John Rectenwald ’68 knows process. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, he spent five years in the Navy, became a decorated Vietnam War vet and was a member of the White House military staff where he ran the operations at Camp David. He returned to Michigan and worked for …
Detroit Mercy Psychology graduate student Christina Nguyen has received the Michigan Tutorial Association’s (MTA) Tutor-of-the-Year Award. She was honored at the MTA Connections Conference on Friday, Nov. 2, at Wayne State University. Susan Trudeau, director of Detroit Mercy’s Student Success Center, nominated Nguyen based on her dedicated service and commitment …
Two Detroit Mercy Architecture alumni are getting noticed for the way they look at design, one locally and one on the national level. Chandra Moore ’02, ’05, is one of a very small group of African-American female architects. She is making a name for her Detroit-based company coG studio LLC, …
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. …
As a Washington, D.C. prosecutor, Paul Butler started every case he tried with the same statement. “I would say, ‘My name is Paul Butler, and I represent the people.’ I represented the government in criminal court,” Butler said, “and I used that power to put black men in prison. And …
Safety Street 2018 was skele-tons of fun The annual event welcomes young children from the neighborhoods to campus to trick-or-treat in a safe environment. More than 1,765 pounds of candy was donated by Detroit Mercy student organizations, faculty, staff and administrators and was distributed by fraternities, sororities and student organizations …
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 …
Basketball season is right around the corner and that means the return of the the University of Detroit Mercy Basketball Coaches Show starting tonight. Tonight’s show will be broadcast live from 7-8 p.m. on 910 AM Superstation from Dino’s Lounge in Ferndale. The new Voice of Men’s Basketball, Dan Hasty, …
Those bright smiles coming from the Detroit Pistons aren’t just because they’re undefeated so far this season. They may also have something to do with a Detroit Mercy Dental alumnus. Robert DiPilla, D.D.S., ’89 has been recently named the official dentist for the Detroit Pistons. “I have long been a …
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 …
