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• Graduate admission workshop series, Feb. 25, March 11 and March 27

  Thursday February 20, 2025
  

  

  Looking to further your education? Make your graduate applications stand out by attending an upcoming graduate admission workshop.

  Each workshop will focus on a different application aspect and can be attended in person in the Admissions Office (Student Union, Room 181) or virtually via Teams. Registration is not required.

  Session dates and topics are as follows:

  • Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m.: Personal statements
  • Tuesday, March 11 at 1 p.m.: Resume/interview skills
  • Thursday, March 27 at 1 p.m.: Letters of recommendation/etiquette

  This workshop series is hosted by the Center for Career & Professional Development and the Office of Admissions.

  For any questions, please contact Associate Director for Graduate Admissions Jennifer Goethals at 313-993-3309 or goethajm@udmercy.edu.

  Learn more here!

• Submit nominations for Student and Greek Life Leadership and Service Awards

  Thursday February 20, 2025
  

  Do you know a student who went above and beyond this year? Nominations are now open for the Student Leadership and Service Awards and Greek Life Leadership and Service Awards and will be accepted until Friday, March 14!

  An unbiased committee will review all nominations, so please be detailed in your submissions!

  The Student Leadership and Service Awards reception will be held on Thursday, April 10 at 5 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. More details will be provided to nominees/winners.

  Awards categories for Student Leadership and Service Awards include:

  • Rising Star Student Leader (First-Year Student or Sophomore): This award is given to a first-year student or sophomore-level student who demonstrates leadership qualities in multiple areas of campus. They consider their community in their everyday decisions and are working for positive change around them. This person may not have a title, but their actions and commitment to the process of leadership are noticeable to their peers and constituents.
  • Student Leader of the Year (Junior or Senior): This award is given to a junior or senior-level student who demonstrates leadership qualities in multiple areas of campus. They consider their community in their everyday decisions and are working for positive change around them. This person may not have a title, but their actions and commitment to the process of leadership are noticeable to their peers and constituents.
  • Titan Spirit Award: This award is given to a student who demonstrates Titan Spirit every day. They love their school, and they are not afraid to show it. Their pride for their school is demonstrated in their involvement, decisions, actions and even the color scheme of their clothes. This person never waivers when choosing to root for the home team!
  • Student Employee of the Year: This award is given to a diligent student who is employed somewhere on campus. This student adds value to the office or department they work in and is dedicated to their role. Without dedicated student employees this campus would not be able to run efficiently. This student is a true model of what it looks like to help keep a workplace moving in a positive direction.
  • Student Organization of the Year: This award is given to the registered student organization that has contributed positively to campus all year. They achieve their organization mission while contributing to the University’s overall mission. They are committed to their members and provide opportunities, initiatives and/or events for campus to see their efforts clearly. This group is driven, excited and displays their positive values.
  • Program/Event of the Year: This award is given to a student or group of students who has hosted a phenomenal program on campus. This program has given students at Detroit Mercy an opportunity to enjoy each other, learn something new or come together for a common purpose. This event adds value to campus and is a positive addition to the campus culture.

  Awards categories for Greek Life Leadership and Service Awards include:

  • Fraternity Member of the Year: This award is for a member of a fraternity who has demonstrated continued contribution to his chapter, the Greek community and the Detroit Mercy campus. This person understands and models their values daily and is a positive force. This person stands out from the community for how they demonstrate leadership, loyalty and commitment to making the world around them better for all.
  • Sorority Member of the Year: This award is for a member of a sorority who has demonstrated continued contribution to her chapter, the Greek community and the Detroit Mercy campus. This person understands and models their values daily and is a positive force. This person stands out from the community for how they demonstrate leadership, loyalty and commitment to making the world around them better for all.
  • Chapter President of the Year: This award is given to a person who upheld the values of their own organization and the University. They communicate throughout the community, promote a positive Greek Life experience and uplift their members. This person supports their executive board (if applicable) and completes all duties in a timely and accurate manner. They exemplify what it means to lead by example!
  • Outstanding Philanthropic Event or Community Service Project: This award is given to the Greek chapter that conducted an outstanding philanthropic event and/or an outstanding community service project that served to benefit the local/national community. The program should have been in the 2023-2024 academic year.
  • Chapter of Excellence Award: This award is given to the Greek Letter organization that has demonstrated excellence in multiple categories, including but not limited to academics, campus programming and highlighting their values. This chapter contributes positively to the Greek Life community, campus community and each other. Even if this group is not wearing their letters, they are consistently demonstrating their values.

