{"id":1851,"date":"2025-04-24T23:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2025-04-25T00:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:05:01","slug":"chass-to-celebrate-first-graduating-class-since-name-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2025\/04\/24\/chass-to-celebrate-first-graduating-class-since-name-change\/","title":{"rendered":"CHASS to Celebrate First Graduating Class Since Name Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1854\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/04\/IMG_8217.jpeg?resize=300%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/04\/IMG_8217.jpeg?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/04\/IMG_8217.jpeg?resize=1024%2C840&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/04\/IMG_8217.jpeg?resize=768%2C630&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/04\/IMG_8217.jpeg?resize=427%2C350&amp;ssl=1 427w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/04\/IMG_8217.jpeg?w=1284&amp;ssl=1 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nThe University of Detroit Mercy will celebrate commencement on <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Saturday, May 10, 2025<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, marking a significant milestone for the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS).&nbsp; <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">We will mark the graduation of our first CHASS <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">class since the college officially changed its name from the College of Liberal Arts &amp; Education (CLAE) <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in August 2024<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The name change, announced at the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">better <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reflects<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">our three areas of disciplinary focus in the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">humanities, arts, and social sciences <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">while retaining our deep commitment to our legacy as delivering the liberal arts curriculum at Detroit Mercy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students graduating from our <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">graduate and undergraduate <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">programs will now carry the CHASS name forward as the college enters a new era. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">We will recognize this milestone with special gifts for our graduating students and faculty who attend graduation.&nbsp; We hope that all will join for this penultimate event for our College and University.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Detroit Mercy will celebrate commencement on Saturday, May 10, 2025, marking a significant milestone for the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS).&nbsp; We will mark the graduation of our first CHASS class since the college officially changed its name from the College of Liberal Arts &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":1854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[17,39,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/04\/IMG_8217.jpeg?fit=1284%2C1053&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1855,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions\/1855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}