December 2008
Stories About UDM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta Journal- Constitution, 12-03-2008
The University of Detroit’s Mercy School of Law sent a mobile law office to Atlanta this week to help veterans with federal disability and pension benefit matters.
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Nichols, Darren A., The Detroit News, 12-06-2008
As her political career teeters in the balance, Wayne County Commission Chairwoman Jewel Ware is speaking out and standing behind her controversial practice of giving former felons a second chance on the taxpayers' dime.
Read morePR Newswire, PR Newswire, 12-09-2008
With a $200-million deficit, a major population loss over the past several years, and the City of Detroit facing many ongoing challenges, it will take an innovative, committed leader to lead our city into a strong, vibrant future.
Read morePR Newswire, PR Newswire, 12-09-2008
With a $200-million deficit, a major population loss over the past several years, and the City of Detroit facing many ongoing challenges, it will take an innovative, committed leader to lead our city into a strong, vibrant future.
Read morePR Newswire, PR Newswire, 12-09-2008
With a $200-million deficit, a major population loss over the past several years, and the City of Detroit facing many ongoing challenges, it will take an innovative, committed leader to lead our city into a strong, vibrant future.
Read moreSchmitt, Ben, Detroit Free Press, 12-11-2008
A group of Detroit mayoral candidates gathered Thursday for a three-hour forum to tackle issues ranging from public safety to economic development in University of Detroit Mercy's Fountain Lounge.
Read moreSchmitt, Ben, Detroit Free Press, 12-11-2008
A group of mayoral candidates will gather tonight for a three-hour forum at University of Detroit Mercy.
Read moreSchmitt, Ben and Naomi R. Patton, Detroit Free Press, 12-12-2008
Ten Detroit mayoral candidates gathered Thursday night to continue their sales pitches to reinvigorate the city.
Read moreGabriel, Larry, Metro Times, 12-17-2008
Mayoral forum at University of Detroit Mercy
Read morewxyz.com, wxyz.com, 12-17-2008
The Detroit Titans men’s basketball team put an end to a three-game losing streak with a key second-half run to down Aquinas, 58-48, on Spencer Haywood night in Calihan Hall.
Read moreHolzman, Dave, The Ann Arbor News, 12-29-2008
Eastern Michigan University officials concluded that basketball coach Charles Ramsey grabbed a student and used profanity in November, and that led to a three-day suspension earlier this month.
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Market Watch, Market Watch, 12-02-2008
MacDonald excels in the virtual classroom. That is why she was chosen earlier this month as the first ever Online Teacher of the Year by Michigan Virtual School(TM), a division of Michigan Virtual University(R) (MVU(R)). Michigan Virtual School has trained more than 400 online instructors like MacDonald since it was launched eight years ago.
Read moreHall, Kevin G. and David Lightman, McClathcy Newspapers, 12-03-2008
heir fates now in the hands of lawmakers, Detroit's Big Three automakers are girding for congressional hearings later this week to determine if they'll receive a $34 billion government bailout or face the prospect that at least one of them might go bankrupt.
Read moreGundle-Krieg, Donna, Examiner.com, 12-04-2008
The auto companies should receive government loans, according to most of the 250 high school students polled in a recent survey. Almost all of the students polled were from Michigan.
Read moreFoster, Terry, The Detroit News, 12-06-2008
As the Lions continue to lose, Steve Mallie, owner of Mallie's Bar in Southgate, has hit upon a win-win proposition.
Read moreAnkeny, Robert, Crain's Detroit Business, 12-08-2008
If more than 31 years of federal court battling over control and operation of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department comes to a conclusion soon, Thomas Lewand will have played a significant role in bringing regional cooperation to the contentious topic.
Read moreHall, Kevin, McClatchy Newspaper, 12-09-2008
As part of the legislation being drafted to provide $15 billion in bridge loans to General Motors, Chrysler and potentially Ford, lawmakers and the Bush administration both agree in principal on the need for a so-called car czar.
Read moreMontemurri, Patricia, Detroit Freepress, 12-14-2008
Lorri MacDonald, 52, has charted new paths in online instruction. She was selected this month as Michigan's first Online Teacher of the Year. From her personal computer at home in Dearborn or on a laptop from travels abroad, she teaches the foundations of forensic science -- fingerprinting, evidence collection, crime scene analysis -- to high school students from all over Michigan.
Read moreComtex, Comtex, 12-15-2008
DETROIT, Dec 15, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Public Relations Society of America's Detroit chapter handed out two awards and two scholarships at its annual meeting on Dec. 3.
Read moreJohnson, Lawrence, The Detorit News, 12-19-2008
Evelyn Orbach, artistic director of the Jewish Ensemble Theatre in West Bloomfield Township, sees a special significance this year in the ancient Jewish tradition of Hanukkah, the eight-day "festival of lights" that begins at sundown Sunday.
