Crystal Windham has helped leave her mark on the cars Americans drive and the automotive industry itself. In 2008, she made General Motors history as the first Black woman appointed to serve as a design director.
She credits her Detroit Mercy education for helping shape her career, in a recent Bloomberg article.
During a lunch break one day at the OB/GYN clinic where Leanna Alaiwat ’19 works as a physician assistant, she found an empty examination room, …
Student editors are needed for the next issue of [sic], Detroit Mercy’s student art journal, which is slated to start production at the beginning of the fall 2022 semester.
Day of Giving, hosted by Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, has added a new activity for students. There will be a scavenger hunt on the McNichols, Corktown and Riverfront Campuses during the week, Sept. 20-26, leading up to Day of Giving on Tuesday, Sept. 27.
Detroit Mercy’s Department of Performing Arts and the Detroit Mercy Theatre Company invites all students for the third annual Titan Slam Monologue Competition.
Students, looking for volunteer opportunities? If you need to fulfill volunteer hours as part of service requirements for your organization, there are several opportunities coming up in September!
The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion invites the Detroit Mercy community to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15.
Clinics and classes will run all day, but the carnival fun is from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 20 and includes strolling circus performers from the Detroit Circus, carnival food, live music including a DJ, a video game truck, inflatable games, smoothies, a photo booth and more! Students will have a chance to win prizes and receive giveaways at the celebration.
The English Department at Detroit Mercy’s first Creative Writing Collective of the 2022-23 school year is set for Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 4-5:30 p.m. at Room 101 of the Briggs Building.
Learn about how you can travel to India with Detroit Mercy during an in-person information session at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 in the Briggs Building, Room 105. The trip to India with the University is scheduled for May of 2023.
Detroit Mercy’s School of Architecture & Community Development along with Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC) will host an exhibition, “Their Untold Stories: Black Landscape Architects Michigan Connection” inside the Loranger Architecture Building on the McNichols Campus.
A new accelerated option offered by University of Detroit Mercy now allows community college transfer students to earn their Bachelor of Social Work in approximately one year starting summer 2023.
Detroit Mercy students, learn more about University resources and student organizations available on the McNichols Campus, while also enjoying activities, games and food!
The McNichols Campus Library and the Black Abolitionist Archive invite Detroit Mercy students, faculty and staff for the annual Constitution Day event from 1-2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19. The event will be held on the second floor of the Bargman Room of the McNichols Campus Library.
Live6 Alliance and Detroit Mercy’s Detroit Collaborative Design Center present an exhibit that honors the legacy of the Hawkins family, founder of Hawkins Apparel Company and Detroit’s first black-owned women’s clothing store.
University of Detroit Mercy will host the 17th annual Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit conference Oct. 14-15 in the new Student Union on the McNichols Campus. …
The Detroit Mercy community is invited to experience the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius through the lens of personal and systemic racism, using Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J.’s book The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice as a guide.
University of Detroit Mercy was ranked among the top national universities by U.S. News & World Report for a fourth year in a row, earning a No. 202 rank in the National Universities category of the publication’s “Best Colleges” 2023 edition. Twelve other Michigan universities earned a place in this year’s National University category. Detroit Mercy ranks fourth in the state and is the highest ranked private university in Michigan.
Join Detroit Mercy Law and the legal community in celebrating the 110th annual Red Mass on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at noon.
The Student Fitness Center offers free fitness classes that are available weekly, on both Tuesdays and Thursdays.
In 2017, Joseph Zalke ’60 returned to University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus for the first time in 50 years. While he came back to share his passion and experience with students in the College of Business Administration, he found himself enriched by the visit. Since that time, Zalke has strengthened his relationship with the University in many ways and solidified it with a $1-million gift to the Student Union renovations. The student lounge on the garden level will be named in his honor.
Celebrate Spirit with the Detroit Mercy community in the official welcoming event of the new school year on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 11:30 a.m.
Four Detroit Mercy students, along with University Minister for Service and Justice Erin McDonald, attended the 2022 Ignatian Justice Summit, which was held in July at John Carroll University. Detroit Mercy student Cariel Gamlin is featured in a video about the summit.
