reunion for the Class of 1975 and the presentation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/awards.php\">2025&#8217;s Alumni Achievement Spirit Award honorees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/homecoming.php\">Full Homecoming info!<\/a><\/h4>\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. 26-27 at Detroit Mercy\u2019s McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":22483,"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":[59,621,1259,709,159,52,7043,7044],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Homecoming-2024-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C438&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-5Qw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476"}],"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=22476"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22524,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476\/revisions\/22524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}