What we recall now as the Outer Drive Campus was actually the site of Mercy College of Detroit for more than a half-century. Mercy College of Detroit provided a comprehensive liberal arts foundation for its students and graduated educators, diatetic specialists, home econonomists, dramatists, artists and experts in religion and philosopy. Late in its history, the School of Dentistry opened a state-of-the-art classroom and clinical facility. But alumni, staff, and faculty of the College of Health Professions recall fondly the growth and development of the McAuley School of Nursing and allied health courses such as medical records library science and radiological technology. The Physican Assistant Program developed at Mercy College and advanced nursing specialities – Nursing Education, Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Clinical Manager all developed at the Mercy College Campus as did programs in Health Services Administration.
The remembrances of Mercy are alive in the hearts of alumni and faculty and are continuing in the developing progress for a Hall of Honor revering Mercy College and the history of the McAuley School of Nursing.
When the Hall of Honor is completed in the College of Health Professions Building on the McNichols Campus, artifacts such as nursing caps, capes, and uniforms of the 1950’s and ’60’s will be displayed. Items from the Mercy Campus’s beautiful Chapel will adorn the corridor and archival photographs will line the walls. If you have photos or items from your nursing career or preparation that you would like to donate for the Hall of Honor, contact the College of Health Professions – McAuley School of Nursing.