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Health Information Management – A New and Growing Program

We’re excited that Health Information Management recently received a generous donation from an alumna who graduated from the Records Management Program at Mercy College of Detroit. The course of learning has changed dramatically in this technology-driven society, and students are … Continue reading

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This Christmas – Give the Gift of Nursing Education with Scholarship Support

The University is preparing for Christmas Break, a time for students and faculty to take time from rigorous studies and relax with family and friends, rejoicing in the blessings of the past year and looking forward with hope to 2012. … Continue reading

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Physician Assistant Students – New Opportunities for Education Funding

Students in the Physician Assistant Program now have a great opportunity for up to $10,000 in loan funding through the Charles E. Schell Scholarship/Loan program. A grant to the College of Health Professions from Fifth Third Bank made possible the … Continue reading

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A Joyous Anniversary for the Sisters of Mercy

Today, December 12, is the 180th Anniversary of Catherine McAuley’s founding of the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters of Mercy actually grew out of Catherine McAuley’s innate compassion for others, instilled in her from childhood by her father. It was … Continue reading

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Commitment and Care for Others – Remembering Martina Kuechle in Scholarships for Nurses

New generations of nursing students have the opportunity for a new scholarship that honors a woman who exemplified all that UDM nursing wants of its students – compassion, commitment to others, and a belief in giving time and talent to … Continue reading

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Scholarship Support – A Meaningful Investment into the Future of Quality Health Care Professionals

Access to higher private education is an integral part of the University’s mission. Our Mercy and Jesuit founders firmly believed that higher education transforms lives and that college programs that expand knowledge and foster personal and spiritual development lead students … Continue reading

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Physician Assistants – Preventing and Treating Human Illness and Injury

Campus Connections at UDM recently announced that Associate Professor Suzanne York was a key player in helping advance a fourteen-month advocacy initiative leading to the passage of the Michigan Patient Access to Care and Safety Initiative, signed into Michigan Law … Continue reading

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Remembrances of Mercy

Sister Mary Justine Sabourin gathered a wonderful history of Mercy College and authored ‘Risk & Hope – An Early History of Mercy College of Detroit 1941-1966 (1999, University of Detroit Mercy Press.) She writes of the fortitude of vision and … Continue reading

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At Thanksgiving and Always, We Give Thanks for New Visions in Health Care

Thanksgiving traditionally opens a great season of optimism and hope for the future. Health care reform is, for many, an optimistic sign of greater attention to the needs of the patient and what will be the best way of delivering … Continue reading

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The College of Health Professions – Dynamic, Diverse, Diligent

You might not see the minute-to-minute drama in the College of Health Professions that you see on medical series like Grey’s Anatomy, House, or the old classic, M.A.S.H. Thankfully, life doesn’t happen in 30-minute segments — particularly at Health Professions, … Continue reading

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