  For more information or with any questions, please contact Assistant Director of Student Life Emily Johnson at johnsoem6@udmercy.edu or 313-993-1593. Submit nominations here for Student Leadership and Service Awards! Submit nominations here for Greek Life Leadership and Service Awards!

   

• Experience the art, craft and science of storytelling with Satori Shakoor, Feb. 25

  Thursday February 20, 2025
  

  

  Have you had a traumatic experience that you have overcome that you’d like to share in order to deliver a clear and powerful message to others? Detroit Mercy and storyteller/artist Satori Shakoor offers two workshops to share tools and help develop the story of your personal journey.

  In session one, Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Engineering Innovation Space, participants will become familiar with the basic tools of the craft of storytelling. Participants will choose a true personal or organization story to tell and identify the purpose they want to fulfill in telling it. This story will be developed throughout the workshop experience.

  Shakoor, a 2017 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow, is the executive producer for the award-winning The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers (TSSOTS), which she founded in July 2012 in Detroit. TSSOTS has a global mission to connect humanity, heal and transform community and to provide an uplifting, thought- provoking, soul-cleansing entertainment experience through the art and craft of storytelling.

  Through these workshops, Shakoor provides a platform in the form of storytelling in which to share these stories and give others hope that with patience, love and support, we all can move past our trauma.

  A second session is set for April 9 from 5:30-8 p.m. in Health Professions Facility (CHP), Room 124. Four storytellers will be chosen from session one to develop their stories with Shakoor for presentation in front of an audience at the Bridges not Fences VI: Stories of Trauma and the Road to Recovery event at the University.

  You don’t want to miss this powerful event series. Students, faculty and staff are welcome, and participation is limited to 25. For more information or questions, please contact Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Mara Livezey at livezemr@udmercy.edu. This event is sponsored by ReBUILDetroit.

  Register here!

  

   

• PRIME Center’s sixth speaker series event features Mike Kaufmann, March 12

  Thursday February 20, 2025
  

  

  Join the Detroit Mercy College of Business Administration‘s Center for Practice & Research in Management & Ethics (PRIME Center) for “Perspectives on Leadership,” featuring Mike Kaufmann, former CEO of the pharmaceutical segment of Cardinal Health. Kaufmann was the 2023 recipient of the Nexus Award for Lifetime Achievement, the healthcare distribution industry’s highest individual achievement. He will share lessons on leadership and advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

  This event will take place on March 12 at 5 p.m. in the Student Union Fountain Lounge on the McNichols Campus. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and learn from a respected leader in the field.

  This event is free and open to the public with advanced registration. Refreshments will be provided.

  Register Here!

• Triptych reading series features poet K-Ming Chang on Feb. 27

  Thursday February 20, 2025
  

  

  Detroit Mercy’s English Department welcomes poet K-Ming Chang, who will read for the 2025 Triptych series on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

  Chang is a Lambda Literary Award winner, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and an O. Henry Prize Winner. Chang is the author of the New York Times Book Review Editors’ choice novel Bestiary, which was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and the Otherwise Award. Chang’s books have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Korean, German, Turkish and other languages.

  Chang’s next two books, a horror novel and short story collection, are forthcoming. Chang’s writing is most frequently described as “not for everybody” and occasionally described as “for the freaks.”

  Now in its third year, Triptych is a virtual reading series featuring award-winning poets in conversation with Detroit Mercy’s poet-in-residence, Stacy Gnall. Triptych events are held via Zoom on Thursdays from 6:30-8 p.m. Triptych readings are free and open to the community!

  SAVE THE DATE for author Aracelis Girmay on March 20.

  Register here!

  

• CBA alumni week features keynote event with Eric Hespenheide ’75

  Wednesday February 19, 2025
  

  

  Eric Hespenheide ’75, a Marketing and Accounting graduate and former CEO and chair of the Board of the Global Reporting Initiative, responsible for creating measurement standards for a sustainable planet, will be the keynote speaker during the College of Business Administration‘s alumni week.

