BY TIFFENY GRIPPER / VN STAFF WRITER Few people go into college knowing exactly what they want to do. But between the time you declare your major and graduate, you want to experience a moment when you know you’ve made the right choice. Biochemistry senior Tiffany Tieu Ngo is currently having […]
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Work-study jobs provide money, range of job experiences
BY ISAIAH WARREN / VN STAFF WRITER Dominic Chirco, a senior political science major, earns money working on campus as an audio engineer at the CST studio in the basement of Briggs Building. For three years, he has held a work-study job, setting up sound for events on campus. The […]
Law school alum played key role in civil rights movement in Florida
BY SOPHIE TORCELLO / VN SPECIAL WRITER As part of a Constitution Day celebration, Detroit Mercy history professor Dr. Roy E. Finkenbine highlighted the contributions of an unsung civil rights worker who sometimes worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and also is one of the university’s alums. The late Robert W. […]
Alum Bishop Fisher returning for business talk
Bishop Robert Fisher is returning to his alma mater Thursday, Oct. 11. Fisher, who serves in the Archdiocese of Detroit, will be speaking about his journey from business major at the university to his appointment as bishop. A 1983 graduate of University of Detroit, Fisher is a former rector at […]
Police seek clues in off-campus robbery along Fairfield
BY EMILY JONES / VN ASSISTANT EDITOR Police are looking for a man with a gun who robbed a person sitting in a car just beyond the Detroit Mercy fence last week. “There are no new developments in this case at this time,” said Public Safety director Joel Gallihugh on Tuesday […]
Jesuit brother sees faith, science connected
BY MARTIN LANG / VN SPECIAL WRITER One who loves God and one who loves the scientific universe have much in common, scientist and Jesuit brother Fr. Guy Consolmagno told a Detroit Mercy audience recently. In fact, he said, “They are one in the same.” Consolmagno visited Detroit Mercy March […]
Agricultural specialist points to Africa as food model
BY TIFFENY GRIPPER VN STAFF WRITER Americans need to bring food and farming back to the local level, an agricultural specialist told a Detroit Mercy audience March 29. In a talk about farming in Sub-Saharan Africa, Dr. Carol Thompson, a Northern Arizona University professor, spoke of the need to grow […]
Women’s dinner to honor professor Harrison
Varsity News photo by LO DODSON BY JOAN-MARIE JEFFERSON / VN STAFF WRITER The Grammys, Oscars and Emmys are not the only big award shows happening this year. Detroit Mercy’s Student Programming Board is hosting its annual Phenomenal Women’s Dinner Wednesday, March 23, and Mary-Catherine Harrison, English department chair and associate […]
New concert band aims to bring university community together
BY EMILY JONES / VN STAFF WRITER Detroit Mercy is known for many things, but music is not one of them. Around campus you see a multitude of flyers for a wealth of subjects, but besides the Electronic Dance Music Club and the pep band, this area can be sonically dry. […]
Students secure national Jesuit event
BY DEEJ OSTER / VN EDITOR A small group of Detroit Mercy students that put together a 50-plus-page bid has won the right to host the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference in 2019. Sophomores Kortney Hepting and Ben Westphal and juniors DeRoss Cullens, Sarah Hirschmann, Justin Elsesser and Tavala Luciow were […]
