News Release

UDM’s 21st Annual Midnight Bike Tour – 9/25

Over 85 University of Detroit Mercy students on bicycles are expected to participate in the 21st Annual Bicycle Tour of Detroit on Friday, September 25, 2009.

UDM students will begin riding at 10 p.m. from Parking Lot "A," north of Reno Hall on the McNichols Campus. Before the night is over, the 25-mile round trip excursion will include such sites as the Palmer Park/Palmer Woods areas, Indian Village, Greektown, the Cultural Center, Eastern Market, the Boston - Edison District and a north Woodward ride to downtown Detroit. Escorting the students will be members of UDM Public Safety Department.

The bike tour includes rest stops to point out places of interest and a hot dog break at midnight at Detroit's famous Lafayette Coney Island. The cyclists should return to campus around 1 a.m. on Saturday morning.

"The bike ride has become one of our student’s favorite ways of kicking off the school year," said Dorothy Stewart, director of student life. "Each ride picks up more momentum from both faculty and students. This is an excellent opportunity for new students to see Detroit and even native Detroiters to see our city from an entirely different perspective, at night."

For more information or to rent a bicycle at no cost, contact the Student Programming Board at 313-993-1150 or or programboard@students.udmercy.edu.

The University of Detroit Mercy is Michigan’s largest private Catholic University, with approximately 100 academic majors and programs. Sponsored by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, the University has campuses located in downtown and northwest Detroit. UDM is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and the largest of 18 Mercy institutions of higher education in the United States.

For the ninth consecutive year, University of Detroit Mercy is listed in the top tier of Midwestern Master's Universities in the 2010 edition of the U.S.News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges."

Release date: September 23, 2009

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