University of Detroit Mercy may not be the only metro Detroit University that includes leadership education as part of its curriculum, but it may be the oldest — our Institute for Leadership and Service dates back more than 20 years. That leadership programming was recently featured in an article on …
Detroit Mercy’s footprint on the community just got a little bigger as the city of Detroit named a street after our alumnus, Isaiah “Ike” McKinnon ’75, ’78. The downtown street honors McKinnon, an associate professor at Detroit Mercy, who is also a former Detroit Police chief and served as deputy …
Derrick Kuzak ’73, ’74, ’76, did not know exactly how his life would be transformed when he enrolled in the University of Detroit. But he now knows he can help transform the lives of others by helping them along a path to success that begins with a Detroit Mercy education. …
The Hub Detroit, a free monthly magazine telling the stories of Detroit’s neighborhoods featured Detroit Mercy’s many community programs in its August issue. In an article titled “Breaking Barriers: University strives to meld with community,” Detroit Mercy President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., talks about the unique relationship the University and …
By Stevie Jones, Class of 2017 A group of seven Detroit Mercy students and two of their professors gathered at the statue of Jesus on the McNichols Campus and said a prayer asking for safe travels during their journey south. The group was embarking on a weeklong travel course to …
Although we printed and distributed hundreds of commemorative T-shirts over the past year in celebration of the College of Business Administration’s centennial, we could just as well have printed sports jerseys with our lucky number — 19. In the Fall, U.S. News & World Report ranked our undergraduate Management program the nineteenth …
University of Detroit Mercy is partnering with two prestigious universities in China to bring a cohort of more than 70 students to Detroit Mercy in the fall. The goal: to study in Detroit Mercy’s state-of-the-art labs such as the Center for Automotive Systems Engineering Education (CASEE) with exceptional faculty, earn …
The College of Business Administration’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship was chosen by the Michigan Women’s Foundation to host a statewide EmpowerHer Symposium in June. The day-long event, sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund, brought together some 150 female social entrepreneurs from around the state to develop business skills and …
One of the College of Business Administration’s greatest strengths has always been the outstanding talent and loyalty of its graduates. They often serve as advisors and benefactors to the College, as mentors and guest lecturers for our students, and as examples of servant leadership to the community at large. There’s …
Thanks to a unique partnership with University of Detroit Mercy, nonprofit organizations that partner with Ford Motor Company volunteers have a new way of connecting those groups with willing workers. Detroit Mercy recently released GoodTurn, an iPhone app that brings nonprofits that have materials to move with volunteers who have …
