The Michigan Colleges Alliance (MCA) is once again hosting the Campus Community Challenge. Scholarships up to $7,500 will be awarded to winning students/teams that are selected to be included in the final pitch competition. In addition to the opportunity for scholarships, all projects selected for the final competition will net a $250 cash stipend.
Wednesday, Feb. 14 is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Roman Catholic Church’s celebration of Lent. With this in mind, the University is offering several Masses across the campuses.
Detroit Mercy’s English Department will host poet Donika Kelly as the second author in the 2024 Triptych visiting author series on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The virtual event is free and open to the community.
The founder of Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), Diya Abdo, is set to give a virtual talk from 1-2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. The talk is titled, Re-envisioning Campuses as Refuge.
Detroit Mercy Athletics will hold a Titans X-Golf Fundraiser on Sunday, March 10 from 1:30-4 p.m. at X-Golf in nearby Royal Oak. Players who sign up get to play in a 9-hole alternate shot tournament. The fundraiser is open to all who wish to participate!
UDM’s Campus Activity Board is a space of creativity and collaboration formed to create as many campus activities as possible to engage the student body. It is tasked with planning annual favorites such as the Halloween Boo Bash and the new Ugly Sweater Contest hosted in December.
Tommy Titan’s birthday is Monday, Feb. 12 and to celebrate the University is throwing a party complete with cake and photos at 1:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Student Union.
Titans, have you ever wondered what the Busy Persons Retreat was about or thought about signing up, but didn’t know if it was right for you? Come to an informational session over Zoom on Friday, Feb. 9 at 12:30 p.m. to learn more about it.
Photograph 51 runs six performances Friday through Sunday, Feb. 9-11 and the following weekend, Friday through Sunday, Feb. 16-18. All Friday and Saturday shows are set for 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday performances are both at 3 p.m.
Join fellow Titans for a private tour of Detroit’s Motown Museum on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is part of Detroit Mercy’s celebration of Black History Month.
As humans work toward a more sustainable future on Earth, imagine having one material that can act like many of the plastics used in daily life. Now consider those same principles being used in outer space, where resources and capacity are precious commodities. Thanks to research by Nicholas Boynton ’19, these concepts may one day become a reality.
Listen to reflections on contemporary events unfolding in the Holy Land, including Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel with David Mark Neuhaus, S.J., speaking virtually Monday, Feb. 12 from 5-6:30 p.m.
Pause the workday and join fellow Detroit Mercy colleagues for a time of reflection and sharing on Friday, Feb. 9 from 12-1 p.m. inside of the Student Union, Room 208.
UDM was ranked 13th nationally in the Best Online General Management MBA Programs category, while its online Graduate Nursing Program was No. 62.
Join the Detroit Mercy community in celebrating our religious diversity with an interfaith dinner for all on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. inside of the Student Union Ballroom.
The CNXNS: SciComm Art Show is free for all and takes place from 3-8 p.m. each day inside of the Architecture Exhibition Space in the Warren Loranger Architecture Building. The show will feature a broad range of art pieces created by UDM faculty, staff and students.
Join fellow Titans for the University of Detroit Mercy Night as the Motor City Cruise welcome Titan alumnus and former star guard of the Titan men’s basketball team, Antoine Davis, and the Rip City Remix on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.
All are welcome to join Detroit Mercy’s Creative Writing Collective on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 5:15 p.m. with Professor of English Nick Rombes set to lead. The gathering will be held in the Briggs Building, Room 205.
Joining Greek life can offer many benefits to its members, including opportunities for leadership development and charitable or service work.
English faculty members Michael Lauchlan and Stacy Gnall will be performing poetry at Book Suey in nearby Hamtramck on Friday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.
University of Detroit Mercy received a $497,080 award from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to sustain its work in establishing the Metro Detroit Regional Vehicle Cybersecurity Institute, a regional cybersecurity consortium.
Detroit Mercy colleagues will help their team win by recording minutes of intentional physical activity that gets the heart pumping to determine which Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) institution is the most active.
