Monday, November 11, 2024
BY ALEXIS FLEMING / VN STAFF WRITER As most may know by now, we are not having a graduation ceremony. This wasn’t exactly a shock for me but it still hurts. Four years ago, I set out to make a huge accomplishment and I was hoping I'd get to celebrate […]
Katie Adams, Terry Rhadigan and Ann Thomas were the guest panelists. BY MAXINE MOORE / VN STAFF WRITER Careers in public relations can be challenging and time-consuming but also immensely rewarding, according to a panel of professionals who spoke by Zoom to Detroit Mercy students March 9. Ann Thomas […]
Sue (Kruszewski) Hardy. / Photo courtesy of Titans Sports Info BY ALLIE FALK / VN STAFF WRITER Few women pioneers have more significantly impacted the university than Sue Hardy. In 1978, she became not only the first women’s basketball coach at what was then the University of Detroit, but she […]
BY DEVONNE MCCULLOUGH / VN STAFF WRITER Many students who are seniors have been worried about whether the class of 2021 will have a graduation. The journey through college is incredibly challenging. The hours that we students dedicate to our studies should be rewarded. However, this year’s graduation will not […]
BY ANTOINE J. DAVIS / VN STAFF WRITER Detroit Mercy students enrolled in this spring semester’s Principles of Public Relations class are getting a glimpse at the industry through a collaboration with Detroit’s Loyola High School. The CST 2400 course is not just note-taking and exams. Students are responsible for […]
Senior Kendall Payne. / Photo courtesy of Titans Sports Info BY SCOTT SPARKS / VN STAFF WRITER Detroit’s women golfers are happy to be back competing – finally. Covid-19 eliminated their spring season a year ago, as well as their 2020-21 fall season. But now the NCAA spring season has […]
Jose Arnulfo Cabrera / Photo from Ignatian Solidarity Network BY NICHOLAS CUCCHI / VN STAFF WRITER Jose Arnulfo Cabrera was 4 when he came from Mexico to the United States, and separated from his mother. “The trauma that comes from that is horrible,” he said. Cabrera is now the Ignatian Solidarity […]
The Black Madonna statue on the McNichols Campus. / VN photo by Devonne Mccullough BY ANTHONY OCCHIUTO / VN STAFF WRITER Faith plays a prominent role at Detroit Mercy, given the university’s Catholic roots. For some students, it is what makes the university special and different from others. Because of this, […]
Photo by University of Michigan BY NICHOLAS CUCCHI / VN STAFF WRITER The Detroit Mercy community experienced a virtual talk Feb. 11 with author Jason Young, an associate professor of history. Young talked about his book “Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in the Kongo and the Lowcountry Region of […]
VN photo illustration by Devonne Mccullough BY ALLIE FALK / VN STAFF WRITER The Hive, a student-led organization, maintains a constant mission of providing food to students to assist them in accomplishing their collegiate goals. But the worldwide pandemic has presented challenges, according to senior Ashley Bivins, the marketing manager. […]
