January 18, 2005
Colleagues recognized for service to UDM
Ninety-two
employees were recognized for their loyalty and service to the University
of Detroit Mercy at the Employee Holiday Colleague Recognition Celebration
held on Friday, December 17. Among those honored were Jacques Boettcher,
associate professor of Business Administration, for his 50 years of service.
Charles Dause, associate professor of Communications Studies, and John Thomson,
executive assistant to the Provost, were both recognized for 45 years of
service to the University.
Photo (l to r): Kenneth Henold, associate dean of Engineering and Science, President Gerard L. Stockhausen, S.J., and John Dwyer, associate professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. Henold and Dwyer were recognized for 35 years of service to UDM at the Colleague Recognition Celebration in December.
Complete listing of employees recognized at December's celebration
Presentation to discuss chilling story of slavery
On Tuesday, January 25 at 5:30 p.m. in
Briggs, Room 10, Karen VanderKloot DiChiera, director of Community Programs
at the Michigan Opera Theatre, will give a presentation on the upcoming
Detroit Opera House production, Margaret Garner. Based on the true
story of a slave who crossed the Ohio River to Cincinnati, where she decided
to kill her child rather than see her return to slavery, Margaret Garner
will have its world premiere in Detroit in May 2005. DiChiera’s presentation
is open to the entire University community.
Thomson Gale to hold on-campus interviews
Thomson Gale will conduct on-campus interviews for editorial assistant internships
for summer 2005 on Tuesday, February 8
from 8:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Candidates must be Business, Liberal
Arts or Science majors. Resumes must be submitted to the Career Education
Center (CEC) by Wednesday, January 19.
Visit the CEC web site for qualifications.
Psychology program receives recertification
The Department of Psychology has received full 5-year recertification by
the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) for the certificate program
in Family Life Education (CFLE). Students majoring in Developmental Psychology
may elect to complete a CFLE from the NCFR by completing UDM’s Approved
Program. For more information about this program, visit
the Developmental Psychology web site or contact Libby Blume at 313-578-0446.
Thumbs Up!
Stephanie Y. Mitchem, associate professor of Religious
Studies, presented two papers at the American Academy of Religion Conference,
held in San Antonio, Texas, in November. The papers were: “Testing
Inequality: Losing Brown v. Board, Maintaining Race” and “A
Real Woman with a Dollar in Her Shoe: African American Women and Theologies
of Prosperity.”
Gregory Sumner, professor and chair of the UDM History Department, will present his annual winter film and discussion series at the Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham, beginning Saturday, February 5. The subject this year is “American Icons,” featuring Edward R. Murrow, Thurgood Marshall, Betty Ford and others.
Mike Whitty, professor of Business Administration, recently spoke on Sustainable Detroit at the Innate Community Center in Detroit. He also presented at the MLK Day workshop on mass transit and economic development sponsored by the Birmingham Bloomfield Task Force and Race Relations and Ethnic Diversity.