  Hespenheide will provide a presentation on “Accounting for Climate Change.”

  The FREE event is set for Thursday, March 20 at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. This event is open to the public, and refreshments will be available at 5 p.m.

  Interested participants are asked to reserve tickets at the link below by March 12.

  REGISTER HERE!

• Cushing Distinguished Lecture series featuring Jay Garfield, March 14

  Tuesday February 18, 2025
  

  

  The Detroit Mercy Department of Religious Studies presents the 2025 Cushing Distinguished Lecture series, featuring Jay Garfield, a leading expert on Buddhist philosophy.

  The lecture is set for Friday, March 14 at 5 p.m. in Room 124 of the Health Professions Facility. Garfield’s lecture is titled, “Buddhism and Nonviolence in the Contemporary World.” This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be provided.

  During his presentation, Garfield seeks to help us understand Buddhist analysis of nonviolence in a way relevant to our contemporary life, in which it is first important to understand how violence manifests in the contemporary world. He will discuss how, second, we must develop a recognizably Buddhist analysis of that violence and its causes, and third, we must examine how a Buddhist ethical framework determines our responsibilities as agents in the context of that violence and a path to its eradication.

  Garfield directs the Buddhist Studies Program and Tibetan Studies in India Program at Smith College. He is also a visiting professor of Buddhist philosophy at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author or editor of over 30 books and over 200 articles, chapters and reviews including Getting Over Ourselves: How to be a Person Without a Self (2022), Buddhist Ethics: A Philosophical Exploration (2021) and Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy (2015).

  The Cushing Distinguished Lecture is an annual lecture hosted by the Department of Religious Studies and made possible through generous grants from Grant and Barbara Cushing, alumni of the graduate program of Religious Studies.

  Register here!

• Second Creative Writing Collective of winter term set for Feb. 26

  Tuesday February 18, 2025
  

  

  Detroit Mercy students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends are invited to join a special online gathering of UDM’s Creative Writing Collective (CWC) on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m. Please register below and a Zoom link will be provided.

  Associate Professor of English Rosemary Weatherston will lead a conversation on “Monsters and the Monstrous.”

  No writing experience is necessary to join the CWC! You are welcome if you have an interest in exploring or developing your creative inclinations.

  Save the date for future Creative Writing Collective dates this semester: Monday, March 24, 5:30 p.m., Briggs Building, Room 301.

  Please contact english@udmercy.edu with questions or to join the CWC mailing list. Keep up with the Detroit Mercy English Department on Instagram and Facebook @detroitmercyenglish.

  Register here!

• English Department to host resume readiness workshop for all, Feb. 18

  Monday February 17, 2025
  

  Do you need help creating or revising that snapshot of your academic achievements, accomplishments and work experience/skills? If so, this resume readiness workshop is for you!

  Please join Associate Professor of English Sigrid Streit and Writing Center Director Erin Bell on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 3:30-5 p.m. inside of Briggs Building, Room 205, for a resume workshop designed to help you write your way to workplace success by showcasing your educational achievements and accomplishments to future employers. Students will learn about revising their resume’s content, organization and design during a hands-on workshop.

  Bring your resumes and any job or internship ads you are planning to apply for! The workshop is free and snacks will be provided.

  Sign up here!

• Virtual Industrial/Organizational Psychology program open house and alumni panel set for Feb. 20

  Monday February 17, 2025
  

  

  Detroit Mercy’s Psychology Department is excited to invite you to a virtual open house and alumni panel featuring a discussion with graduates from the Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology M.A. Program!

  This event is set for Thursday, Feb. 20 from 5:15-6:30 p.m. Zoom Meeting ID: 926 9449 4953, Passcode: IO-Psych.

  The panelists for this event are Matt Turner, HR generalist at Dexter; Lauren Engle, HR associate at Kasco Construction, Inc.; Amanda Starkey, project associate II at Policy Research Associates, Inc.; Victoria Vargas, director, Corporate Human Resources; Allison Urban, HR generalist, Opus IVS.

  Hear firsthand how these professionals drive organizational effectiveness, leadership development, HR strategy and mental health improvements in the workplace.

  Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn and explore your future in I/O Psychology!

  For more details, contact Director of I/O Psychology M.A. Program Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster at zimmerka@udmercy.edu or (586)-873-1743.

  Register here!