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• Seniors: Get ready for Commencement at Grad Fair, March 13

  Friday March 07, 2025
  

  Class of 2025, Commencement is just over two months away with the McNichols Campus ceremonies taking place on Saturday, May 10 at Calihan Hall!

  Please take some time and visit with some of the campus departments that will be available to you as you move towards graduation at this year’s Grad Fair, set for Thursday, March 13 in the Student Union Lower Level from 1-6 p.m.

  No RSVP is required, just stop by anytime and gear up for the 2025 Commencement.

  Among the featured tables in attendance on March 13:

  • Herff-Jones — The University’s vendor for academic regalia will be available for students to order caps, gowns and tassels, as well as class rings, announcements and diploma frames.
  • Grad Images — Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s Commencement photographer will be at the event to photograph seniors in a cap and gown (which will be provided) or take a professional headshot for future career endeavors! Dress attire is business or casual, your choice. There is no charge for this opportunity.
  • Alumni Relations/Senior Class Gift tables — The Alumni Relations Department will be featuring a spin-and-win wheel for seniors to take home some alumni-branded prizes, such as wine glasses, license plate holders, travel mugs, business card holders, notepads, playing cards and more. Seniors who sign up in advance or in-person for the alumni website, , will also be entered to win a special Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV diploma frame in addition to getting some on-the-spot prizes!
  • #DetroitMercy2025 Photographer — There will also be a photographer with a fun photo station to make it easy for grads to share accomplishments on social media. These photos will be displayed in Calihan Hall prior to the ceremony for family and friends to view and will be joined by any photos sent to #DetroitMercy2025 between now and the day of Commencement.

  Representatives from the following departments will also be available to answer questions and provide information to candidates for graduation:

  • Center for Career and Professional Development
  • Office of the Registrar
  • Student Life Office
  • University Ministry
  • University Recreation

  Swing by the Lower Level in the Student Union for much more!

  More on 2025 Commencement.

  

• Winter Career and Co-op Fair rescheduled to March 13

  Thursday March 06, 2025
  

  The Center for Career & Professional Development and the College of Engineering & Science have rescheduled the 2025 Winter Career and Co-op Fair for Thursday, March 13 from 12-3 p.m. All majors are welcome to attend!

  The fair will be held inside of the Student Union Ballroom and is open to all current students as well as recent UDM graduates.

  Sponsored by Alliance Catholic Credit Union, the fair will feature more than 60 organizations and is a great opportunity for students to meet with a variety of employers and graduate schools to discuss full-time employment, graduate school options and co-op and internship positions, as well as volunteering opportunities.

  Students will have the opportunity to take free professional headshots and be entered into a drawing to win a $50 gift card for attending.

  For more information or with any questions, please visit the Center for Career & Professional Development directly or call 313-993-1017 or email careerlink@udmercy.edu. Current students may pre-register and view list of participating organizations through their Handshake accounts.

  

   

• Stations of the Cross to be observed on Wednesdays during Lenten Season

  Thursday March 06, 2025
  

  In the Catholic Church, the Stations of the Cross, or Way of the Cross, commemorate 14 key events on the day of Christ’s crucifixion and His final walk through the streets of Jerusalem, carrying His Cross. In this devotional practice, individuals move from station to station, meditating on His passion and death and reciting specific prayers.

  Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV will commemorate the Stations of the Cross on Wednesdays during the Lenten season in the St. Ignatius Chapel in the Commerce & Finance Building on the following dates and times:

  • March 12: 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
  • March 19: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
  • March 26: 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
  • April 2: 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
  • April 9: 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
  • April 16: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

  ALL are welcome to attend.

  The 14 Stations of the Cross are as follows:

  • The First Station: Jesus is condemned to death
  • The Second Station: Jesus takes up his Cross
  • The Third Station: Jesus falls the first time
  • The Fourth Station: Jesus meets his afflicted mother
  • The Fifth Station: The Cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene
  • The Sixth Station: A woman wipes the face of Jesus
  • The Seventh Station: Jesus falls a second time
  • The Eighth Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
  • The Ninth Station: Jesus falls a third time
  • The Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of his garments
  • The Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the Cross
  • The Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the Cross
  • The Thirteenth Station: The body of Jesus is placed in the arms of his mother
  • The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is laid in the tomb

  

• Triptych reading series features poet Aracelis Girmay on March 20

  Thursday March 06, 2025
  

  Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s welcomes poet Aracelis Girmay, who will read her work for the 2025 Triptych series on Thursday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

  Girmay, a professor of English at Stanford University, is the author of the poetry collections the black maria, Kingdom AnimaliaÌýand Teeth. For this work she was a finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the Connecticut Book Award.

