Later this year, Associate Professor of Business Administration Omid Sabbaghi will shepherd two teams of Business students through an international trading competition. They’ll have to work hard to better last year’s Detroit Mercy representatives who placed fifth out of more than 450 teams from around the world. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange …
Each year, the University honors one alumnus from each of its schools and colleges for an Alumni Achievement Spirit Award. These honorees are leaders in their fields and have made their marks in other ways, too. The 2017 Spirit Award recipients who will be honored at a special event on …
When Christine Pacini entered University of Detroit as an undergraduate student in the 1960s, she had no idea how intertwined her life would become with the institution. After a 40-year affiliation with the University that has included positions as a professor and administrator, Pacini ’70, ’74 became dean of the College of Health Professions in …
The Centennial Gala was also the setting for the official opening of the College of Business Administration’s new Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Dean of the College of Business Administration Joe Eisenhauer said the Center is “an important part of the College of Business Administration moving forward. It’s part of our …
University of Detroit Mercy’s Cybersecurity program, housed in the College of Liberal Arts & Education, was one of the earliest National Security Agency Centers of Academic Excellence; today it is growing quickly. The master’s program has gone from seven students 18 months ago to 50 students today. The program’s designations …
Ramona Benkert has a passion for two things: Detroit and nursing. Through her career as a nurse and nurse educator, she has been able to make a difference in both. A native of Detroit, Benkert earned her bachelor of nursing degree from Mercy College of Detroit in 1981 and has …
This past summer, the School of Architecture completed another interior renovation project focused on the lower level of the building. This project was the third phase of a $1-million investment in the School’s facilities over the last five years, and represents the culmination of the master plan created by former …
Support for scholarships within the College of Engineering & Science is strong, as evidenced in three recent gifts that will support students today and into the future. Alumnus Bernard Schlaff ’44, who earned a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering and worked at Lockheed Missiles & Space Company and the Ames …
When the College of Health Professions officially opens its expanded facility later this month, one room will be named in honor of a prominent pediatrician, thanks to a generous gift from two alumni. Barbara ’02 and Ralph Cushing ’99, both doctors—she a retired pediatric hematologist-oncologist and he an infectious disease …
All alumni are invited to return to campus to participate in the two major events that remain in the yearlong celebration of the centennial of the founding of the College of Business Administration. The Titan men’s basketball game against Valparaiso at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19 will feature an …
