February 2009
Stories About UDM
Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, 02-01-2009
A rally by the Eastern Michigan University women’s tennis team gave the Eagles the 4-3 edge over the University of Detroit Saturday evening, Jan. 31, at the Chippewa Racquet Club.
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Hometownlife.com, Observer & Eccentric mirror Hometown, 02-01-2009
St. John Lutheran Church of Farmington continues its 2008-2009 concert series Sunday, Feb. 8 with "A Valentine Concert," a selection of love-themed songs by The Novi Choralaires.
Read moreGodbee, Eden, Howard University, 02-02-2009
A total of 13 matchups, including home contests against UMBC, University of Detroit-Mercy, Niagara, Bryant, University of California-Davis and Fresno State highlight the 2009 Howard women's lacrosse schedule.
Read moreModelD, ModelD, 02-03-2009
The Villages Community Development Corp. is holding a three-day charrette, or planning session, Feb. 6-8 in order to better determine its future development goals.
Read moreModelD, ModelD, 02-03-2009
Guest speaker Susan Sellers will drive home that point when she gives a talk at the university's School of Architecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday, in the Genevieve Fisk Loranger Architecture Center at the McNichols campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Read moreWWJ NewsRadio, WWJ NewsRadio, 02-08-2009
The NCAA, University of Detroit Mercy, Ford Field and the Detroit Local Organizing Committee for the Final Four Monday are announcing plans for fans with and without tickets.
Read moreSchmitt, Ben, Detroit Free Press, 02-09-2009
The NCAA, the Detroit Local Organizing Committee and host institution the University of Detroit Mercy are offering three days of entertainment and fun, including concerts along the Detroit riverfront, indoor basketball-themed family activities at Cobo Center and an attempt to set a Guinness world record for the number of people dribbling a basketball.
Read morePace, Nathan, DNOnline, 02-09-2009
The Ball State University men's tennis team had an opportunity to double its win total this weekend, and the Cardinals jumped at the chance.
Read moreLacrosse Magazine, Lacrosse Magazine, 02-14-2009
The Bellarmine University lacrosse team had a highly successful season opener, defeating the University of Detroit Mercy 18-8 this afternoon at Owsley B. Frazier Stadium on Bellarmine's campus.
Read moreParker, Jim, The Windsor Star, 02-14-2009
The University of Windsor Lancers track and field team will deal with the past, present and future at today's Team Challenge event at the St. Denis Centre.
Read moreObserver & Eccentric mirror Hometown, Observer & Eccentric mirror Hometown, 02-15-2009
Kathleen Dobrovic and Jennifer Gasiecki, Walsh College students, are part of the student team selected to represent Walsh College in the 2009 Association for Corporate Growth MBA Business Case Competition Finals on Feb. 21.
Read moreThe Times Herald, The Times Herald, 02-15-2009
Vintevoghel, a senior, signed Wednesday a national letter-of-intent to run cross country and track at the University of Detroit-Mercy.
Read moreAnstett, Patricia, Detroit Free Press, 02-17-2009
St. John is to announce the plan today at an invitation-only meeting of Detroit civic and community leaders. If successful, the plan could be a national model of what to do with abandoned or downsized urban hospital tracts.
Read moreartdaily.org, artdaily.org, 02-22-2009
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) recently put on display a rare biblical painting by 19th century African American artist Robert Scott Duncanson. The painting was unknown to scholars of work by the internationally acclaimed artist until its discovery approximately five years ago in a basement at University of Detroit Mercy (UDM). The painting is owned by the Jesuit Community at UDM, and is on long-term loan to the museum.
Read moreRobinson, Tim, Daily Press & Argus, 02-22-2009
When Tyler Staruch begins his college lacrosse career at the University of Detroit-Mercy next year, there will be at least one familiar face. Advertisement His coach. Matt Holtz coached a travel team Staruch (pronounced starch; the "u" is silent) played on, and when Holtz had a scholarship to offer, Staruch was ready.
