Thanks to a unique partnership with University of Detroit Mercy, nonprofit organizations that partner with Ford Motor Company volunteers have a new way of connecting those groups with willing workers. Detroit Mercy recently released GoodTurn, an iPhone app that brings nonprofits that have materials to move with volunteers who have …
University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Engineering & Science is now home to the only current Clare Boothe Luce Professor in Michigan. Funded by a five-year, $476,000 grant from Henry Luce Foundation’s Clare Boothe Luce Program, Megan O. Conrad, Ph.D., will serve as a role model and mentor for women …
The GM Student Corps celebrates its fifth and largest year, helping young people in underserved school districts transform their communities and jump start their futures. Students spent Thursday, July 20, at University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus working with faculty and learning important life skills as they prepare for college. Pershing High …
University of Detroit Mercy Physician Assistant student Jamie Murawski loves to help people, it’s why she’s in school to be a Physician Assistant (PA). She also loves to help potential PA students. Through social media and blogging, Murawski chronicles the ups, downs and everything in between of her journey through PA school. …
Every year, the Fr. Vincent Welch Memorial Dinner raises funds for scholarships for students of University of Detroit Mercy and Loyola High School. On Tuesday, Artona Millhouse ’16 told a large crowd the difference the scholarship she received to attend Detroit Mercy has made in her life. We excerpted it here because we thought it …
How they met Richard and Penny Persiani met the way a couple might meet in a romantic comedy. The two did not know each other, but each were teaching part-time at Detroit Mercy Dental when they got into an elevator together. The elevator stopped between floors and maintenance had to …
“It is very important that we, as future lawyers and advocates, be able to understand the communities we are helping and what areas of law are important to these community members,” said Emina Alic, a second-year student in Detroit Mercy Law’s evening program. That’s why she took part in an …
University of Detroit Mercy was well-represented at the World Union of Jesuit Alumni Congress held last week at John Carroll University in Cleveland. Two attendees shared their thoughts on the event after it ended. Gerald Cavanagh, S.J., Detroit Mercy professor of management, planned the program for alumni interested in business and filled it …
As a program manager of the Community and Economic Development division at the City of Flint, Emily Doerr is in prime position to do what she loves. “I want to be someone who can make change happen, on-the-ground, one day at a time,” she said. She has been making change …
University of Detroit Mercy keeps the acts of service coming even in the middle of summer. And others are noticing. Two recent events were subjects of news stories by Detroit media and we wanted to be sure you saw the difference Detroit Mercy makes in the lives of the community all year …
