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UDM Rebranding — Get ready!
Thursday December 05, 2024The UDM rebranding effort continues, as reported in the Nov. 15 edition of Campus Connection. Marketing and Communications (MarCom) and GreenHouse::Innovation (Greenhouse) are currently developing plans for UDM stakeholder strategy sessions, scheduled for announcement in early 2025. Faculty, staff, students, trustees, community members, corporate partners, foundations and others can attend these sessions to provide invaluable input about their perception of UDM and its position in the local, state and national higher education environments.
The benefits of these sessions include:
- Creation of a new north star for UDM — not just a university, but a hub of social innovation that is convening the most important conversations and doing the most important work related to understanding the present and future of universities — why we build them, for whom do we build them and how do we build them — and where every graduate is considered a social innovator armed with an education that will provide a life of “money AND meaning.”
- New levels of confidence and clarity for marketing/communications, for advertising, for publicity.
- Creation of new paths to engagement/impact among donors, potential faculty, prospective students, alumni, local and national businesses, new actors altogether.
GreenHouse and MarCom will also unveil a documentary regarding the community sessions that took place in Aug. 2024 to help launch the new strategy sessions for 2025. Look for details on this unveiling in future editions of Campus Connection.
Today, we’re asking our entire UDM family to take some time and review information about the rebranding work and to please keep an eye out for future invitations to strategy sessions. Seating is limited to the first 25 to sign up.
For more information, please feel free to email MarCom at marcom@udmercy.edu.
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Helping charities for the holidays with UDM
Wednesday December 04, 2024
The Detroit Mercy community offers many ways to help others during this holiday season. The Marketing & Communications team is gathering all opportunities onto one page, which we hope will help you choose how and what organization you may want to help.
Click here for giving opportunities!
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Donate leftover meal swipes to help community
Wednesday December 04, 2024
Do you have left-over meal swipes? With your help, the community will be invited to dine for free on campus using donated swipes. Fill out the form below to donate unused swipes.
For any questions or comments, email Chelsea Manning at mannincp@udmercy.edu.
DONATE HERE!
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Detroit Mercy TheatreLab presents ‘Ripped’ by Rachel Bublitz, Nov. 22
Thursday November 21, 2024
Detroit Mercy Theatre Company’s TheatreLab series presents Ripped, the captivating play by Rachel Bublitz.
This one-night-only performance takes place on Friday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Live6 Alliance Event Space located at 7426 W. McNichols Rd. in Detroit. Tickets for this event are FREE but limited.
Lucy, a freshman in college, struggles to balance her old life with the new, and a troubling encounter forces her to confront questions of consent. This powerful play weaves through time, revealing the complexities of her relationships and the events that shape her uncertainty. Don’t miss this compelling exploration of memory, consent and the search for clarity.
Directed by Mycah Artis, this production is in partnership with Detroit Mercy’s Office of Equal Opportunity.
Warning: This play contains adult subject matter and sexual violence and is not recommended for those under the age of 13.
Reserve tickets here!
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MarCom strategizes with Greenhouse::Innovation, internal and community stakeholders on University rebranding efforts
Monday November 18, 2024Over the past year, UDM’s Department of Marketing and Communications (MarCom) was charged with initiating a three-phase marketing research and rebranding process to replace the “Build a Boundless Future” brand with a more emotive and connective brand that all UDM stakeholders will use with pride. This process entails an innovative strategy that does not follow the traditional mode of branding and research higher education institutions historically leaned on for the past 30 years or more.
As part of this process, UDM is working with GreenHouse::Innovation, a firm that works to help connect organizations with thought leaders focused on social innovation to identify and tackle the hardest problems and design new models, frameworks and strategies for measurable change. Members of the GreenHouse network are well equipped to have the “un-have-able” conversation; to challenge biases and overturn assumptions to help an organization see the true conditions of the problems it faces.
