“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 …
University of Detroit and University of Detroit Mercy alumni are well represented at the 2017 World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA) Congress now at John Carroll University in Columbus, Ohio. The gathering has been held every four years since the organization was founded in 1958, but this is the first …
The national reputation of Detroit Mercy’s Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC) is on the rise. Thanks to a grant by the Kresge Foundation’s American Cities Practice, the DCDC is advising community development and economic engine groups in Memphis, Tenn., and Milwaukee, Wisc. Both cities are developing reports and community development …
The Student Success Center in the McNichols Campus Library is a special place for many people. It’s a place struggling students can get free tutoring that has been proven to improve their grades. And it’s a place where student tutors learn to become leaders. It’s a place that feels, for many, …
The summer internship program at the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, that’s NASA to most people, is represented by two young men connected with Detroit Mercy’s Biochemistry program. Witold Fuchs ’16 will be starting a seven-week summer internship at NASA in Huntsville, Ala., soon. He recently completed his first year at the …
Sarah Cornwell was shocked at commencements last month when she heard her name called as the recipient of the Vivere ex Missione award for graduate students. She shouldn’t have been too surprised, though. The award is presented annually to students — one graduate level and one undergraduate — who best exemplify the mission of …
As a high school student, Nara Gonczigsuren chose Detroit Mercy for its academic programs. What she didn’t realize at the time is that she would discover that many of her favorite parts of college would take place outside of the classroom. Gonczigsuren, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and a …
