May 3, 2005
UDM forms partnership with Henry Ford Community College
and Oakland Community College to promote Information Assurance Education
On
Friday, April 29, UDM established a partnership with Henry Ford Community
College (HFCC) and Oakland Community College (OCC) to form the Midwest Coalition
for Information Assurance, a venture that will promote Information Assurance
Education. UDM has been at the forefront of Information Assurance Education,
having received the federal government's Center of Academic Excellence in
Information Assurance Education designation in 2004. [more]
Photo: UDM Computer and Information Systems Professor Daniel Shoemaker; Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office Principle Deputy Director Richard H. L. Marshall; OCC Chancellor Mary S. Spangler; UDM Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Barbara Schirmer; Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano; and HFCC President Andrew Mazzara.
UDM students to study abroad in Brazil
On May 15, students from several disciplines will depart for a two-week
study abroad program in Brazil. This year, in the program's inception, students
will study Brazil's religions, learn the Portuguese language and immerse
themselves in Brazilian culture in Salvador di Bahia, which has historical
significance in the slave trade during the Middle Passage.
Stephanie Mitchem, associate professor of Religious Studies, will teach two courses: African American Studies 490, an integrative seminar that draws upon contemporary or historical African American experiences, and Religious Studies 339: Ecology & Justice, which draws comparisons between the ecology in Detroit and in Salvador. Students will learn Portuguese from a Portuguese instructor who teaches at a university in Salvador.
This year's program includes UDM staff and faculty, as well as students. Next year, the university plans to run the program during summer in hopes of attracting more alumni. For more information, please contact Lara Wasner in the Language & Cultural Training Department at 313-993-1191 or wasnerle@udmercy.edu.
Thumbs Up!
Janet Baiardi, associate professor of Nursing, presented
the session, “How Does Graduate Education Serve Distressed Communities,"
at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools
in Kansas City on March 31. She will also present the paper, "Delivering
NP Education in Urban Settings: Helping Students Reconcile the Issues of
Disparity,” co-authored by Pat Rouen, assistant professor
of Nursing, at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty.
The following UDM faculty have been awarded promotion and/or tenure effective August 16, 2005:
- Libby Balter Blume, associate professor of Psychology, has been promoted to full professor.
- Mary Ann Hazen, associate professor of Business Administration, has been promoted to full professor.
- Mary Higby, associate professor of Business Administration, has been promoted to full professor.
- David Koukal, associate professor of Philosophy, has been granted tenure.
- Douglas MacDonald, associate professor of Psychology, has been granted tenure.
- Marcel O’Gorman, associate professor of English, has been granted tenure.
- Beverly Reppert, assistant librarian at the School of Dentistry, has been promoted to associate librarian.
- Mark Schumack, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been promoted to full professor.
- Jill Spreitzer, associate librarian on the McNichols Campus, has been granted tenure.
- Rosemary Weatherston, assistant professor of English,
has been granted tenure and promotion to associate professor.