Welcome to the 2025-2026 academic year! Campus is buzzing with activity as students hustle to class and faculty prepare their engaging courses amid myriad events to launch the Fall 2025 semester. This energy reminds us that change characterizes our human existence as we move through seasons and stages of life. …
CHASS continued to thrive throughout the 2024-2025 academic year, one that has not been without its challenges. Amid the uncertainty of our times, some things are certain such as the national government’s focus on higher education from our accrediting bodies and curriculum to international students and the future of financial …
Happy New Year! 2024 was a banner year for the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CHASS)! We kicked off the year with our new name celebrated at a Welcome Bash where we hosted nearly 300 friends from across campus. As co-celebrant for Celebrate Spirit!, our College practice of …
Congratulations to our CLAE community on such a successful 2023-2024 academic year! We stand at the crossroads of change in the College as we leave the College of Liberal Arts & Education (CLAE) behind and embrace our new name, the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CHASS). The legacy …
Our clocks have now sprung forward, and we are looking for the first signs of Spring. We see the horizons of the semester and academic year as commencement nears. It is a time to look ahead and back as we stand in the present. Over the course of an academic …
February is Black History Month, a time when we turn more attention to the peoples and events marking the tragedies and triumphs which make up African American history which is American history. Many of you may be familiar with “The Gateway to Freedom” monument that stands in downtown Detroit’s Hart …
January 15 is one day when we are called to pause and celebrate all that the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. meant to shaping the United States. The Detroit Mercy Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion shared a range of on and off campus events, which are included in …
Happy New Year! Welcome to the winter 2024 semester! I hope that you and your families and friends enjoyed the holidays. It is so exciting to welcome our faculty and students back to campus! Open up your calendars to plan on attending some of our outstanding College of Liberal Arts …
Congratulations to all on such a successful fall 2023 semester! As we look to the new year, let’s take a moment, in the practice of radical hospitality, to consider our past to inform our present and plan for our future. This newsletter captures all three moments and does so using …
