Current Students

As UDM moves forward with branding work, please note that the previous brand—Build a Boundless Future—will no longer be used by the University. Until a new brand is created, the University will employ a bridge brand. These include the following:

• The World Needs Titans
• Titans are Boundless
• We Learn. We Serve. We Grow. We Lead. Titan Pride.

UDM’s new expression of a brand will be constructed upon Titan Faith, a unifying principal that touches upon what it means to be a Titan. Please note that Titan Faith is not a new brand. It is a concept that serves as an organizing principle to help frame the work that goes into defining a brand with the emotional resonance UDM and its stakeholders seek. This unifying principal gives the core elements and underpinnings of a brand its emotional power and builds connection with all stakeholders.

In some respects, Titan Faith comprises an array of underpinnings listed below:

• Titan bravery
• Titan innovation
• Titan boldness
• Titan pride
• Titan hope
• Titan joy
• Titan grit
• Titan truth
• Titan believe
• Titan compassion
• Titan love

These core underpinnings can help demonstrate that a new movement is taking shape and help people with all varieties of experiences and impressions of Detroit Mercy find their way into this rebranding effort in honest ways.

As UDM approaches its 150th anniversary in 2027, there is every hope that the University will unveil a new and more connective brand that everyone can take pride in while celebrating the institutional birthday at the same time.

The International Services Office (ISO) will host Detroit Mercy’s annual International Night on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

All UDM students, faculty and staff are welcome to the night, which is being hosted in the Student Union Ballroom. Come and celebrate our cultural diversity through food, entertainment and community.

Help make this event a success by volunteering for any of the following:

• A performance (a dance, song, poem, etc.)
• Setting up the flag for your country
• Help with setup or cleanup

The Emerging Leaders Program empowers students to discover and develop their leadership potential through involvement in events, activities and programs centered around learning, leadership, spirituality and service — both on campus and in the community.

Students can stop by Room 118 in the Commerce & Finance Building on Thursday, Oct. 16 and/or Thursday, Oct. 30 from 12:45-1:45 p.m. to learn more about the Emerging Leaders Program requirements directly from the program coordinators.

All Detroit Mercy students have the opportunity to experience and live the University Mission and to exhibit leadership on campus in both formal and informal ways for the common good.

For any questions, please email elp@udmercy.edu.

Join Titan Equity Nourish Network (TENN) in celebrating our community at the third annual community meal on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 5-7 p.m. in the Fountain Lounge inside the Student Union. All are welcome to come together to share a meal, connect and celebrate what makes our community so special.

Volunteer Chef Bob from RóBear Culinary will be preparing a delicious meal for all to share.

This event is free, but please help us plan and ensure there’s plenty of food, by registering using the link below.

For any questions, please email tenn@udmercy.edu.

The Wellness Center and CVS have partnered to bring a vaccine clinic to the McNichols Campus on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lower Level of the Student Union. All are welcome.

The pre-registration is full, but walk-in appointments are available.

Vaccines available include:

• COVID
• Flu
• High-dose Influenza
• Meningitis
• Pneumonia
• Shingles
• Tdap/Whooping Cough

If you have any questions, please contact the Wellness Center at 313-993-1185.

MarCom fellow Alizé Tripp, with the help of Let’s Roll’s Brian Rolling and MarCom’s Adam Bouton, produced a short video that celebrates and honors the 60th anniversary of the Detroit Mercy Law Clinic Program.

This video helps highlight UDM’s commitment to our community and the institution’s Jesuit and Mercy values. More importantly, this is the kind of commitment that speaks to the UDM brand.

Undergraduate and graduate students who would like to see their writing, photographs or visual art published should consider submitting their work to Detroit Mercy’s student art journal [sic], which is looking for poems, short stories, personal essays, photographs and other visual artwork for the 2025-26 issue.

[sic] offers $100 prizes for the best visual, poetry and fiction/prose submissions. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Oct. 10.

Please contact Associate Professor of English Rosemary Weatherston with any questions at weatherr@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

University Ministry is hosting a service immersion trip for all UDM students during Detroit Mercy’s spring break from March 7-13 to the Appalachian Mountains in Washburn, Tenn. There are eight student spots available, and students of all faiths or none are welcome to apply.

The trip gives students the opportunity to encounter a community beyond Detroit, share gifts of service and solidarity and explore pressing social issues—in this case, sustainability in Appalachia!

This trip combines service learning (sustainable gardening, trail and forest restoration, and more) with education on the challenges and solutions to sustainable living in our day. We will stay with Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, an organization dedicated to serving the local community, teaching sustainable practices and offering retreat space to cultivate an ethic and spirituality around the natural world.

The cost for the trip is $500, which covers lodging, food, transportation, museum tickets and all programming. The total cost per person is higher, but University Ministry covers the balance.

Scholarships are also available. We do not want cost to stand in the way of your participation. Please reach out to Samantha Eckrich at seckric@udmercy.edu to request a scholarship application.

The application deadline is Jan. 21 with an initial deposit of $100. The remaining balance is due one week before the trip begins. Students must also attend five required meetings to participate in the trip.

University Ministry is hosting a service immersion trip for all UDM students during Detroit Mercy’s spring break from March 7-13, 2026 in Montgomery, Ala. There are eight student spots available, and students of all faiths or none are welcome to apply.

The trip gives students the opportunity to encounter a community beyond Detroit, share gifts of service and solidarity and explore pressing social issues—in this case, the Civil Rights movement!

This trip is designed to provide an educational experience through visits to renowned museums and historical sites, highlighting the area’s rich history. Students will engage in current-day civil rights issues around racism, voting access and even join a historical rally crossing the Selma bridge.

The cost for the trip is $500, which covers lodging, food, transportation, museum tickets and all programming. The total cost per person is higher, but University Ministry covers the balance.

Scholarships are also available. We do not want cost to stand in the way of your participation. Please reach out to Samantha Eckrich at seckric@udmercy.edu to request a scholarship application.

The application deadline is Jan. 21 with an initial deposit of $100. The remaining balance is due one week before the trip begins. Students must also attend five required meetings to participate in the trip.