The third week of March has traditionally been designated as Alumni Week and each year, 20 to 30 distinguished alumni return to campus to give guest lectures in classes matching their fields of expertise. In addition, a keynote event is open to the entire Detroit Mercy community, including students, faculty, …
For a number of years now, Detroit Mercy’s MBA program has been ranked among the top 30 graduate Management programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. (The most recent ranking placed us at No. 22 in the United States.) But last year, the College of Business Administration …
Since its founding in 2015, University of Detroit Mercy’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) has had a positive impact on more than 22,000 lives. Among those most directly affected are the owners and employees of more than 50 start-up enterprises that have participated in the CSE Boost workshops. These workshops provide …
Award-winning poet and educator Shonda Buchanan will discuss her new book, Black Indian, on Feb. 5 as part of Detroit Mercy’s Black History Month events. Black Indian explores her family’s legacy of being African-Americans with American Indian roots and the societal exclusions the combination brought. “I was inspired to write Black Indian because I wanted …
Detroit Mercy will once again face off against Oakland University for the Detroit Mercy vs. OU Donor Challenge, which is going on now through Friday, Jan. 31. This is the final donor challenge in this series, which is tied 2-2. The winner is determined based on the number of donors …
Detroit Mercy’s Department of Athletics celebrates several Titan legends for their achievements while in the red, white and blue during the Titans Champions Tour beginning tonight and running through Saturday. Fifteen people will be inducted into the Detroit Mercy Athletics Hall of Fame, while three former men’s basketball players earn …
February is Black History Month and University of Detroit Mercy has planned a slate of events and engagements that are free and open to everyone. Plan to attend any you can. We would love to see you there. Monday, Feb. 3 “Race: The Power of an Illusion” — an open …
A prank by some scalawags on the McNichols Campus 61 years ago is mentioned prominently in a piece in last week’s edition of The New Yorker. “In 1959, a group of undergraduates at the University of Detroit sneaked two records into a jukebox in the snack bar at the Student Activities …
Today 2019 officially ends, and for Detroit Mercy it was a year to remember. But just in case you don’t, we’re listing the top stories of the year, determined by number of times it has been read since it was posted. The School of Architecture was in the news a …
The roar of the crowd is amplified, the venue is larger, even the sport is different for University of Detroit Mercy dancer turned Detroit Lions cheerleader Mackenzie M. ’17. But there’s one thing in Mackenzie’s life that has remained consistent – her passion for helping others. “My whole life, I …
