“Ordinary people doing extraordinary things” is how Tom Chabolla, president of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, describes the young women and men in the organization he runs. “They are people who have the courage to change while changing the world,” he told more than 100 people who heard him speak Tuesday …
Each year, University of Detroit Mercy chooses an alumnus of each of its Colleges or Schools to honor as someone who has excelled in his or her profession, demonstrated outstanding leadership in work and devoted himself or herself in service to the larger community. Award recipients reflect the University’s mission …
University of Detroit Mercy has selected seven groundbreakers and innovators as honorees in the 2020 Spirit of Detroit Mercy Alumni Achievement Awards. “These alumni represent everything that is great about University of Detroit Mercy,” said Alumni Relations Director Peggy Pattison. “They are leaders in their field and in their community …
Detroit Mercy’s College of Business Administration will host a public presentation by Denise Morrison, former president of Campbell Soup Co. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom on the McNichols Campus. Morrison’s presentation is titled “Leadership, Ethics and Social Responsibility: A Recipe for Success.” This …
Alliance Catholic Credit Union (ACCU), a longtime partner with Detroit Mercy, has opened its newest branch on the McNichols Campus in the North wing of the Student Union. It is ACCU’s tenth branch, and its second in the city of Detroit. For many years, ACCU has partnered with Detroit Mercy, sponsoring …
The first-time pass rate of Detroit Mercy accounting graduates who take the Certified Public Accounting (CPA) exam is now the best in the entire nation. The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) reported the 2018 pass rates in its annual publication, Candidate Performance on the Uniform CPA Examination, …
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 …
