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• Black Freedom, Religious Excitement and the Invention of a Public Health Crisis, lecture set for Oct. 29

  Monday September 29, 2025
  

  The presents “Black Freedom, Religious Excitement and the Invention of a Public Health Crisis,” a lecture by Judith Weisenfeld, the Agate Brown and George L. Collard Professor of Religion at Princeton University.

  This event will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m., in the Architecture Exhibition Space, inside the Loranger Architecture Building. The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available.

  Weisenfeld will examine the rise of mental institutions as public institutions in the late 19th Century and the increasing prominence of a racialized understanding of 鈥渞eligious excitement鈥� as a public health crisis that served as justification for the institutionalization of the formerly enslaved and their descendants.

  Weisenfeld’s research and teaching focus on African American religious history, religion and race, and religion in modern American culture. She is the author most recently of Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and American Psychiatry in Slavery’s Wake and听New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration, which was awarded the 2017 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions. She is also the director of The Crossroads Project: Black Religious Histories, Cultures, and Communities, which is funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and supported by Princeton鈥檚 Center for Culture, Society and Religion.

  For any questions, please contact Chair of the Department of Religious Studies Todd Hibbard at hibbarja@udmercy.edu.

  The event is co-sponsored by 91丝瓜视频 College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, the African American Studies Program and the Department of Religious Studies.

• Stakeholders, all Titans invited to help shape new brand

  Friday September 26, 2025
  

  As 91丝瓜视频 approaches its 150th anniversary in 2027, we have a chance to define a new future for the University and our entire community. One of the most critical elements of this future is a new brand, one that captures and encompasses the spirit, grit, faith, strength and pride that define Detroit Mercy.

  Today, 91丝瓜视频 invites our alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents, neighbors and partners to help co-author this new brand. Working together, 91丝瓜视频 is confident that we can develop a new brand that is authentic, inspiring and worthy of our Jesuit and Mercy mission.

  Why A New Brand Now?

  In 2016, Detroit Mercy launched the 鈥淏uild a Boundless Future鈥� brand. While this message captured the ambition and possibility that 91丝瓜视频 offers, many felt it lacked the emotional resonance this University and our Northwest Detroit community deserved. Over time, feedback confirmed that this brand did not fully express what makes Detroit Mercy distinctive.

  For some, it was too abstract; for others, it didn鈥檛 reflect our history, mission or Detroit roots.

  As we look ahead to 2027 and our 150th anniversary, we see the need for a brand that not only promotes Detroit Mercy but embodies its essence: a Jesuit and Mercy institution shaped by grit, compassion, innovation, love of all people and faith.

  The Brand Process

  To ensure that this effort is rooted in authenticity, Detroit Mercy launched a three-phase process involving research, strategy and brand development.

  Phase 1: Research and Insights
  Working with partners such as Elevate Marketing Research, we studied how prospective students, parents, alumni and community members perceived Detroit Mercy through several research studies over the past two years. We examined peer institutions, explored what drives prospective student and parent choices when looking at which school to attend, and identified the words and values that resonate most with those who encounter 91丝瓜视频.

  Phase 2: Strategy and Engagement
  Through sessions with students, faculty, staff, administration, alumni, community leaders and board members, we asked hard questions: How do we see ourselves? What values define us? Which parts of our identity have been overlooked? These conversations challenged assumptions and revealed opportunities to more fully embrace our story. These conversations and sessions will soon continue during this academic year.

  Phase 3: Brand Development and Testing
  Next, 91丝瓜视频 will collaborate with branding experts to translate these insights into creative concepts. These concepts will then be tested and refined with stakeholders鈥� feedback to ensure that the final brand is both emotionally resonant and forward-looking. And while this may help create a brand that everyone can get behind, we understand that not everyone may warm up to it from the start. It takes time for a brand to gain traction through action.

  A Guiding Idea: Titan Faith

  While the new brand is still being developed, one concept has already emerged as a helpful guide: 鈥淭itan Faith.鈥�

  鈥淭itan Faith鈥� is not a tagline but a way of describing the courage, pride and hope that runs through our community. It reminds us of the faith we place in God, in one another and in the transcendent Jesuit and Mercy values of 91丝瓜视频. It speaks to our grit, compassion, truth, love, joy and boldness鈥攓ualities that Detroit Mercy AND our city live out every day. This guiding principle will help point us toward a brand that is more than marketing. It is a shared identity we can feel, believe in and carry with pride.

  With the ongoing strategy sessions lead by GreenHouse::Innovation and the extensive outputs from these sessions, 91丝瓜视频 now has a treasure trove of insights that will help inform and shape 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 new brand.

