{"id":9968,"date":"2022-03-14T16:16:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T20:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=9968"},"modified":"2022-03-15T00:19:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T04:19:51","slug":"seniors-commencement-is-just-around-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2022\/03\/14\/seniors-commencement-is-just-around-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors: Commencement is just around the corner!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2022 graduates, this year&#8217;s Grad Salute will be held Thursday, March 17 in the lobby of the Student Fitness Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>No RSVP is required, just stop by anytime and gear up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/current-students\/commencement\/index.php\">2022 Commencement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Graduation is just two months away!<\/p>\n<h3>Social media photo booth \u2013 #DetroitMercy2022<\/h3>\n<p>Grad Salute will host a photo station with props and signs ready to celebrate your Detroit Mercy accomplishments. Write a message on a prop to thank your family, instructors, advisors or best friend and strike a pose. These photos will be displayed in Calihan Hall prior to the Commencement ceremony for family and friends to see while they are wait for the program to begin.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, any photos tagged #DetroitMercy2022 on social media between now and May 14 will also be on display at Commencement.<\/p>\n<h3>Alumni Relations and Senior Class Gift giveaways<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on the Alumni Relations and Senior Class Gift tables. They will be featuring a spin and win wheel for seniors to win some alumni branded prizes such as wine glasses, license plate holders, travel mugs, business card holders and more.<\/p>\n<p>All seniors who sign up for the alumni website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fudmercyalumni.com%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cnelsontd%40udmercy.edu%7C90d656026b1c45e3c8f808d7c4fa4620%7Cc8a4c2d8bd6840bab8b67522be9a7171%7C0%7C0%7C637194451499108059&amp;sdata=LyvF6dQxWsFzP0dLeU9lMR2%2BvrKt4Uo93FM4lCSR4f0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Forever Titans<\/a>\u00a0are entered to win a special Detroit Mercy diploma frame.<\/p>\n<h3>Pre-ceremony cap and gown photos<\/h3>\n<p>Grad Images, the official Commencement photographer, will be on campus to take a picture of any senior in a provided cap and gown. Alternatively, dress up and take a professional head shot for your LinkedIn profile. Either way, it\u2019s free!<\/p>\n<h3>Class rings<\/h3>\n<p>Herff-Jones\u00a0will be available to assist all seniors in ordering\u00a0graduation announcements and class rings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Representatives at this year\u2019s Grad Salute include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alumni Relations Office<\/li>\n<li>Center for Career and Professional Development<\/li>\n<li>Detroit Mercy Graduate Admissions<\/li>\n<li>Office of the Registrar<\/li>\n<li>Office of Financial Aid<\/li>\n<li>Student Accounting Office<\/li>\n<li>University Ministry<\/li>\n<li>College of Business Administration<\/li>\n<li>College of Engineering &amp; Science<\/li>\n<li>College of Health Professions and McAuley School of Nursing<\/li>\n<li>College of Liberal Arts and Education<\/li>\n<li>Grad Images<\/li>\n<li>Herff-Jones<\/li>\n<li>Barnes and Noble Bookstore<\/li>\n<li>Alliance Catholic Credit Union<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/current-students\/commencement\/index.php\">More on 2022 Commencement.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9969\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/03\/Commencement2021-3.jpg?resize=963%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A pair of photos of Detroit Mercy graduates celebrating outdoors on the McNichols Campus.\" width=\"963\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/03\/Commencement2021-3.jpg?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/03\/Commencement2021-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C388&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/03\/Commencement2021-3.jpg?resize=768%2C291&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/03\/Commencement2021-3.jpg?resize=1536%2C582&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/03\/Commencement2021-3.jpg?resize=1204%2C456&amp;ssl=1 1204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/03\/Commencement2021-3.jpg?w=1900&amp;ssl=1 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 graduates, this year&#8217;s Grad Salute will be held Thursday, March 17 in the lobby of the Student Fitness Center from 11 a.m. to 6 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":9969,"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":[5302,709,2499,1009,5303,4440,2501,179,5304,1925],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/03\/Commencement2021-3.jpg?fit=1900%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-2AM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9968"}],"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=9968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9971,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9968\/revisions\/9971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}