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• March 17: Register for second annual Moot Court competition, deadline March 23

  Tuesday March 17, 2026
  

  

  The Detroit Mercy Pre-Law Society and Business Law Society will host its second annual Moot Court Competition on Thursday, April 2 at 2 p.m., where students of all majors can refine their legal reasoning, public speaking and advocacy skills in a simulated appellate court environment. Participants will present a hypothetical case before a distinguished panel of judges, including UDM faculty.

  The competition will follow a traditional moot court format, where multiple teams will present arguments on both sides of a legal issue. This is an oral competition, and no writing is involved.

  It only takes two to make a team for this competition, so find a friend and sign up now. Deadline to sign up is March 23.

  For any questions, please contact saputocm@udmercy.edu or tomaeb@udmercy.edu.

  Sign up here.

• March 17: All invited to annual Celebration of Scholarly Achievement on April 9

  Tuesday March 17, 2026
  

  

  The 19th Annual Celebration of Scholarly Achievement & Community Engagement (CSACE) is set for Thursday, April 9, from 12-4:30 p.m., in the Whitty Student Fitness Center on the McNichols Campus.

  UDM friends and family are invited to join the celebration.

  CSACE is a university-wide event showcasing more than 200 research posters and presentations, including artistic displays, robotics, 3D models, lightning talks and more. CSACE highlights exemplary work from across all UDM campuses and serves as an opportunity to celebrate the academic, scholarly and creative accomplishments of our University community throughout the academic year.

  Highlights of the event include:

  • Research posters & presentations: 12-2 p.m. — Exhibits, models, robotics,  scholarly publications
  • Lightning-talk presentations: 2:15-4:30 p.m. — Award-winning research & poetry

  A complimentary box lunch from Subway will be provided.

  Guest registration and parking pass are required.

  This event is sponsored by Delta Dental, Alliance Catholic Credit Union and RIIS

  Guests register here.

  

• March 17: Graduate admission workshop dates announced for March and April

  Tuesday March 17, 2026
  

  Looking to further your education? Make your graduate applications stand out by attending an upcoming Graduate Admission Workshop, hosted by the Center for Career & Professional Development and the Office of Admissions.

  Sessions will focus on resume/interview skills, personal statements and letters of recommendation/etiquette. Join us in-person in the Admissions Office in Room 181 of the Student Union or virtually via Teams. Registration is encouraged but not required.

  Session dates and topics are as follows:

  • Thursday, March 19, at 1 p.m. — Resume/interview skills
  • Tuesday, March 31, at 1 p.m. — Personal statements
  • Tuesday, April 14, at 1 p.m. — Letters of recommendation/etiquette

  For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Associate Director for Graduate Admissions Jennifer Goethals at 313-993-3309 or goethajm@udmercy.edu.

  Register here.

• March 17: Triptych virtual author series features poets Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris on March 19

  Tuesday March 17, 2026
  

  

  Detroit Mercy’s English Department welcomes poets Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris, who will read their work for the 2026 Triptych series on Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

  Triptych is a virtual reading series featuring award-winning authors in conversation with Detroit Mercy’s Poet-in-Residence Stacy Gnall. Triptych events are free and open to the community.

  Ilya Kaminsky was born in Odesa, Ukraine, in 1977, and arrived to the United States in 1993, when his family was granted asylum by the American government. He is the author of the poetry collections Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa, and is co-editor and co-translator of many other books.

  His work, which has been translated into more than 20 languages, has been a finalist for a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award, and is the winner of many awards. Kaminsky, who currently teaches at Princeton, was selected by the BBC as “one of the 12 artists that changed the world” in 2019.

  Katie Farris is the author of the memoir-in-poems, Standing in the Forest of Being Alive, which was listed as a Publisher’s Weekly’s Top 10 Poetry Books for 2023, as well as shortlisted for the 2023 T.S. Eliot Prize. She is also the author of the hybrid-form text boysgirls, and the chapbooks A Net to Catch My Body in its Weaving, winner of the 2021 Chad Walsh Poetry Award, Thirteen Intimacies and Mother Superior in Hell. Most recently she is winner of the Pushcart Prize.

  Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Granta, The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation and Poetry, and has been commissioned by MoMA. She is the co-translator of several books of poetry from the Ukrainian, French, Chinese and Russian. She also teaches at Princeton.

  Triptych events are held via Zoom on third Thursdays in January, February and March, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

  Register here!

  

• March 17: Poet Joanne Godley to launch award-winning collection at reading, March 25

  Tuesday March 17, 2026
  

  

  Broadside Lotus Press and the University of Detroit Mercy Press will host a virtual reading and conversation with Joanne Godley, author of How the Black Panthers Fell from the Sky and winner of the 2025 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.

  The reading will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25. Please register below to obtain Zoom link.

  Godley grew up in Detroit during the city’s industrial heyday and amidst the activism of the labor unions. Her memoir reflects on her teenage years, when, impatient with someday freedom songs and despairing at the horrors of the Vietnam war, she is swept up by the daring promise of those militant “cats” in black leather jackets. The poems remind readers of the hopefulness and exhilaration of Panther Party times as well as provide Godley’s mature reflections on the Party’s dismantlement.

  How the Black Panthers Fell from the Sky is the fourth co-publication of Broadside Lotus Press and UDM Press. It can be purchased at the Detroit Mercy bookstore and online through Hatteras printing.

  Register here.

• March 16: Interfaith women’s panel, ‘Rooted in Faith, Rising in Strength,’ set for March 23

  Monday March 16, 2026
  

  

  In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, University Ministry will hold an interfaith panel featuring women who will share their stories of faith and life.

  The panel is set for Monday, March 23, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., in the Student Union Ballroom.

  A peer wellness student leader will facilitate a self-care activity table during the event.

  Lite bites and refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend.

  Please contact Director of University Ministry Anita Klueg at kluegag@udmercy.edu for any questions or more information. This event is cohosted by the Hindu Community of Michigan, the Muslim Student Association and Peer Wellness.

  

• March 16: Final call: March 17 is the deadline for Celebration of Scholarly Achievement submissions

  Monday March 16, 2026
  

  

  Celebration of Scholarly Achievement & Community Engagement (CSACE) is a University-wide event featuring research posters, artistic displays, performances, lightning talks and much more. This year’s CSACE symposium is set for Thursday, April 9.

  CSACE is an opportunity to recognize the exemplary work across all campuses throughout the academic year and to learn about and support the research achievements of fellow colleagues and students.

  All students, staff and faculty from all disciplines are encouraged to register for an opportunity to display or present their academic achievements, scholarly research and publications, community service, artistic creations and talents.

  Presenter registration is required to secure a position at the event.

  The deadline to register to be a presenter is Tuesday, March 17, at 5 p.m.

  Learn more and register here.