Join Detroit Mercy’s Society of Women Engineers and Office of Title IX for a discussion of women’s experiences in the engineering industry on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 5 p.m.
The Department of Communications Studies and the College of Liberal Arts & Education will host a public presentation by five-time Emmy winner, movie and TV producer, Neil Mandt, on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m.
Beginning with the 2024-25 academic year, Detroit Mercy will offer free tuition to first-year students who meet certain eligibility requirements. They may renew Titan Edge for up to four years total.
Detroit Mercy offers an opportunity to help you focus your prayer during Lent, which comes from the Jesuit tradition and is rooted in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. The Pre-Lenten Retreat is set for Saturday, Feb. 10 from 9-11:30 a.m. in Lansing-Reilly Hall, on the McNichols Campus.
Detroit Mercy is offering an exclusive experience for this year’s Rocket Mortgage Classic at a new price point — only $250 per ticket. Proceeds support the scholarship endowment.
Former student-athlete Ben Kendell ’18, ’19 is set to become the fifth Titan male to compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials, competing in the marathon Feb. 3 in Orlando, Fla.
The University has expanded its options for tuition exchange programs, a benefit to full-time employees, it was announced Monday by President Donald Taylor.
The College of Health Professions Wellness and Well-being Committee will be presenting Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR): Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training on Friday, Jan. 26 at 9:30 a.m.
Students enrolling in summer term needing financial aid must submit a financial aid application in order to receive a financial package for the summer.
The reading in Ann Arbor, Mich. is being held to celebrate Isaac Pickell’s new collection of poetry, “It’s Not Over Once You Figure It Out,” which focuses on various experiences of race in America. Pickell and Stacy Gnall will both be performing poetry.
Looking for volunteer hours in the New Year? Detroit Mercy’s Titan Equity Nourish Network has two regular delivery shifts for you!
University of Detroit Mercy is commemorating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrating Black History Month with a series of programs on the McNichols, Riverfront and Corktown Campuses.
The Wellness Center has teamed up with The Brieden Group to bring you the January issue of “Your Health Matters,” a monthly wellness newsletter for Detroit Mercy.
Get ready to kickstart the new semester off with two excellent fitness classes! Our yoga class, taught by Airik Sanders, returns bi-weekly and is set …
Detroit Mercy’s Department of Athletics will host a special luncheon, set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 prior to UDM’s 7 p.m. game against Green Bay. All faculty and staff are invited free of charge as part of Staff Appreciation Day, which includes a free game ticket.
All Detroit Mercy students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends are invited to join Creative Writing Collective’s first gathering of the New Year on Tuesday, Jan. 16!
Detroit Mercy’s English Department welcomes back its Triptych series by hosting Srikanth Reddy, author of “Facts for Visitors,” on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m.
University Recreation has something for all Titans this winter with its intramural sports programming.
The new templates, unveiled by Marketing & Communication, are pre-branded and ready for immediate use for any event.
Metz Culinary Management is experiencing the affects of a vendor trucking strike with food deliveries being delayed and/or with lower food volumes.
Titans, meet the bookstore manager at Detroit Mercy, Nijal Journey.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form process has been updated for the 2024-25 aid year by the Department of Education, with the goals of expanding access to federal student aid and providing a streamlined experience for students and families. But many people are experiencing frustration with the new process.
Class is back in session on the McNichols Campus and the bookstore has updated hours for Monday, Jan. 8 through Saturday, Jan. 13.
Pause the workday and join fellow Detroit Mercy colleagues for a time of reflection and sharing inside of the Student Union, Room 208.
TENN is bringing Plate to Planet to campus, a food waste reduction program from Make Food Not Waste. TENN is looking for volunteers to help plan and implement the program.
The Ford Community Corps Partnership at UDM invites you to submit proposals for funding projects for Community Engaged Learning courses, with the first deadline coming up on Wednesday, Dec. 13.
Since 2014, Detroit Mercy’s Rx for Reading Detroit has distributed over 220,000 books to low-income children and families in Metro Detroit. That’s more than two books for every young child in the city of Detroit!
From our Titan family to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We look forward to seeing everyone in the new year!
