In January, Jesuitical, a podcast presented by America Media, which publishes America, The Jesuit Review, posed the following question “Is it possible to blend yoga and Catholicism?” On that podcast, Bobby Karle, S.J., answered questions about Ignatian Yoga, a new movement gaining attention and which he co-founded with Alan Haras, …
During dinner on Valentine’s Day, 2015, John Rohrhoff suggested that he and his wife, Katie, do something special to honor their late daughter, Riley Katheryn, who died as an infant. That was three years ago today, and in that time, the Riley Katheryn Foundation has helped more than 50 families …
Tom Lokar ’88 knows a thing or two about leadership. Currently the chief human resources officer for telecommunications company Mitel, he has worked in similar positions for HP, AOL and Bristol Myers Squibb. He also founded and ran an online career management and talent management business, where he developed a …
As the son of an Episcopalian minister, the last place James Timberlake thought he would find himself was a Jesuit university. But it’s his education at University of Detroit he credits with giving him the skills and confidence to build a successful career in architecture helping design significant projects like, …
As a University of Detroit Mercy architecture student, Graig Donnelly thought his future held a lifetime of designing houses and buildings. Today, as TechTown Detroit’s chief strategy officer, Wayne State University’s assistant vice president for Economic Development and one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ 40 Under 40, Donnelly said he had …
Norah Duncan IV ’74 majored in English when he attended University of Detroit with a goal of becoming a college professor and publishing some writing. Today, he is a college professor and has published many works, though the type of works isn’t what he thought — liturgical music that takes …
Peter Sullivan ’86 forged a career in software design in the early days of the dot-com industry. His bachelor’s degree in psychology from University of Detroit and master’s in computer science from Stanford put him on the forefront in the field of human/computer interaction in Silicon Valley. But while making …
Regular readers of this blog may remember Rebecca “Bucky” Willis ’12 from this story. Now, Willis is the subject of an article by Model D – Detroit, which calls itself Detroit’s Online Magazine. The article focuses on Willis’ nonprofit Bleeding Heart Design (b.h.d.), and the work she is doing in …
As a student in the School of Architecture, Craig Wilkins ’85 and one of his fellow students thought that by now they’d be retired and living on a beach somewhere. He’s not. Instead, he is teaching at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, …
As part of its 60th anniversary, the American Institute of Architecture Students named Lauren Myrand ’12 one of the organization’s 60 Legacy Alumni. Myrand, who was vice president of the local AIAS while an Architecture student at Detroit Mercy, said the position made her rethink her career plans. “I started …
