Current Students

Students are invited to join the Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD) and the National Career Development Association in celebration of National Career Development month in November. This year’s theme is “The Evolution of Work: Careers in the Past, Present and Future.”

Several events will be offered throughout the month of November to help students understand current employment trends and how to prepare for their future careers.

Students can attend one or more of the following events to celebrate National Career Development month:

• Enterprise Mobility virtual office hours: Monday, Nov. 3, from 12-2 p.m., virtual on Zoom
• Practice interviews with CCPD and professional recruiters: Tuesday-Thursday, Nov. 4-6, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (pre-registration required), Student Union, Lower Level, Room 86
• Job Search Strategies for International Students: Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 1-2 p.m., Engineering Building, Room 134
• Negotiating your Salary & Benefits Workshop: Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 1-2 p.m., Student Union, Lower Level, Room 86
• Ponder the Possibilities: Careers in Technology: Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 12:30-2 p.m., Student Union, Fountain Lounge
• Confident Conversations: Succeeding in Interviews with Ease: Monday, Nov. 17, 12:45-1:30 p.m., Student Union, Room 201
• Money Management, presented by Alliance Catholic Credit Union: Tuesday, Nov. 18, 12:45-1:45 p.m., Student Union, Room 206

For questions, please contact careerlink@udmercy.edu or 313-993-1017.

Students are encouraged to pre-register through their Handshake accounts.

The Titan Equity Nourish Network (TENN) and the Physician Assistant Program are hosting a month-long food drive this November to support our local community, especially as changes to SNAP benefits increase the need for support.

We are collecting non-perishable and dry food items all month long.

Drop-off Location as follows:

• College of Health Professions
• Student Union Lower Level Lobby
• Fitness Center Lobby
• Library (drop-off begins after Nov. 17)
• SACD Main Office

No items to bring? You can still help. Monetary donations are being accepted via Venmo @William-Beaumont-1 and will be used to purchase food items for families in need. For any questions or want to get involved, email mannincp@udmercy.edu.

Learn the basics of self-defense in this free, interactive course, led by a personal safety and martial arts expert, on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Group Activities Room of the Whitty Student Fitness Center. All students and employees are welcome.

Studies show that self-defense courses improve confidence and reduce women’s vulnerability to violence. Focused on situational awareness, personal assertiveness and verbal and physical strategies for keeping yourself safe, this course teaches self-defense techniques in a fun, empowering environment.

The event is sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Detroit Mercy.

With any questions, please email Megan Novell, executive director of the UDM Office of Equal Opportunity, at novellme@udmercy.edu.

A fresh adaptation of a Shakespearean classic, Twelfth Night, opens Detroit Mercy Theatre Company’s 55th season and celebrates the company’s return to University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus with the opening of the new Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre.

Six performances will run in back-to-back weekends, Friday through Sunday, Nov. 7-16.

Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare and adapted by Marc Palmieri, follows twins Viola and Sebastian, separated by a shipwreck and stranded on the peculiar land of Illyria. Disguising herself as a young man, Viola finds employment in the service of the noble Duke Orsino, only to fall hopelessly in love with him. But Orsino has his sights set on the enigmatic Countess Olivia and enlists Viola—unaware of her identity—to carry his amorous pleas. In an unexpected twist, Olivia finds herself smitten with the disguised Viola instead.

“Shakespeare is always relevant to today’s world, which is why his plays have remained with us for so long,” said Andrew Papa, chair of the Department of Performing Arts. “Not only that, Twelfth Night is one of his best comedies, and it’s in times like these that comedies are just the reprieve the world needs.”

This production marks the debut of the new Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre on UDM’s McNichols Campus. This modern performance space will give students the opportunity to develop their craft and share their work with audiences, while also providing a welcoming place for cultural and artistic events that will benefit both the campus and the wider community.

“After more than a decade away, Detroit Mercy Theatre Company is thrilled to be returning home to McNichols Campus,” said Sarah Hawkins Rusk, managing director of DMTC and director of Twelfth Night. “Our new theatre will be a dynamic hub for creativity on campus, offering students a professional-caliber space to learn and grow.”

Joining the students on stage for this celebratory production are chair Andrew Papa and UDM alumni Peter Prouty ’00 and Kaelyn Johnson ’22. “As an actor in the show, it’s refreshing to perform alongside our eager students and our stellar alumni,” Papa said. “Getting the opportunity to perform with our students and some of our top alumni has been an incomparable experience, and I look forward to bringing this text to life in our brand-new, permanent home for the arts at University of Detroit Mercy.”