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, Detroit Mercy’s Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Offices will host Day of Giving, an annual event that celebrates and educates students about how alumni contributions of time, talent and treasure help current students and enrich the University.
The University of Detroit Mercy offers three bookstores at the McNichols, Riverfront and Corktown Campuses. Call or stop by any of the three bookstores and meet the team
University Ministry is calling all students, faculty and staff to assist with the Celebrate Spirit celebration.
The University of Detroit Mercy Student Union was built in 1955, expanded in 1970, and this time-lapse video shows the major renovation and expansion begun in November 2020 and completed in August 2022.
Detroit Mercy’s Wellness Center is set to host weekly events throughout the month of September to promote wellness and the well-being of the community!
The Detroit Mercy Theatre Company (DMTC) and University of Detroit Mercy’s Department of Performing Arts is pleased to announce its 2022-23 season entitled “Believe,” featuring three mainstage works to be performed at The Marlene Boll Theatre.
Should you find yourself in a situation where you are attempting to log into one of Detroit Mercy’s authenticated services, but are unable to do so because you may not have Wi-Fi available, Detroit Mercy’s authentication provider offers a solution to use with some prior planning.
A memorial service honoring Dr. Maia Platt will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 5-6 p.m. in the College of Health Professions Building, Room …
University of Detroit Mercy will hold a Grand Opening & Blessing of the institution’s new Student Union on Monday, Sept. 12, at 4 p.m. This event takes place at the McNichols Campus, located in Northwest Detroit. Community members and the media are invited to this special event.
The College of Business Administration’s Center for Practice & Research in Management & Ethics (PRIME Center) will host Mike Darrow, president of TrueCar, for a presentation Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6:40 p.m. in Life Science 113 on the McNichols Campus.
The McNichols Campus bookstore, located in the lower level of the Student Union, will have extended hours during the first and second week of classes.
Calling all first-year, second-year or transfer students for a weekend retreat with University Ministry! The New Beginnings Retreat runs from 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 through 12 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Proud Lake Recreation Lodge.
If you recently moved your office into the Student Union and need to update your room number on the Detroit Mercy website, please submit a web request with MarCom.
If you have not already done so, the University encourages you to register for the Emergency Alert system. Be amongst the first to know of emergency alerts by registering your preferred devices.
The tradition continues as University of Detroit Mercy plans to celebrate Homecoming, Sept. 29 – Oct. 1. The annual gathering is open to students, alumni, friends, family, faculty, staff and the community.
Detroit Mercy Marketing & Communications has added the new mask policy signs to www.udmercy.edu/coronavirus/downloads for those of you who want to print them out for your own building or office.
All Detroit Mercy students are welcome to audition for the next Detroit Mercy Theatre Company production, Airness.
Detroit Mercy’s TRIO Student Support Services recently hosted its conference and recognition banquet in the ballroom of the Student Union on the McNichols Campus.
As we enter this third academic year living with a pandemic, the University continues to adapt and revise our policies based on the latest research, …
The Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit has set dates for its annual conference, covering two days, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15. The theme for 2022 is “Earth is our Mentor, Measures and Model.”
A group of freshmen were featured Wednesday morning by WDIV Local 4 News in Detroit when they volunteered at Auntie Na’s Village, a community outreach house near the University’s McNichols Campus.
Have you recently moved to another building on campus? Want to freshen up your biography? The Office of Marketing & Communications reminds University employees that …
University Ministry is hosting Mass on the Grass Sunday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. on the McNichols Campus.
Detroit Mercy community, if you have not yet had the chance to meet President Donald Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, here’s a chance to share ice cream with them!
In his first 50 days as Detroit Mercy’s president, Donald Taylor is quickly shaping his vision for the institution.
“I intend to be here to help work with the institution to go from really good to really great,” Taylor said.
Richard Dolinski ’61, ’63, ’66 used his University of Detroit degrees to springboard a 32-year career at Dow Chemical. With the company, he held prestigious positions such as president of Dow Automotive and corporate vice president.
University of Detroit Mercy Professor Juan Carlos Flores is the recipient of a $295,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create the first critical edition of writings by 13th Century philosopher Henry of Ghent.
