International students make up a huge proportion of the UDM campus. As such, it is important for international students to feel a sense of security and to feel welcomed by the campus environment, and that was the goal of International Night in November. UDM does a great job with […]
Author: Kateri Sollars
UDM hosts Michael Rosenberg to talk sports writing
Michael Rosenberg, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, came to Detroit Mercy’s campus on Nov. 12 for a Q&A hosted by the Communication Studies department. Rosenberg Discussed how journalism is meant to be able to get to know the person you are interviewing, to be able to really dissect […]
Detroit Mercy hosts Feminist Scholarship Colloquium
Detroit Mercy’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program hosted its annual Feminist Scholarship Colloquium on Oct. 28. The program encourages faculty to submit any research that they have been working on and want to expand upon. “Colloquium means calling together,” said Megan Novell, executive director of UDM’s Office of Equal Opportunity. […]
One-night production of ‘Ripped’ coming on Nov. 22
Detroit Mercy has an up-and-coming play on its way. After the performance of “Witch,” viewers can be expecting a deeply emotional and riveting play titled “Ripped.” The play will run at the Live 6 Alliance Event Space in Detroit on Nov. 22. The director of the play is Mycah […]
Black box theater progess has Theatre department excited
Theatre majors and the community are stoked as a “state of the art” black box theatre space is being built on campus in the renovated Student Union. Construction began this year with an eye toward a 2025 opening. Detroit Mercy does not have a theatre at the McNichols location and […]
OPINION: ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel is a Halloween treat
Don’t say his name three times or else he will get you! The original “Beetlejuice” film was created in 1988. The main cast was Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, Geena Davis as Barbara Maitland, Alec Baldwin as Adam Maitland, Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz, and Jeffrey […]
Titans freshman travels from France for fencing role
Nathan Mysiorek is a UDM fencer from France. He lived in France all his life and still continues to go back for the holidays to visit family. A typical school day for Mysiorek in France was 8 a.m. until 5 or 6 p.m. and then he would go to […]
UDM’s 6 Mile meetups connecting campus and community
Dr. Justin Williams, an associate professor of history and the Director of the African American Studies program at Detroit Mercy, has organized 6 Mile meetups since joining the university last year. The community around the University of Detroit Mercy has an abundance of black owned businesses and restaurants waiting to […]
Detroit Mercy student provides campus soundtrack
Music speaks to the soul, moves the body and is used to communicate what cannot be said or expressed directly. Music is another medium to expel your emotions, make people feel their emotions and identify with them and to bring awareness to the global political issues that we are experiencing […]
Black History Month a time of reflection, celebration at UDM
Black History Month is celebrated in one of the most frigid months of the year, February. However, the celebration of freedom, equality and the achievement of African Americans must certainly bring some warmth and happiness in these bitter times. Black History Month is a fairly new celebration and wasn’t officially […]