The DMTC Ticket Office is open Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., with tickets being available for purchase anytime online. Individual tickets are $25 for adults, $18 for seniors and Detroit Mercy faculty, staff and alumni, and $10 for veterans and students (ages 4-college). Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. To schedule your group, contact Sarah Rusk at 313-993-3273.

• Nov. 7: Friends and Family Night. Sponsored by Thomas E. Page ’71, ’76. This performance is invitation only.
• Nov. 8: Celebration of the Grand Opening of the Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre. This performance is invitation only.
• Nov. 9: College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CHASS) & University of Detroit Mercy at the Theatre. Free tickets for students, faculty and staff of University of Detroit Mercy with valid I.D. A talkback following the performance led by a CHASS faculty member is presented as a part of the Detroit Theatre Discussion Project.
• Nov. 14: High School Night. Free tickets and talkback with student cast and crew following the performance for high school students and their families. Call 313-993-3270 or email theatre@udmercy.edu for details and reservations.
• Nov. 15: Community Night. $10 ticket for all patrons.
• Nov. 16: Closing Night

The Hive, a student-run pantry whose goal is to help food-insecure UDM students, will be opening in its new space in Reno Hall, Room 143, on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. From that date forward, it will be open as follows:

• Tuesdays from 1-5 p.m.
• Wednesdays from 5-9 p.m.
• Thursdays from 1-5 p.m.

Any currently enrolled student in need of assistance may visit the pantry once every two weeks and may take up to 12 grocery or hygiene items per visit.

For more details, please contact thehive@udmercy.edu or visit The Hive website.

Compete to be the most sustainable student organization or group on campus and win a pizza party with Titan Equity Nourish Network’s (TENN) Autumn compost competition on Wednesday, Nov. 5.

TENN will be collecting compostable material on from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in the mini lot between the Health Professions Facility and Commerce & Finance Building. Pumpkins, eggshells, bread and lots of other items may be composted. See complete list what can be composted.

For more information and to get your compost kit, please contact TENN by email at tenn@udmercy.edu.

All Detroit Mercy students are invited to attend an evening of professional and personal development at the Student Alumni Leadership Council (SALC) Annual Student Etiquette Dinner. This event is set for Thursday, Nov. 13 from 6-8 p.m. in The Loft, located in the Student Union.

Business attire is encouraged.

This year, alumni from the Women of Stellantis will present as well as lead roundtable discussions regarding the following topics:

• Developing your personal elevator speech
• The art of negotiation
• How to say no in the workplace

Please RSVP by Friday, Nov. 7.

Detroit Mercy’s School of Architecture and Community Development (SACD) invites the campus community, architecture professionals and anyone interested in international work and entrepreneurship to attend an upcoming lecture featuring Marisol González, principal of M-G Estudio and faculty member at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico.

The lecture, titled “Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Architect: Reflections and Practice,” will take place on Friday, Nov. 7, at 2 p.m. in the Warren Loranger Architecture Building Exhibition Space. This lecture is free and open to the public.

González will share insights from her journey as both educator and practitioner, offering valuable perspectives on navigating the transition from academic study to professional practice. Her talk will explore the intersection of architecture, entrepreneurship and international collaboration.

This visit is part of an ongoing teaching collaboration between Detroit Mercy and Tec de Monterrey’s architecture program. González will be accompanied by architecture students from Tec de Monterrey, furthering the institutions’ commitment to cross-cultural educational exchange.

For more information, contact Associate Professor of Architecture & Community Development Tadd Heidgerken at heidgetw@udmercy.edu.

The 2025 Safety Street trick-or-treat and Movies at Mercy event was a great success and would not be possible without the candy donations and involvement from students and staff from Detroit Mercy. More than 150 children from the local community and their families were able to enjoy trick-or-treating and so much more in a safe environment.

The Office of the Registrar won the departmental candy donation contest by donating a total of 61 pounds, Kappa Beta Gamma won the student candy donation contest by donating more 16 pounds and the Society of Women Engineers won the facade decorating competition with a rendering of a dragon.

This event is only possible with collaboration from the campus community. Thank you to everyone who participated in creating a fun Halloween event for our community.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to stop by the new Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD) office for an Open House on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 12-2 p.m. The CCPD is now located in the Student Union, Lower Level, Room 86.

Come meet our team, tour the new office space and learn about the career development resources we offer to students. Snacks and giveaways will be available.

During the Open House, CCPD also invites you to donate to the Professional Clothing Closet. The office is seeking clean, gently used or new men’s professional clothing to re-stock the Professional Clothing Closet.

The clothing closet needs men’s pants, blazers, collared shirts, ties, suits and dress shoes. Due to space limitations, we ask that donations be kept to a maximum of five items per person.

Donations will be accepted from Nov. 20 through Dec. 12.