As he steps down after eight years as dean of the School of Architecture, Will Wittig does not like to talk about anything as lofty as “his legacy.” “If we talk about positive things that happened during my tenure, I’d have to say that the people who have come to …
University of Detroit Mercy’s next School of Architecture’s dean — the School’s fourth — will be inheriting a program current Dean Will Wittig and his faculty have been carefully building for years. Wittig calls it “School of Architecture 4.0.” It’s a program that stresses hands-on themes in four areas: community …
As usual, the new year brings faculty comings and goings University-wide, including three of note in the College of Business Administration. In December 2018, after three decades of service at University of Detroit Mercy, Professor of Marketing Mary Higby retired. Higby taught marketing management, marketing strategy, retailing and consumer behavior, …
University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Health Professions & McAuley School of Nursing (MSON) will offer a Part-Time Bachelor of Science in Nursing (PT BSN) program beginning in May and is seeking students to fill the first 30-seat cohort. Like all Detroit Mercy’s Nursing programs, the new part-time Bachelor of …
Over the past year, University of Detroit Mercy’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) has been serving its core function while expanding in new directions. Joining Director Derrin Leppek this year as assistant director of the CSE is Olga Alavanou, ’98, former executive vice president of Yazaki North and Central …
Among the little-known stories of World War II is the fact that rural areas across the continental United States were home to prisoner of war camps housing thousands of German and Italian soldiers. Professor of History Gregory Sumner came across this information while researching his last book, Detroit in World …
Among those inducted into the College of Business Administration’s Hall of Honor recently and also receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award was Lenora Hardy-Foster, ’88, ’96 president of the 95-year-old Judson Center, which provides compassionate, comprehensive services to children and families throughout southeast Michigan. Hardy-Foster earned an associate’s degree in business …
Even if you can’t read them while tooling down the expressway, chances are you’ve seen the billboards around metro Detroit touting the passage rate of Detroit Mercy Accounting grads on the Certified Public Accounting exam. The billboards read “Our Accounting grads beat Harvard on the CPA exam!” Other billboards list additional …
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 …
