News Release

UDM College of Business Administration joins volunteers during Jesuit MBA Cares Day

Following the Jesuit tradition of reaching out and giving back, University of Detroit Mercy's College of Business Administration will join 26 other Jesuit MBA programs across the country to give back to their communities The Jesuit MBA Cares program is another way the UDM mission is accomplished.

The second annual event will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2008 across the street from the University's McNichols entrance. MBA students, faculty, staff and friends will volunteer their time to help clean up the outside of Gesu Parish, including the school and playground.

The College of Business Administration at University of Detroit Mercy invites everyone to join the school by helping out. Volunteers are asked to bring rakes, shovels, garbage bags and gloves and all will be treated to lunch in UDM's Commerce and Finance Building following the event. Gesu Parish is located at 17204 Oak Drive in Detroit.

Across the nation there are a variety of ways in which Jesuit MBA Cares is helping. Marquette University in Milwaukee and John Carroll in Cleveland will be collecting food and working in local food banks during the day of service.

Release date: March 07, 2008

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