Bill Solomon – the retired group vice president and general counsel of Ally Financial – returned to campus Thursday, Jan. 19, to host a Leadership Slam and reflect on his career as an attorney. Between speaking at two campus sessions about leadership traits, Solomon visited The Varsity News, where he […]
Author: JENNA DANIEL / VN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Post-Trump ‘you are welcome’ flyer stirs talk
An effort to let Detroit Mercy students know that they are welcome has given some students pause. At the start of the semester, flyers were posted on campus by faculty members, focusing on a “You are welcome here” message and highlighting different groups by name: students of color, Muslims and […]
Health building addition unveiled this week
You may have seen the construction being done on the College of Health Professions building during the past months, but it is finally ready to move in. Many students and faculty are excited to see how it has turned out. “We do not know too much about it yet other […]
How well do you know your professors?
Students at Detroit Mercy spend a good chunk of time with their professors. Yet, whether their classes meet once, twice or three times a week, they don’t necessarily get the chance to really know them. But just like students, professors are regular people, too, with funny quirks and interesting lives […]
Unlucky No. 7
At 1-7, the University of Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team’s season is off to a dismal start. The Titans have won just one game – a blowout of Division III Adrian College in a glorified practice session – and are losers of seven in a row. Six of those seven […]
Athletic trainers keep players ready
What do most people associate a successful athletic team with? Is it their ability? Their coaching staff? The hours of hard work that student-athletes put in everyday? These options may all be true, but what most people fail to associate with a successful team are the trainers and sports medicine […]
Tennis players adjust to climate
Junior Nynke Van Der Goot is an international tennis player who’s originally from a town called Wageningen in The Netherlands. A tiny river town located between two hills, it’s about as different as possible from Detroit. Coming to a country that’s bigger than what she’s used to, Van Der Goot […]
UDM still struggles attracting fans to games
The University of Detroit Mercy has a historic basketball program and many other sports teams. In the Titans’ heydey of Dick Vitale, and later Rashad Phillips, Calihan Hall used to be packed to the rafters for every basketball game. Basketball still receives the most attention of all the sports at […]
Detroit Mercy, Ford work on projects to benefit community
The University of Detroit Mercy is collaborating with Ford Motor Co. to create projects that help local schools, senior homes, businesses, organizations and several other groups. University students are working with the automaker through its Ford Community Corp. Partnership, a way for students to propose projects of interest to them […]
CEC is here to help
Does everyone know what and where the Career Education Center (CEC) is? For those that don’t know, the CEC is a career coaching service for UDM students and recent alumni. It offers services like resume building, career workshops and one-on-one assistance by appointment. The CEC also offers hybrid courses each […]
