{"id":26660,"date":"2026-09-09T15:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=26660"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:55:48","slug":"register-for-program-to-enhance-understanding-of-udms-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/09\/09\/register-for-program-to-enhance-understanding-of-udms-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Register for program to enhance understanding of UDM\u2019s mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Detroit Mercy is launching the Ignatian Mercy Pedagogy Certificate Program for employees who are interested in doing a deep dive into Ignatian and Mercy informed teaching, research, service and community engagement.<\/p>\n<p>The program is designed to enhance employees\u2019 understanding of UDM\u2019s mission. Those who successfully complete the program will receive a Micro Credential Certificate, awarded by the Association of Jesuit Colleges &amp; Universities and Conference for Mercy Higher Education.<\/p>\n<p>The certificate program consists of eight modules over two semesters and includes readings, discussion questions and reflection opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Reading assignments are expected to take no longer than two hours per module to complete. Seminar meeting sessions will be held Thursday afternoons from 2-3:30 p.m., through a mix of in-person, virtual and flexible delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar sessions for the 2026-27 academic year are scheduled to take place Oct. 1, Oct. 22, Nov. 12, Dec. 10, Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 18 and April 15.<\/p>\n<p>The first cohort is limited to a maximum of 12 participants. Those with questions should contact Fr. Charles Oduke, vice president for Mission Integration, at 313-993-1651 or <a href=\"mailto:odukeca@udmercy.edu\">odukeca@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2MKkyGi9ukC4tnUivppxcTcatnoTKvlDmO3p0ET15elURjNVNlRSVUE5RExESDJVQ0Y0R0hPS0lISS4u\">Register for the Ignatian Mercy Pedagogy Certificate Program<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Detroit Mercy is launching the Ignatian Mercy Pedagogy Certificate Program for employees who are interested in doing a deep dive into Ignatian and Mercy informed teaching, research, service and community engagement. The first cohort is limited to a maximum of 12 participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[145,7512,57,71,61,1737,943],"class_list":["post-26660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ccnews","tag-detroit-mercy","tag-ignatian-mercy-pedagogy-certificate-program","tag-jesuit","tag-mercy","tag-mission","tag-mission-integration","tag-udm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6W0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26660"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26662,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26660\/revisions\/26662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}