GreenHouse utilizes a process called designed thinking, which helps organizations break free of cognitive patterns that resist and undermine innovation and works from the ground up in an organization. In January 2024, UDM held an introductory strategy session conducted by GreenHouse with members of the University Leadership Council.
The purpose of this session was to:
- Subvert norms and take a very close look at the institutional identity crisis
- Start to develop a new mindset, new behavior
- Identify actions (“work that you can really use”) that befit a major league school charting a new future
- Work in the short term/enhance in the long term
- A new narrative to live…starting today
Since January 2024, several other strategy sessions have taken place with our neighborhood community and internal stakeholders. Soon, UDM community members will be invited to participate in more strategy sessions with GreenHouse. The goal is to solicit your thoughts, ideas, input and perspectives about our institutional identity, future of our university and a future brand. Additionally, MarCom reps hope to visit departments, offices and individuals to present details on the rebranding efforts and to engage everyone in this work.
Resources, Centers and Clinics
Titan Equity Nourish Network (TENN)
TENN is a student-led and community-driven food justice program that delivers fresh produce to 60 families in New Martin Park Neighborhood and 80 seniors at Theresa Maxis Senior Apartments.
Center for Social Entrepreneurship
The Center provides business expertise and acumen as well as mentors to assist local entrepreneurs, beginning with the “Boost” workshop that aids entrepreneurs in developing business plans to achieve a greater social impact.
Counseling Clinic
The clinic provides no-cost counseling services to Detroit residents who otherwise may not have access to mental health services.
Dental Center
Detroit Mercy Dental offers dental services and education through two clinics, nine outreach clinics, a mobile dental clinic and a school-based dental sealant program.
Detroit Collaborative Design Center
The design center provides design services to non-profit community and civic organizations to engage communities and enhance neighborhoods.
Detroit Mercy Eye Institute
The Detroit Mercy Eye Institute includes the state-of-the-art equipment and technology needed to diagnose, monitor, and treat numerous eye conditions. The clinic will also provide affordable eyecare to the uninsured and vulnerable populations.
Law Clinics
Detroit Mercy Law provides legal assistance to Detroit area residents through six clinics: Immigration Law Clinic, SADO Criminal Appellate Clinic, Criminal Trial Clinic, Veterans Law Clinic, Juvenile Law Appellate Clinic and Intellectual Property Law Clinic.
Live6 Alliance
University of Detroit Mercy helped to launch the Live6 Alliance in August 2015 to strengthen the Livernois Avenue and McNichols Road commercial corridor in northwest Detroit.
Pre-College Programs
Detroit area students in grades 4-12 participate in more than 15 outreach programs annually through Saturday classes, summer camps, and innovative curricula in the sciences, technology engineering, mathematics, architecture and design.
Media Experts Guide
Detroit Mercy scholars are experts in their fields and many have agreed to be available to media. Note that experts' views are their own and may not reflect the views of their colleagues or University of Detroit Mercy.
Migration Research Directory
The AJCU Migration Research Directory is an open-access resource for high-quality research on migration, provided by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Faculty members from Jesuit universities around the world provide important migration and refugee research from a wide variety of perspectives.
Psychology Clinic
The Psychology Clinic provides assessment and counseling services for approximately 300 clients annually. Fees are based on ability to pay.
Reimagining the Civic Commons
University of Detroit Mercy serves as one of the institutional anchors for the “Reimaging the Civic Commons” initiative, which is funded through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant. The initiative focuses on the City of Detroit’s neighborhood revitalization priority: the Livernois/McNichols area. The project’s goal is to revitalize the neighborhoods between its two anchor institutions, Detroit Mercy and Marygrove College, creating a denser and more diverse urban community.
Rx for Reading Program
This program increases access to children’s books and supports families in reading to their children. The program has distributed more than 2,000 children’s books a month at a variety of locations, including low-income health, dental and WIC clinics; homeless shelters; and Head Start programs.