Read moreAlexander, Jason, Times Herald, 02-22-2009
The Cardinals can exact revenge at 1 p.m. today at the University of Detroit's Calihan Hall for the Detroit Catholic League C-D championship.
Read moreScranton, Lyndal, News-Leader.com, 02-24-2009
When you combine scoring and rebounding, no player in Missouri State basketball history had a better two-year stretch than Mike Robinson. Advertisement. The 6-foot-7 power forward was a double-double machine for the Bears from 1978-80, averaging 22.2 points and 12.5 rebounds.
Read moreBudner, Marty, Observer & Eccentric Mirror Hometown, 02-24-2009
Birmingham Marian captured its record 11th Catholic League championship Sunday at University of Detroit-Mercy’s Calihan Hall with a 46-25 triumph over Dearborn Divine Child.
Read moreCarlson, Morgan, The BG News, 02-25-2009
The BG women's tennis team faced their first upsets of the spring season in Michigan this weekend, falling to Michigan State University on Saturday and the University of Detroit on Sunday.
Read moreFarrell, Perry, Detroit Free Press, 02-26-2009
Up by 17 points at the end of the first quarter Wednesday night, it seemed unlikely that Novi Detroit Catholic Central would allow a comeback by University of Detroit Jesuit at Birmingham Marian.
Read moreObserver & Eccentric Mirror Hometown, Observer & Eccentric Mirror Hometown, 02-26-2009
Salem soccer players Jace Bearden and Jeremy Stoychoff have signed letters of intent to play collegiate soccer for the University of Detroit-Mercy.
Read moreTimes Herald, Times Herald, 02-26-2009
At the YMCA 8-and-under state swim meet this past weekend, the Blue Water Otters took eighth out of 17 teams.There were six Otters competing in the event.
Read moreLacrose Magazine, Lacrosse Magazine, 02-27-2009
The campus of the University of Detroit Mercy is going to be introduced to women's lacrosse on Feb. 28 as the Titans will play in their first-ever home game at Titan Field, with start time slated for 11 a.m. against Niagara. Detroit is the only Division I school in the state of Michigan to sponsor women's lacrosse as a varsity sport.
Read moreThe Cleveland Leader, The Cleveland Leader, 02-28-2009
The Vikings will face the University of Detroit Mercy in their first contest in tournament. The Vikings have defeated the the Titans twice this season. The game is set for a 7:00 tip at the Wolstein Center.
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Rzucidlo, Jason, AmericaJR.com, 02-13-2008
The 2009 Men's Final Four basketball championship game will be played in Detroit this April. A whole week-long schedule of events is planned to go along with it.
Read moreGorchow, Zachary, Detroit Free Press, 02-04-2009
With donations from a Who's Who of metro Detroiters, like Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. and PVS Chemicals chief executive officer Jim Nicholson, Bing hauled in $505,923 through Dec. 31, according to campaign finance reports.
Read moreSwickard, Joe, Detroit Free Press, 02-04-2009
Willie Gary, Kwame Kilpatrick's latest out-of-town legal legend, speaks with a silver tongue and writes with golden ink, say attorneys who have gone up against the Florida trial lawyer who has made a fortune tackling big-name, deep-pocket defendants for huge verdicts.
Read moreNantais, Dave, America The National Catholic Weekly, 02-09-2009
M any people don’t know that Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. was also a great songwriter. He helped write several tunes for singer Jackie Wilson, including the hit “Lonely Teardrops.”
Read morecrescent-news.com, crescent-news.com, 02-13-2009
Mark C. Gordon, dean of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and a former faculty member at Columbia University, is the 18th president in the 159-year history of the college.
Read moreDetroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, 02-14-2009
The dean of University of Detroit Mercy's law school is leaving to head a small independent college in northwest Ohio.
Read moreTaylor, Kimberly, The Detroit News, 02-16-2009
More than a week after singer Chris Brown was arrested for allegedly assaulting girlfriend and singer Rihanna, the buzz continues. It may not have been his first brush with violence -- or hers.