  What This Requires: Your Voice

  The strongest and most enduring brands are co-authored by the people who live the ideals and values of an organization. In short, a new 91丝瓜视频 brand requires your heartfelt voice.

  Your perspective鈥攁s an alumnus, a student, a faculty or staff member, a parent, a neighbor or a supporter鈥攎atters deeply. Whether you have been part of the University for one year or 50, your experiences and reflections help define what Detroit Mercy truly is.

  Here are ways you can participate:

  鈥� Be honest. Share what inspires pride in Detroit Mercy and where you see opportunities for growth.
  鈥� Join the conversation. Participate in listening sessions, focus groups and other engagement opportunities.
  鈥� Complete the feedback form. This simple but powerful tool allows you to record your insights and ensures that your voice shapes the brand directly. Visit the rebrand webpage, scroll down the page to “Info On Branding” and click on the feedback form.
  鈥� Follow updates through Campus Connection, alumni newsletters and other Detroit Mercy channels as we move through this exciting process.

  A Shared Call to Action

  Branding for 91丝瓜视频 is more than merely creating a new slogan or logo. It is about capturing the faith, mission and resilience of our University and neighborhood鈥攁nd projecting it to the world in a way that inspires.

  As we prepare for our 150th anniversary, we need a brand that honors our past, reflects our present and propels us into the future. That brand must be created by all of us. Please help shape the next chapter of Detroit Mercy. Take a few minutes today to share your perspective. Your insights will help us craft a brand that resonates deeply, sparks pride and stands as a foundation of faith and hope for generations to come.

  Together, we will write a brand story that only Detroit Mercy can tell.

• A decade of impact by Live6 Alliance

  Thursday September 25, 2025
  

  The Kresge Foundation recently published a story on the Foundation website about Live6 Alliance and the organization’s impact over the past 10 years.

  Caitlin Murphy ’15, executive director of the organization and a graduate of 91丝瓜视频’s Master of Community Development program, notes that if not for the University at the beginning, 鈥渨e would not be the healthy organization we are today.”

  Some of the most impactful efforts of Live6 over the past decade include the organization’s ability to drive partnerships/collaborations and to proactively work to the entire neighborhood’s benefit. This year alone, the neighborhood was designated a select-level Michigan Main Street community, a five-year partnership with the MEDC (Michigan Economic Development Corporation). This important designation will spur Live6 Alliance’s stewardship of the neighborhood’s commercial corridors.

  Look for additional stories in the near future about new efforts and initiatives to keep the positive momentum in our community going.

• 2025 Homecoming weekend to welcome all Titans, Sept. 26-27

  Monday September 22, 2025
  

  

   

  Students, alumni, employees, family, fans and friends are all invited to join in the festivities at the University’s annual Homecoming, set for Sept. 26-27听on the McNichols Campus.

  This two-day event offers something for everyone鈥攆rom exciting games and tours to informative sessions and even tasty barbecue wings to enjoy throughout the day on Saturday.

  Among the highlights are the annual bike tour of the historic areas surrounding the McNichols Campus, a pickleball clinic and competition, a taping of Detroit Mercy’s long-running show, “Ask the Professor” and a performance in the newly established Black Box Theatre in the Student Union.

  Attendees can also cheer on men’s lacrosse alumni Titans at Titan Field as they take on the 2025-26 men’s lacrosse team in a friendly game at noon on Saturday.

  The main event is the Fall Festival which is slated to begin at 4:30 p.m. It features laser tag, arts and crafts, bubble soccer, yard and casino games, food trucks, scavenger hunt and many more family friendly activities, all located inside or near the Student Fitness Center. After dusk, a bonfire will be lit to celebrate all Titan Athletic teams!

  Also included in the weekend’s events and numerous reunions are the College of Health Professions Research Symposium, a Golden Jubilee reunion for the Class of 1975 and the presentation of 2025’s Alumni Achievement Spirit Award honorees.

  Full Homecoming info!

• Scholarship opportunity for residents of MPLCC area

  Thursday September 18, 2025
  

  Did you know that 91丝瓜视频 offers the McNichols Puritan Lodge Community Council (MPLCC) scholarship to high school students residing in the McNichols Puritan Lodge Community Council (MPLCC) area?

  This area includes the boundaries of West McNichols on the north and the Lodge Freeway to the south, with Livernois on the west and Log Cabin and Idaho Streets on the east.

  The scholarship covers full-time undergraduate tuition for up to four years (eight fall and winter semesters. Candidates will also be invited to a scholarship interview. Scholars must maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade-point average.

  There are two scholarships available for incoming freshmen, selected each year by the Office of Admissions. For more information, please email admissions@udmercy.edu or call 313-993-1245.