Detroit Mercy Campus Connection

SACD to host lecture on transitioning from academia to architectural practice, Nov. 7

The SACD will host a lecture entitled “Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Architect: Reflections and Practice,” on Friday, Nov. 7, featuring Marisol González, who will share insights from her journey as both educator and practitioner, offering valuable perspectives on navigating the transition from academic study to professional practice.

CCPD Open House and Men’s Professional Clothing Drive, Nov. 20

The Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD) office will hold an Open House in their new space on Thursday, Nov. 20. The CCPD is now located in the Student Union Lower Level. Room 86. Stop by to meet the team, tour the new office space and learn about the career development resources offered to students. Snacks and giveaways will be available.

Call for UDM employee participation at Marketing Research Roundtable, half-day session to include free breakfast and lunch, Nov. 11

MarCom is seeking 25 full-time employees to participate in a strategy roundtable session on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., to identify what it means to “be Detroit Mercy” and to help create a new brand for the University.

Stacy Gnall, Detroit Mercy’s poet-in-residence and adjunct instructor of English, recently had four poems from her third book manuscript accepted for publication–two in TriQuarterly and …

Hady Srour, associate professor in Detroit Mercy’s School of Optometry, has been named to Hour Detroit‘s Top Docs List of 2025.

University of Detroit Mercy’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program was recently recognized as the top PA program in the United States. The Physician Assistant Education Association …

Black Freedom, Religious Excitement and the Invention of a Public Health Crisis, lecture set for Oct. 29

Attend this event entitled “Black Freedom, Religious Excitement and the Invention of a Public Health Crisis” on Oct. 29, in which Judith Weisenfeld, the Agate Brown and George L. Collard Professor of Religion at Princeton University, will explore how late 19th-century mental institutions used racialized views of “religious excitement” to justify institutionalizing formerly enslaved individuals and their descendants.

Writing Center Director and Adjunct Instructor Erin Bell presented a talk titled “Rethinking Writing Center Design in the Age of AI” at the Conference on …

Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Jocelyn Boryczka joined Tia Graham on WDET 101.9’s The Metro to discuss Detroit Mercy’s new …