Dr. Barbara Cushing and her late husband, Dr. Ralph Cushing, made a significant gift to the College of Health Professions facility expansion earlier this year, naming a student examination room in the name of Dr. William C. Montgomery. You can read about that gift and others by the Cushings as …
Nearly 300 alumni, faculty, students and friends of Detroit Mercy gathered April 28 to honor seven alumni of University of Detroit, Mercy College of Detroit and University of Detroit Mercy. One alumnus from each college or school was chosen to receive the award for their success in their chosen field …
A unique educational program bringing Mechanical Engineering and Nursing students together for a project to aid disabled veterans has been quietly meeting its goal of making lives better. This year, it got the media attention it deserves. Students earning a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering spend their entire senior year working on a …
It should come as no surprise to discover that alumni from Detroit Mercy are internationally known entrepreneurs and healthcare workers, award-winning entertainers and producers, athletes, coaches, volunteers and doers. Chances are, you can find yourself in one of those categories above. We want to tell your story, because in telling these stories, …
The University of Detroit Mercy McAuley School of Nursing is hosting an accreditation visit by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) on March 29-31, 2017 for the baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral nursing programs.  As part of the process, the CCNE requires that the University provide an opportunity for the program’s constituents, …
Each year, the University honors one alumnus from each of its schools and colleges for an Alumni Achievement Spirit Award. These honorees are leaders in their fields and have made their marks in other ways, too. The 2017 Spirit Award recipients who will be honored at a special event on …
When Christine Pacini entered University of Detroit as an undergraduate student in the 1960s, she had no idea how intertwined her life would become with the institution. After a 40-year affiliation with the University that has included positions as a professor and administrator, Pacini ’70, ’74 became dean of the College of Health Professions in …
Ramona Benkert has a passion for two things: Detroit and nursing. Through her career as a nurse and nurse educator, she has been able to make a difference in both. A native of Detroit, Benkert earned her bachelor of nursing degree from Mercy College of Detroit in 1981 and has …
When the College of Health Professions officially opens its expanded facility later this month, one room will be named in honor of a prominent pediatrician, thanks to a generous gift from two alumni. Barbara ’02 and Ralph Cushing ’99, both doctors—she a retired pediatric hematologist-oncologist and he an infectious disease …
Each year, a group of students is admitted into the McAuley School of Nursing who will only rarely be seen on the McNichols Campus, where hundreds of other students are working on their undergraduate nursing degree. These students—60 a year—take their classes at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, though their …
