This radio interview between CBS Radio's Alisa Zee and Tammy M. Kudialis, UDM Law professor and director of Project SALUTE, was recorded for the show Sunday Edition in honor of Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2009.

Low-income veterans get help with their disability and pension claims at the UDM School of Law's Mobile Law Office, which travels the country.  For more information about this project, Project SALUTE, see the Project SALUTE web site. 

Donald DiPaolo, Ph.D speaks at the 2009-2010 Freshman Convocation

This was the inaugural year of the First Year Convocation, which was held in Calihan Hall,  to welcome new students to the University Community. The event included a Welcome Address by President Gerard L. Stockhausen, S.J., Ph.D., a breif interfaith prayer service, and a keynote address by Donald DiPaolo, Ph.D., associate professor of Education. The program concluded with the freshman class reciting the Metriculation Oath, led by Vice President for Academic Affairs Pamela Zarkowski, J.D, M.P.H. Students and administrators then enjoyed an outdoor lunch. The event marked a positive start for students as they begin their first semester at the University.

Autocam CEO John Kennedy gives 2009 Business Alumni Week keynote address

During the 2009 College of Business Administration Alumni Week, many prominent UDM Business alumni visited classes and discussed their experiences in the business world with current UDM students.

This year's featured keynote speakers were John and Nancy Kennedy.  John Kennedy '79 is Chief Executive of Autocam Corporation, a worldwide manufacturer of precision machined components for the automotive and medical instruments industries.

Nancy Greening Kennedy '83 has held positions of leadership both at Arthur Andersen and Autocam. Under their leadership, Autocam has grown through strategic acquisitions, which include well-established companies in North America, Europe and South America. Both John and Nancy are University of Detroit graduates from the College of Business Administration.

This UDMcast features John Kennedy's talk at the Business Administration Alumni Week, March 19, 2009. 

Ford Innovation Symposium Features Iain Roberts

This years’s symposium was entitled, “The Design of Experiences and the Use of Design Thinking as Tools to Develop and Deliver against Strategic Business Goals” The keynote speaker for the event was Iain Roberts, associate partner of IDEO, a design and innovation firm in the firm’s Chicago office.

Based in Palo Alto, California, IDEO helps design products, services, environments, and digital experiences for businesses. Additionally, the company has become increasingly involved in management consulting.

Roberts graduated with an MA in Industrial Design Engineering from the Royal College of Art and a bachelor's in Aeronautical Engineering from Southampton University. His duties include building client relationships across industries, which include telecommunications, consumer electronics, transportation and financial services. He also works with project teams on designs that are relevant to the consumer public.

Roberts' talk included the strategies he used to comply with specific business goals for projects with AT&T and the in-vehicle experience with Ford.