Read moreAnstett, Patricia, Detroit Free Press, 12-28-2008
Michigan's health care industry, the state's largest employer, desperately needs thousands of workers to fill jobs with critical shortages.
Read moreRobinson, Logan, Opnion, 12-30-2008
How can we explain that whenever GM, Ford and Chrysler leave our shores, they compete well in foreign markets as varied as Europe, South America and China? What makes them viable competitors as soon as they cross the border?
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www.brookskushman.com, www.brookskushman.com, 12-09-2008
Brooks Kushman President, Mark A. Cantor, was recently named a 2008 "Power Lawyer" by Crain's Detroit Business.
Read moreThe Bay City Times, The Bay City Times, 12-10-2008
Bay City attorney Frank "Mac" Quinn is the newest face on the Bay County Library System Board of Trustees
Read moreHeritage Newspapers, Heritage Newspapers, 12-11-2008
With a $200-million deficit, a major population loss over the past several years, and the City of Detroit facing many ongoing challenges, it will take an innovative, committed leader to lead our city into a strong, vibrant future.
Read moreFleming, Pam, Observer & Eccentric mirror Hometown, 12-15-2008
Family celebrates its 20th anniversary of the firm being located in Northville this year. Their current office is at 422 E. Main St.
Read moreLeDuff, Charlie, The Detroit News, 12-15-2008
The story goes that when President George W. Bush met with the leaders of Canada and Mexico earlier this year to defend NAFTA, the Canadian prime minister leaned into the president and whispered that the biggest roadblock to increased trade was the little old man who owned the Ambassador Bridge.
Read moreTimes-Republican Staff, Times-Republican, 12-15-2008
The Iowa State women's basketball team dropped in a school-record 18 3-pointers - eight by Heather Ezell - on its way to a 75-39 whitewashing of the University of Detroit Mercy on Sunday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum.
Read moreComtex, Comtex, 12-17-2008
Greektown Casino today announced changes to its Management Board, adding three business executives with significant casino gaming, hospitality industry, and reorganization experience.
Read moreJahnke, Krista, Detroit Free Press, 12-17-2008
It has been 40 years since Pershing High star and Olympic gold medalist Spencer Haywood made his University of Detroit debut and brought down the house -- and a backboard -- with a thunderous (and illegal) dunk with about 6 minutes to play.
Read moreHeritage Newspaper, Heritage Newspaper, 12-17-2008
DEARBORN - Mayor Jack O'Reilly's appointment of Ron Haddad as Dearborn's new police chief became official on Monday with a brief swearing-in ceremony as Haddad started his first day on the job.
Read moreFoster, Terry, The Detroit News, 12-17-2008
Haywood wants Titans basketball back on the map. He has offered his support for new coach Ray McCallum and has encouraged former players and alumni to support the program.
Read moreBoylce, Kevin, Detroit Free Press, 12-21-2008
Kevin Boylce explains: I pick up the newspaper or turn on the news, and there's another congressman, another businessman, another expert explaining why the Big Three auto companies have to cut thousands of jobs; why they have to slash their workers' wages and benefits; why they must, as South Carolina's Sen. Jim DeMint put it, slice through "the barnacles of unionism."
Read moredBusinessNews, dBusinessNews, 12-22-2008
The Detroit Chapter of the American Institute of Architects picked a Down River designer as its Young Architect of the Year. The award goes to Thomas M. Roberts, AIA.
Read moreWright, Ed, Observer & Eccentric mirror Hometown, 12-23-2008
Displaying a crowd-pleasing flair for the dramatic, Mack tallied the game-tying and game-winning goals in the Detroit Ignition’s down-to-the-wire 16-14 XSL victory over the New Jersey Ironmen Saturday night at Compuware Arena.
Read moreGray, Chris, The Romeo Observer, 12-31-2008
After 18 years of serving the Romeo Police Department, Officer Paduch continues that aspiration, this time as Romeo's newest chief of police.
Read moreObituaries
GoRacers.com, GoRacers.com, 12-18-2008
The Murray State Racer family lost a dear member Wednesday with the passing of former head athletic trainer Tom "Doc" Simmons.
Read moreObserver & Eccentric mirror Hometown, Observer & Eccentric mirror Hometown, 12-18-2008
Age 90, a resident of Northville since 1948, passed away peacefully on December 14, 2008.
Read moreHicks, Mark, The Detroit News, 12-23-2008
Dr. Pokorny died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, at home. He was 55. Born Dec. 9, 1952, in Ecorse, he grew up in Grosse Pointe and graduated from a Catholic preparatory school before attending Michigan State University and the University of Detroit Dental School.
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