{"id":25538,"date":"2026-04-18T10:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=25538"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:54:58","slug":"volunteers-needed-for-2026-commencement-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/04\/18\/volunteers-needed-for-2026-commencement-may-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers needed for 2026 Commencement, May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24695\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/commencement-2025.jpg?resize=993%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three photographs of students at Commencement 2025\" width=\"993\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/commencement-2025.jpg?resize=300%2C73&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/commencement-2025.jpg?resize=1024%2C248&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/commencement-2025.jpg?resize=768%2C186&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/commencement-2025.jpg?resize=1536%2C372&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/commencement-2025.jpg?resize=2048%2C496&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/commencement-2025.jpg?resize=1204%2C292&amp;ssl=1 1204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/commencement-2025.jpg?w=1986&amp;ssl=1 1986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Mercy Commencement Planning Committee is seeking dependable student and employee volunteers to help make 2026 Commencement Day a special event for graduates and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Two McNichols Campus Commencement ceremonies, as well as Baccalaureate Mass, will take place on <strong>Saturday, May 9 <\/strong>on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Please see sign-up below for volunteer opportunities and available time slots. Whether you have availability for one shift or for multiple shifts, your help is greatly appreciated! Breakfast and lunch are provided to all volunteers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Volunteer Meeting<\/strong><br \/>\nAll volunteers are required to attend a mandatory meeting on <strong>Tuesday, May 5 at 1 p.m.<\/strong> via Teams. For more information, please contact\u00a0Alysa Jackson (<a href=\"mailto:ouelleal@udmercy.edu\">ouelleal@udmercy.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dress Code<\/strong><br \/>\nEmployee volunteers are asked to dress in business casual and\/or Detroit Mercy gear. A volunteer name badge will be provided at check-in, which is located in the Athletics Office in Calihan Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for supporting graduating Titans on this special and exciting day!<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/5080A4CAAA92BA6FC1-56841892-detroit#\/\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Mercy Commencement Planning Committee is seeking dependable student and employee volunteers to help make 2026 Commencement Day \u2014 Saturday, May 9 \u2014 a special event for graduates and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":24695,"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":[7287,1009,179,15,3478],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/commencement-2025.jpg?fit=2482%2C601&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6DU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25538"}],"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=25538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25539,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25538\/revisions\/25539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}