{"id":25141,"date":"2026-03-19T11:40:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=25141"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:54:37","slug":"2026-phenomenal-woman-award-winner-samerah-saad-to-be-honored-at-march-20-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/03\/19\/2026-phenomenal-woman-award-winner-samerah-saad-to-be-honored-at-march-20-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Phenomenal Woman Award winner Samerah Saad to be honored at March 20 reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Mercy community is invited to the annual Phenomenal Women&#8217;s Reception, set for <strong>Friday, March 20, at 5 p.m.,<\/strong>\u00a0in the Student Union Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>The recipient of the award this year is Samerah Saad, associate director of Residence Life.<\/p>\n<p>The reception, hosted by the Student Life Office and the Campus Activity Board, celebrates the lives of women at Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to all students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25142 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Phenomenal-Womens-Reception-flyer.jpg?resize=993%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Flyer for Detroit Mercy\u2019s Phenomenal Women\u2019s Banquet. The design has gold illustrated columns on each side and silhouettes of women in various colors in the center. Text reads: \u2018Phenomenal Women\u2019s Banquet. Student Union Ballroom. Friday, March 20, 5\u20136 p.m. Honoring this year\u2019s recipient: Associate Director of Residence Life, Samerah Saad.\u2019 A quote at the bottom reads: \u2018Carved in strength: Women who build solid foundations.\u2019 Logos for Detroit Mercy Student Life and the Campus Activity Board appear on the lower left and right corners.\" width=\"993\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Phenomenal-Womens-Reception-flyer.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Phenomenal-Womens-Reception-flyer.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Phenomenal-Womens-Reception-flyer.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the campus community on March 20 for the annual Phenomenal Women\u2019s Reception, honoring this year\u2019s award recipient, Samerah Saad, associate director of Residence Life. The celebration begins at 5 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom and is free and open to all students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":25142,"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":[6296,3705,7348,2758,1049,7347,375],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Phenomenal-Womens-Reception-flyer.jpg?fit=825%2C464&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6xv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25141"}],"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=25141"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25173,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25141\/revisions\/25173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}