Few people can name one decision that kick-started their career. Even fewer can tell you that they are truly happy with their job. But Christopher Darga, a professional actor and graduate of University of Detroit, might be able to tell you both. "I’ve never had a bad experience […]
Author: Ian Thibodeau
Jim Vellas: Ford Fund alum gives time, advice
What happens after a UDM student graduates? Do alumni leave Michigan for bigger and better places? Is everyone given a commemorative coffee mug and sent on their way? Are there passes given to take the secret elevator to the speak-easy at the top of the clock tower? Maybe, but for […]
Jason Roche: Students find Roche always reachable
It would be easy for professor Jason Roche of the Communications Department to come into his office at 8 a.m. and shut his door until his first class at 10. It would be easy to teach his mass media class for no more than the fifty minutes allotted, skirt out […]
Yasmine Jaffri: A director comes home
Yasmine Jaffri is not new to theatre – or to UDM, for that matter. Jaffri is, however, directing her first play at UDM as a theatre professional. "It is a true homecoming for me," Jaffri said. "Eleemosynary" opens on Friday, Sept. 30, and Jaffri said that she has high hopes […]