University of Detroit Mercy

University of Detroit Mercy

Latin: Universitas Detroitensis Misericordia
Former names	College of Detroit (1877) University of Detroit (1927–1990) Mercy College of Detroit (1941–1990)
Motto	Ad maiorem Dei gloriam (Latin) Maria, Sedes Sapientiae (Latin)
Motto in English	For the greater glory of God; Mary, Seat of Wisdom
Type	Private Nonprofit Coeducational
Established	1877 1990 (merger)
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Jesuit / Sisters of Mercy)
Endowment	$40 million [1]
President	Antoine M. Garibaldi
Academic staff	1200
Students	5,112
Undergraduates	2,883
Postgraduates	1,188
Other students	1,041 (professionals)
Location	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Campus	Urban, 91 acres (36.8 ha)
Colors	Blue, Red and White[2]
Athletics	NCAA Division I: Horizon League, MAAC, A-Sun, Midwest Fencing Conference
Sports	19 varsity sports teams (9 men's, 10 women's)[3]
Nickname	Titans
Mascot	Tommy Titan
Affiliations	AJCU CMHE ACCU NAICU
Website	www.udmercy.edu

University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) is a private, Roman Catholic co-educational university in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy. Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., is the president. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university in Michigan. UDM is one of the 28-member Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States. Located across three campuses in Detroit, the school offers more than a hundred academic degrees and programs of study, including liberal arts, clinical psychology, business, dentistry, education, law, engineering, architecture, nursing and allied health professions.

UDM was ranked in the top tier of Midwestern regional universities in the 2015 edition of the U.S. News & World Report "Best Colleges" rankings^[4] and has been for over a decade. In athletics, the University sponsors 19 NCAA Division I level varsity sports for men and women, and is a member of the Horizon League.

History

University of Detroit Mercy's origin dates back to 1877 with the founding of Detroit College by the Society of Jesus, under the leadership of John Baptist Miège, S.J. The college developed into the University of Detroit, and in 1927 Fr. John P. McNichols, S.J., the then president of U of D, established a second campus. In 1941, the Sisters of Mercy opened Mercy College of Detroit. In 1990 these two schools consolidated to become University of Detroit Mercy.

Colleges and campuses

University of Detroit Mercy McNichols Campus

UDM comprises seven colleges and schools:

• School of Architecture
• College of Business Administration
• School of Dentistry
• College of Engineering & Science
• College of Health Professions/McAuley School of Nursing
• School of Law
• College of Liberal Arts & Education

The University has three campuses in the city of Detroit:

• The McNichols Campus is located at 4001 W. McNichols Road, on the southeast corner of McNichols Road and Livernois Avenue, in northwest Detroit (near the University District, Pilgrim Village and Palmer Woods neighborhoods). The majority of the University's undergraduate and graduate programs are offered on this campus, as well as the University's main administration and athletic facilities like Calihan Hall. It is also the location of all six student residence halls.
• The Riverfront Campus is home to the School of Law in downtown Detroit at 651 East Jefferson (across from the Renaissance Center).
• The Corktown Campus, at 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, has housed the School of Dentistry and Dental Clinic since 2008.

Aside from UDM's own campuses, the University offers undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs at Macomb University Center^[5] in Clinton Township, Mich. and at the Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) University Center^[6] in Harper Woods, Mich. UDM has also partnered with Aquinas College and St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich. to offer a Nursing prelicensure program.^[7]

A former campus at 8200 West Outer Drive in Detroit was home to Mercy College of Detroit from 1941 until consolidation in 1990.^[8] As part of University of Detroit Mercy, the Outer Drive Campus hosted UDM's Dentistry Clinic starting in 1997.^[9] UDM agreed to sell the Outer Drive Campus to WCCCD in 2003,^[10] and the UDM School of Dentistry and Clinic moved to the Corktown Campus in January 2008.^[11]

Greek life

Fraternities and sororities (in alphabetical order)

• Fraternities – Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Delta Rho, Lambda Theta Phi, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Kappa Theta, Sigma Pi
• Sororities – Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Beta Gamma, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta

Athletics

The University of Detroit Mercy sponsors 19 NCAA Division I-level varsity sports teams. Men's and women's Detroit Titans teams compete in each sport in the Horizon League, except where noted below:

• Basketball
• Cross country
• Fencing (Midwest Fencing Conference)
• Golf
• Lacrosse (men's: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference; women's: Atlantic Sun Conference)
• Soccer
• Softball (women's team only)
• Track and field (indoor)
• Track and field (outdoor)

The University also sponsors eight intramural sports.

