University of Detroit Mercy announces the appointment of Jelani Jefferson Exum as the new dean of the School of Law, effective July 1. Jefferson Exum is a nationally recognized expert in sentencing law and procedure and joined the Detroit Mercy faculty in 2019. “I am honored to be the next …
Detroit Mercy’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program and Master of Science in Nursing program were both ranked among the nation’s elite, according to the 2022 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate School Rankings.” Rankings were released on March 30. The DNP program was ranked No. 94 in the nation, …
University of Detroit Mercy’s MBA program was ranked No. 25 in the nation in Management programs for 2022 according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate School Rankings.” Rankings were released March 30. Antoine M. Garibaldi, president of Detroit Mercy, said that this recognition is a tribute to the …
Last week, alumnus Glynn Lunney ’58 died at the age of 84. He was honored with a brief profile on NBC News’ Sunday Today with Willie Geist. Lunney graduated from University of Detroit with a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering and was instrumental in helping the United States land on …
As part of Women’s History Month, WDIV-TV Channel 4 in Detroit recently profiled Mercy College of Detroit graduate and member of the Detroit Mercy Board of Trustees Nancy A. Susick. Watch the video here. The president of Royal Oak Beaumont, Nancy A. Susick, M.S.N., R.N. ’86 is the first female …
The Detroit Mercy Theatre Company (DMTC) is drawing inspiration from the past with the presentation of Hitchcocked!: An Audio Serial, an original, five-episode adventure comedy based on the work of Alfred Hitchcock. The world premiere audio play, commissioned by the DMTC thanks to a donation from alumnus Tom Page ’71, …
Florence Tetreault was a unique woman. She lived quietly and by her own rules. An alumna and former faculty member, she worked hard and lived frugally. As a professor of Math, she extolled the virtues of compound interest and prudent investing. “It’s not how much money you make,” she would …
The word “civility” is frequently used in discussions on how to heal the deep political and personal divisions in this country. But a new book by Detroit Mercy Assistant Professor of Political Science Alex Zamalin argues that the word has been used historically to silence people working toward a more …
Barbara Wolack and her late husband, John, have a nearly 60-year legacy of supporting University of Detroit Mercy. It’s a wide-ranging history of giving both time and treasure that, when taken together, illustrates what Detroit Mercy means when it says it develops the whole person. John was the son of …
Joseph Alvaro understands that it’s not life’s challenges that define someone, it’s how that person responds to them. In a span of 14 months in 2009 and 2010, Alvaro lost Frances, his wife of 25 years, his daughter, his father, a brother-in-law and an uncle by marriage with whom he …
