Founders Celebration: Alumni Night, tomorrow

Join alumni and fellow members of the UDM community during Alumni Night at Six Mile & Livernois, tomorrow, Sept. 19.  The evening's events include:

• Dedication of Gardella Honors House
  5:45 p.m., between Loranger Architecture Building and Briggs Building
• Unveiling of Tributes at Calihan Hall
  6:15 p.m., busts of Fathers Norbert Hitter, S.J., Herman Muller, S.J. and St. Ignatius Loyola statue
• Dedication and blessing of new multi-purpose sports field
  6:45 p.m., north of Calihan Hall
• Meet the Sponsors
  Visit with members of the Jesuit Community and the Religious Sisters of Mercy
  7:00-8:00 p.m., Lansing Reilly Hall
• Gathering of former Insignis and Slaton Scholarship Recipients
  7:00-8:30 p.m., Maureen A. Fay, O.P. Center

More Founders Celebration events

Further Founders Celebration events this month include:

• Celebrate Spirit! on Thursday, Sept. 20
• Mercy Day, Monday, Sept. 24
• Red Mass, Tuesday, Sept. 25

For the complete list of events, see the Founders Celebration events page.

Libraries/IDS personnel help St. Gregory the Great Parish

Staff from UDM's Libraries and Instructional Design Studio worked over the summer to collect money, food, clothing and more to help the service ministry at St. Gregory the Great Parish assist those in need around Detroit.  To find out more about how Libraries/IDS supports the parish in UDM's back yard, see the article by Sally Young.

Peace activist visits UDM from El Salvador

Another Founders Celebration event is a lecture by Peggy O'Neill, SC, from University of Central America in El Salvador, tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center Fountain Lounge.  Her talk, "Creating a Culture of Peace in El Salvador," draws from her experience working for over 20 years with traumatized and displaced people during and since the country's 12-year civil war.  Last May, a group of UDM students helped Sr. Peggy make repairs to her Center for Peace Through the Arts in the mountains outside San Salvador.  The talk is open to the public.  For more, see the news release.

Constitution Day observed on 220th anniversary

On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the document they had created.  In recognition of Constitution Day, UDM Libraries has posted links related to the Constitution on its re:search portal. Links will take visitors to government sources, news and the Constitution, including some streaming audio and video. There is also a small display of Constitution-related items in the lobby of the McNichols Campus Library.

Spanish class enables better health care

Eight nurses completed their first semester of Spanish for Health Care at Henry Ford Health Systems this summer. Offered through the UDM's Language & Cultural Training (LCT) Department, the course enables health care professionals to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients, a majority of Henry Ford Hospital's non-English-speaking clientele. Find out more in an article by LCT Director Lara Wasner.

UDM Architecture spotlighted on Channel 2

UDM Architecture faculty and students are featured in a recent video segment produced by Channel 2's "Fox Energy Team."  The piece highlights the work UDM played in reusing materials salvaged from an Illinois mansion to create a new home in Detroit's Woodbridge neighborhood.  View the segment on Fox 2's web site (a brief ad precedes the video).

UDM's 19th annual Midnight Bike Tour

Over 85 UDM students on bicycles are expected to participate in the 19th Annual Bicycle Tour of Detroit on Friday, Sept. 21, 2007.  For more, see the news release.