In 2014, the women's golf team won the Horizon League Championship for the second straight season. The men's cross country team also claimed its first ever Horizon League Championship. The men's lacrosse team won the MAAC Championship in 2013.

In partnership with WADL-TV, the Detroit Titans launched its own 24-hour network, the Titan Classic Sports Network, in September 2014.^[12]

Basketball

The men's basketball team has consistently contended for the Horizon League title. On April 12, 2008, UDM hired Ray McCallum as Men's Basketball Coach.^[13] McCallum is a veteran of more than 20 years in college basketball, most recently as assistant head coach at Indiana University.

McCallum's predecessor Perry Watson led a successful program at Detroit's Southwestern High School before coming to UDM after some years as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan and maintained strong recruiting ties within the city's public league. Watson guided Detroit Mercy to 10 winning seasons, three league titles, two NCAA Tournament appearances and an NIT Final Four during his 15 years with UDM. The Titans' two NCAA appearances also included victories over St. John's and UCLA. Between 1997-98 and 2000–01, the Titans had four straight 20-victory seasons.^[13]

Dick Vitale, ESPN's most well-known college basketball commentator, was the University of Detroit men's basketball Head Coach for four seasons (1973–1977) before becoming the school's Athletics Director for 1977-78. The following year he left to coach the Detroit Pistons. In his final year as a college head coach in 1977, "Dickie V." led the Detroit Titans to a school record 25 victories and the Round of 16 in the 1977 NCAA Tournament before losing to Michigan, 86-81. Vitale rolled up a 78-30 career record as head coach of the Titans. Vitale went on to coach the Detroit Pistons before beginning his broadcasting career with ESPN in 1979 and was the color commentator for the first college basketball game carried by the new network. As its lead college basketball analyst, he helped make the network an integral part of the game's popularity. An author of six books chronicling his love affair with basketball, Vitale received the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award (1998), won the NABC Cliff Wells Appreciation Award in 2000 and was inducted to the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.^[14] In 2011, UDM named its basketball court at Calihan Hall in his honor.^[15]

Highlights from the Detroit Titans athletic teams include the recent appearances by the men's and women's basketball teams in the 2011-12 postseason. The women's basketball team participated in the WNIT Tournament for the first time ever and finished with its first 20-win season (20-14) since 1997 when the team made its only NCAA Tournament appearance. The men's basketball team captured the 2011-12 Horizon League Championship and reached the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in its history and first since 1999.^[16] The University was the host institution for the 2008 NCAA Midwest Regional and 2009 NCAA Final Four men's basketball tournament at Ford Field in Detroit.

All home basketball games feature the Titan Pep Band.

Football

Detroit Titans football was played from 1896 to 1964. The team staked a claim to college football's national championship with a 9-0 record in 1928. Gus Dorais, coach of the Titans from 1925–42, was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. He also coached the NFL's Detroit Lions.

Notable people

University of Detroit Mercy and its predecessor institutions have graduated or employed many notable people over the years. See the main article for some examples:

Photo galleries

McNichols Campus

Corktown Campus (School of Dentistry)

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  School of Dentistry clinic stations

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  UDM Corktown Campus

Riverfront Campus (School of Law)

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  UDM School of Law in the shadow of the Renaissance Center

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  Courtyard view, showing Ss. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church's cross and the General Motors logo

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  UDM Asher Law Clinic Center entrance

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  UDM's Kresge Law Library

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  School of Law is beside Ss. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church

See also

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
• The University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy had a common early history with the University.
• Detroit Titans track and field

Notes

References and further reading

• Muller, Herman J.; Sabourin, Mary Justine; Cohen, Shari S. (2003). Legacy of excellence : a continuing history of Jesuit and Mercy higher education in Detroit. Detroit, Mich.: University of Detroit Mercy Press. 
• Muller, Herman Joseph (1976). The University of Detroit 1877-1977: A Centennial History. University of Detroit. ASIN B0006CVJ4S. 
• Sabourin, Mary Justine (1999). Risk & Hope: An Early History of Mercy College of Detroit, 1941-1966. Detroit, Mich.: Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of Detroit, in cooperation with University of Detroit Mercy. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Detroit Mercy.

• Official website
• Detroit Mercy Athletics website

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