  Other recent work includes the chapbook and was a flowerÌýand the picture books What Do You Know? and Kamau and Zuzu Find A Way. Girmay is the editor of How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille CliftonÌýand So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth.

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

  

• Dudley Randall Poetry Prize winners announced for 2025

  Thursday March 06, 2025
  

  The Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV is proud to announce the winners of this year’s Dudley Randall Poetry Prizes! Michelle Gomez-Angeles earned first place for the poem, The Restless Twin.

  Now in its 55th year, the prize continues Dudley Randall’s legacy of amplifying creative voices within the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV community. This year’s prize-winning poems can be read on the .

  The winning poems will also be displayed in the McNichols Campus Library for National Poetry Month this April.

  The winners are:

  • First place: Michelle Gomez-Angeles, The Restless Twin
  • Second place: Maria Bitar, In your world.
  • Third place (tie): Jannath Aurfan, Frinton-on-sea Beach, The Boat
  • Third place (tie): Sam Gillmore, Dreaming Periods
  • Honorable Mention: Melissa Converse, Lines Crossed, Eyes Dotted
  • Honorable Mention: Giovanni Romero, Survivor’s Villanelle

  Congratulations to all of the excellent poets who submitted their work! Special thanks to Stacy Gnall, poet-in-residence, for organizing the contest and to our 2025 judges: Reem Abou-Samra, Maisy Card and Robert Laidler.

  

• Ash Wednesday Mass set for noon March 5

  Tuesday March 04, 2025
  

  Mass for Ash Wednesday will be celebrated March 5 at noon on the McNichols Campus in the St. Ignatius Chapel, located in the Commerce & Finance Building. The distribution of ashes will take place during the Mass. All are invited to attend.

  Catholics traditionally mark this day by fasting and abstaining from meat. They mark their forehead with ashes as a sign of repentance and turning their hearts towards God. This date begins the season of Lent, a time of contrition and renewal leading up to Easter.

  St. Ignatius Chapel on the McNichols Campus.

• Cushing Distinguished Lecture series featuring Jay Garfield, March 14

  Tuesday March 04, 2025
  

  The Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV 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.

• Senior send-off event celebrates Class of 2025 on April 11

  Tuesday March 04, 2025
  

  Prospective graduating seniors, take a break from studying for the event of the year! Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV will host a Senior Send-off for the Class of 2025 on Friday, April 11 at 4 p.m.Ìýin the Titan Club in Calihan Hall.

  At this inaugural event, graduating seniors will celebrate the end of the 2024-25 school year with friends and bid farewell to their undergraduate or graduate journey as they move into an exciting next chapter of life!

  The FREE event features:

  • Champagne toast with President Donald Taylor (non-alcoholic option available) with take-home commemorative Class of 2025 champagne flute
  • Exclusive food buffet (chicken and vegan options) and dessert bar
  • Cash-only bar (beer and wine)
  • Graduating cap decorating
  • Photo booth

  The event is being hosted by the Student Alumni Leadership Council, Alumni Relations and the Student Life Office.

  With any questions, please contact Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Arneshia Austin at austinad1@udmercy.edu

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

  Tuesday March 04, 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 ‘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.

• PSSA & TENN Environmental Advocacy Day set for March 13

  Tuesday March 04, 2025
  

  Join the Political Science Student Association (PSSA) and Titan Equity Nourish Network (TENN) for a nonpartisan letter-writing campaign for environmental justice!

  Make an impact on Thursday, March 13 during dead hour from 12:45-1:45 p.m. in the Jane & Walter O. Briggs Building, Room 013, by urging your state representatives to preserve the Environmental Protection Agency’s mission. No experience? No problem! We’ll provide templates, guidance and tools to make contacting your congressperson easy.

  Take action for a cleaner, healthier future!

  For any questions, please email tenn@udmercy.edu.