1,100 Titans participate in 2025 Commencement

May 12, 2025
Overhead photo inside of Calihan Hall of 2025 Commencement, featuring hundreds of people sitting.

The University held four Commencement ceremonies over two days, May 9-10, inside of Calihan Hall on the McNichols Campus, with more than 1,100 Titan graduates participating in receiving their diplomas.

Featured speakers at the ceremonies included the former Detroit Police Chief James E. White, U.S. Senator Gary Peters ’84, and three-time School of Dentistry graduate Cheri Newman ’89, ’90, ’98.

Overall, 1,400 Titans graduated following the conclusion of the 2024-25 academic year. Here's the full breakdown of graduates:

  • 1,022 total degrees awarded on the McNichols Campus (583 undergraduate, 439 graduate)
  • 796 total Titans participating during Saturday's McNichols Campus ceremonies
  • 475 graduates walking during the undergraduate ceremony in Calihan Hall
  • 321 Titans participating in graduate ceremony (44 doctoral candidates)
  • 190 graduates from the Detroit Mercy's School of Law
  • 187 graduates from the School of Dentistry

Stay tuned for full coverage following Commencement, including live stream replays, photo galleries, graduate profiles, social media content, and more.

Congratulations to the Class of 2025, you did it!

A pair of graduates smile as bubbles surround them.
A graduate pumps his arms in the air after walking across the stage at Commencement.
A graduate celebrates by pointing to her diploma after walking across the stage at commencement.
A graduate hugs a woman at commencement.
Graduates walk past the clocktower at the start of commencement.
A graduate hoists her diploma in the air on the stage at commencement.
A large group of graduates smile for a photo in front of the Clocktower
Graduates smile as they enter for commencement.
A graduate lifts her diploma up as she celebrates on the commencement stage.

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