University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Business Administration (CBA) will have a new endowed chair thanks to a major gift from the estate of an alumnus. Arnold Jarboe ’54 graduated from the College of Business Administration and worked for the Social Security Administration and practiced law. When he died in …
A generous gift from the wife of a late alumnus means scholarships for students in the College of Business Administration in perpetuity. Robert Bruce Jones ’47, ’52, passed away in 2015 at the age of 93. A firm believer in the importance of education, Jones attended University of Detroit after …
We come to another year’s end and we hope it was a good one for you. It was for University of Detroit Mercy, where great things happened all year long. You read about a lot of them right here on this blog. We thought you might enjoy catching up on …
More than 350 alumni and other supporters of University of Detroit Mercy attended the annual President’s Christmas Party on Dec. 7. The event included a moving speech by current Nursing student Elizabeth Yager. She praised the generosity of the donors in the room and talked of her love for the …
On a national scale, more than 36 percent of all college students experience food insecurity. According to a study conducted at University of Detroit Mercy in fall 2017 by the Campus Kitchen and Student Social Workers Association, 46.5 percent of respondents reported food insecurity during their experience at the University. …
There are only two days left to help our student-athletes reach their teams’ fundraising goals. The second annual Clash of the Titans crowdfunding competition has been going since Oct. 30, and there’s still a way to go for most of the teams. The team that comes out on top based …
Donors are inspired to set up scholarships by many different people. Sometimes it’s a favorite professor, or someone who helped them along the way or a classmate who had a big impact on them. For Sandy Streberger and her sister Nancy Dodge, it was Dora Mae Rawls, their family housekeeper. …
Detroit Mercy’s University Advancement Division announces the second annual Clash of the Titans giving competition to help support Detroit Mercy NCAA Division I athletic teams. The competition runs from today to Nov. 27. The goals of this effort are to increase financial support for teams from alumni and friends, and …
Chuck and Joann Raeder are regular donors to University of Detroit Mercy, but they don’t like to bring attention to themselves. “We don’t usually talk about that,” said Joann ’69. “We just feel it’s important to support the University and its programming because it makes such a difference for the …
At Homecoming on Sept. 29, University of Detroit Mercy will symbolically break ground on a Veterans Lounge on the McNichols Campus. The lounge will be a place for students who are veterans of the U.S. armed services to relax, support and get to know each other. The lounge is being …
