{"id":1561,"date":"2018-05-09T12:17:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T16:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2018-05-07T16:51:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T20:51:02","slug":"1561","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/2018\/05\/09\/1561\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch video of Spirit honorees&#8217; remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1562\" style=\"width: 1154px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1562\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/05\/Spirit_awards_wide.jpg?resize=1154%2C606&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"From left are Detroit Mercy President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D.; The Hon. Greg Mathis; Thomas E. Page; David F. Claeys; Mary Sue Stonisch, D.D.S; John M. Everly; Louis &quot;Gino&quot; Rossetti and Randal T. Murphy.\" width=\"1154\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/05\/Spirit_awards_wide.jpg?w=1154&amp;ssl=1 1154w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/05\/Spirit_awards_wide.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/05\/Spirit_awards_wide.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/05\/Spirit_awards_wide.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1154px) 100vw, 1154px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left are Detroit Mercy President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D.; The Hon. Greg Mathis; Thomas E. Page; David F. Claeys; Mary Sue Stonisch, D.D.S; John M. Everly; Louis &#8220;Gino&#8221; Rossetti and Randal T. Murphy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Friday, April 27, Detroit Mercy honored seven alumni during the annual Alumni Achievement Spirit Awards. More than 280 people attended the awards gala and dinner celebration, which took place in the Ballroom of the Student Union on the McNichols campus.<\/p>\n<p>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 as well.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s winners of Spiritus Awards are listed below. Click on a name to watch a video of their acceptance speech.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gxbmwR1P6OQ\">John M. Everly<\/a>, \u201965, \u201967 \u2014 College of Business Administration<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fVfwqaD-9lM\">Randal T. Murphy<\/a>, \u201959 \u2014 College of Engineering &amp; Science<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xrFuUx-3BHk\">David F. Claeys<\/a>, \u201999, \u201903\u2014 College of Health Professions<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LTmaxFIOkOQ\">Thomas E. Page<\/a>, \u201971, \u201976 \u2014 College of Liberal Arts &amp; Education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7irTF0jtMBQ\">Louis &#8216;Gino&#8217; Rossetti<\/a>, \u201959 \u2014 School of Architecture<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lLojTcvEhbU\">Mary Sue Stonisch-Monahan<\/a>, D.D.S., \u201987 \u2014 School of Dentistry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8fPAl4kFhl0\">The Honorable Gregory E. Mathis<\/a>, \u201988 \u2014 School of Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For all Spirit Award winners, the heart of their career and life success stems from their experience at Detroit Mercy.<\/p>\n<p>Louis \u2018Gino\u2019 Rossetti said that his experience at Detroit Mercy \u201cled me to develop and maintain friendships throughout all these years with great people who also attended the University. The Jesuits provided me with not only my education, but the ability to grow my confidence and progress my leadership skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To view a photo album of the event festivities, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2w4PWyZ\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2w4PWyZ<\/a>. To read more about our award winners and about their experience as students, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.udmercy.edu\/awards\">https:\/\/community.udmercy.edu\/awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, April 27, Detroit Mercy honored seven alumni during the annual Alumni Achievement Spirit Awards. More than 280 people attended the awards gala and dinner celebration, which took place in the Ballroom of the Student Union on the McNichols campus. 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