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Go Blue! Go Dearborn!

October 8, 2025

From the cardboard boat races to the athletic events, see UM-Dearborn’s Homecoming Week 2025 in photos.

UM-Dearborn students, alums, faculty and staff celebrated last week’s Homecoming 2025 by supporting each other. Shouts of encouragement echoed around Chancellor’s Pond during the cardboard boat races. Loud applause welcomed the newest class of Alumni Difference Makers. And sports fans rooted for the women’s volleyball, men's basketball and men's ice hockey teams.

Photographer Matthew Stephens was there to capture the week in photos.

Pep Rally and Cardboard Boat Races

Homecoming week at UM-Dearborn kicked off Monday, Sept. 29, with the Pep Rally and Cardboard Boat Races at Chancellor’s Pond.

Several students gather around a cardboard boat while a woman inside the boat adds tape to keep out leaks — The UM-Dearborn Women’s Ice Hockey team put the final touches on their pirate ship before the boat race begins.

Near a pond, three students hold trophies after winning the cardboard boat races. — After making it to the end of the pond and back the fastest (with their boat afloat and in one piece), the Independent of InterVarsity Catholic Fellowship, Organization of Bangladeshi Students and Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society celebrated their first- through third-place wins.

Homecoming x Climate Day of Service

Students volunteered to restore native landscapes around campus by removing invasive Canadian thistle and replanting with native wildflowers and grasses on Tuesday, Sept. 30.

Two students plant native leafy plants on the university grounds. — More than 30 students planted 152 native plants — 76 common boneset and 76 bottlebrush grass — throughout campus to prevent invasive plant species like the Canadian thistle from coming back. Photo by Assistant Sustainability Program Manager Grace Maves

Pickleball Tournament

Students, faculty, staff and alumni took part in a pickleball tournament at the Fieldhouse parking lot on Tuesday, Sept. 30.

Four students hit a yellow ball across the net with racquets. — The event, hosted by the Office of Student Life, Office of Alumni Engagement, UM-Dearborn Athletics and the Dearborn Pickleball Club, encouraged players of all skill levels to join in the competition.

Three students hold up signs and cheer for their friends. — Spectators were all in, cheering for their favorite teams from the sidelines, holding signs and wearing team t-shirts.

Homecoming Roller Skating Party

Students skated during the Homecoming Roller Skating Party at the Renick University Center on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The event featured music, lights and school spirit as part of the week’s activities.

Students wear roller skates and try not to fall during a roller skating event. — Students took a spin around Kochoff Hall to test out their roller skating abilities.

Women’s Volleyball vs. Lourdes University

The UM-Dearborn women’s volleyball team competed against Lourdes University on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Fieldhouse, with a final score of 3-1 Lourdes.

A UM-Dearborn volleyball played gets ready to hit the ball mid-air and put it over the net. — Dearborn Wolverine Princess Savage jumped to spike a ball against Lourdes University during the Homecoming match.

Golden Jubilee Celebration

Alumni from the classes of 1962 through 1975 toured the campus on Thursday, Oct. 2, before the Golden Jubilee Celebration reunion dinner at the Tony England Engineering Lab Building.

A group of alumni take a photo in front of a sign with a UM-Dearborn Block M. — After attending a campus bus tour, Golden Jubilee participants gathered to get a photo in front of their alma mater’s sign.

Alumni Difference Maker Awards

For more than 45 years, UM-Dearborn has honored grads who continue to serve as leaders and best in their workplaces and communities, and act as role models for a new generation of UM-Dearborn student leaders. These standout alums are honored as Alumni Difference Makers.