The Detroit News named 10 Michiganians of the Year today and University of Detroit Mercy graduate Luther Keith ’72 was among them. Keith, 66, who is founder of ARISE Detroit! was honored for “his commitment to bringing people together to improve Detroit’s neighborhoods.” ARISE Detroit! connects people and more than 400 …
The Lansing State Journal has named Desmond Ferguson ’00 one of five Entrepreneurs to Watch in Lansing. Ferguson is a business grad who launched Moneyball Sportswear in 2002. The company specializes in custom-made basketball uniforms and other apparel for high school teams. The company’s retail arm sells T-shirts, yoga pants, hoodies …
The November issue of Connections, the magazine put out by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, focuses on distinguished faculty at Jesuit institutions. Who better to represent University of Detroit Mercy than Professor of Business Fr. Gerald Cavanagh, S.J. Fr. Cavanagh, who has been with the University since 1980, is …
The logo for Ven Johnson’s law firm is a pair of red boxing gloves. The message? He’ll fight for you. He’s also battling in a major way for the institution of the law and his recent gift of $100,000 to Detroit Mercy Law shows his commitment to that fight. “We …
Tom Berman ’04 always knew he was going into law. That’s because his father, Ron ’80, had long praised the value of a law degree to Tom and his brother. Ron knew first-hand the value of that degree. He earned his from University of Detroit and today, he chalks up …
Sabrina Rewald ’15 is a fellow at the National LGBTQ Task Force in Washington, D.C., and provides legal and policy research and taking part in advocacy to advance the equal rights and dignity of the LGBTQ community. She was profiled in this week’s Detroit Legal News. Rewald is a third-generation graduate of Detroit …
This year, Rebecca “Bucky” Willis ’12 is seeing the world and the way design makes it better. The recipient of five international fellowships, Willis has been to Toronto, Athens and Salzburg, Austria this year; closer to home, fellowships have taken her to Vermont and Chicago and, next year, to Washington …
*Brought to you in part by the Detroit Mercy libraries. For more than a century, a ghostly spectre known as Green Eyes has haunted the Chickamauga Battlefield in Tennessee. Writer Daniel Jackson, explores the legend in an article for Pulse, the Chattanooga, Tenn. His research led him to University of Detroit Mercy’s online …
Darryn Horvath ’14 was instrumental in one woman’s last-place finish in the Detroit Free Press Marathon on Oct. 16. Read her praise for the volunteer and Detroit Mercy grad in this Free Press profile.
Three College of Health Professions undergraduate students received $4,000 scholarships for this year thanks to a grant from Metro Health Foundation. CHP Dean Christine Pacini ’70, ’74 hosted an event for Metro Health Foundation representatives Theresa Sondys, senior program officer, and Dr. Judy Bean, board member, to meet the 2016-17 scholarship recipients …