Read morePress Release Point, Press Release Point, 02-17-2009
Patrick M. O’Keefe, CTP, and Ronald J. Reuter have been selected as Outstanding Individual Contribution award recipients from among the nearly 9,000 members in 45Turnaround Management Association (TMA) chapters worldwide.
Read moreStryker, Mark, Detroit Free Press, 02-18-2009
The Rev. Gary Wright of the University of Detroit Mercy was scrounging through a basement at the school a few years ago when he came upon a beautiful but damaged painting of a woman, presumably Mary Magdalene, kneeling before a cross and surrounded by the crown of thorns and other Passion iconography.
Read moreYung, Katherine, Detroit Free Press, 02-22-2009
When Kimberly Kachadoorian lost her contract job at Ford Motor Co. in 2006, learning how to make Raku pottery at the Ann Arbor Art Center gave her comfort and peace of mind.
Read moreWilliams, Corey, Associated Press, 02-24-2009
Detroit residents voting for mayor may get a sense of deja vu by fall: When it's all over, four trips to the polls will be necessary.
Read moreBunkley, Nick, The New York Times, 02-25-2009
Dave Bing, a political novice, played nine seasons for the Detroit Pistons, was elected to pro basketball’s Hall of Fame and went on to run a well-known and successful automotive parts supplier in the city.
Read moreThe Detroit News, The Detroit News, 02-26-2009
Former police chief to speak: Ike McKinnon, a former Detroit Police chief, will speak Friday to Mount Clemens ninth- and 11th-graders. Each junior will receive a copy of his book, "Stand Tall." McKinnon is an associate professor of education and human services at the University of Detroit Mercy.
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PR Newswire, PR Newswire, 02-02-2009
Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRBC) today announced that John D. Schwab, executive vice president and chief credit officer will retire after a six-year career with the company.
Read moreDaily Tribune, Daily Tribune, 02-08-2009
Storm Kirschenbaum is an attorney. He went to law school at the University of Detroit. He is president of Metis Sports Management in Southfield. His area of expertise is focused. He works with professional athletes.
Read moreThe Detroit News, The Detroit News, 02-10-2009
Business consultant D. Etta Wilcoxon says many of Detroit's problems can be pinpointed to one issue: Leadership, or the lack thereof.
Read moreMccabe, Mick, Detroit Free Press, 02-14-2009
Pershing led, 25-12, after one quarter and 55-32 at the half, and the game was never close after intermission.
Read moreBoggs, Grace, In These Times, 02-17-2009
Detroit is a city of Hope rather than a city of Despair. The thousands of vacant lots and abandoned houses not only provide the space to begin anew but also the incentive to create innovative ways of making our living—ways that nurture our productive, cooperative and caring selves.
Read moreThe National Law Journal, The National Law Journal, 02-20-2009
Gardere Wynne Sewell (Dallas): Andrew Spaniol, an associate in the firm's Dallas office, has been elected to serve a two-year term on the board of directors for Literacy Instruction for Texas (LIFT).
Read moreMontemurri, Patricia, PR Newswire, 02-28-2009
The March issue of Vanity Fair magazine features a photo spread of the top players in the new Obama White House, as captured by acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz.
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Observer & Eccentric mirror hometown, Observer & Eccentric mirror hometown, 02-13-2009
Lowell passed away on February 8, 2009 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Read moreHicks, Mark, The Detroit News, 02-18-2009
Dr. Rizk died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. He was 76.
Read moreCortez, Dan, Detroit Free Press, 02-22-2009
Kitty Cooney Storen raised six daughters before she went to the University of Detroit Mercy for a law degree. She went on to become a lawyer at Plunkett Cooney, the firm her father helped found, and eventually a fund-raiser at Loyola High School in Detroit.
Read moreHicks, Mark, The Detroit News, 02-24-2009
Mrs. Storen died Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. She was 67.
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