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October 06, 2025

DMTC presents 'Twelfth Night' at brand-new Black Box Theatre

Detroit Mercy Theatre Company celebrates the opening of its new Black Box Theatre, Nov. 7-16, with Shakespeare’s beloved comedy about the unpredictable power of love, which always finds its way home.

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October 03, 2025

UDM now ranks among top 9% of universities in U.S. for return-on-investment

UDM graduates rank in the top 9% of 4,476 colleges and universities nationwide for salary earned over a period of 15 to 40 years during their career.

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September 30, 2025

UDM ranks No. 36 in U.S. in 2026 Wall Street Journal/College Pulse Higher Education rankings

The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse rankings focus on student outcomes rather than inputs, highlighting the tangible value a school delivers to its students. It evaluates colleges on several key measures, including social mobility and salary impact.

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Psychology Clinic

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The Psychology Clinic is a teaching clinic, for doctoral students of clinical psychology. The clinic provides counseling, testing and assessment services including:

  • Individual and couples therapy
  • Emotional issues such as anger and grief
  • Assessment for learning problems and gifted children
  • Sorting through sources of stress
Service fees are on a sliding scale.

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The Counseling Clinic is a teaching clinic, primarily for second-year counseling students. The clinic specializes in a wide variety of clinical issues for children and adults, such as:

  • Grief and loss
  • Anger/emotion management
  • Decision making
  • Life transitions/family issues
Services are available at no cost.

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DMTC presents ‘Twelfth Night’ in new Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre, Nov. 7-16

DMTC presents ‘Twelfth Night’ in new Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre, Nov. 7-16

Detroit Mercy Theatre Company celebrates the opening of its new Black Box Theatre with Shakespeare’s beloved comedy 'Twelfth Night,' about the unpredictable power of love, which always finds its way home. Six performances will run from Nov. 7 through 16.

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Writing Center Director and Adjunct Instructor Erin Bell presented a session titled “Posts, Profiles, and Partnerships: Growing the Writing Center’s Presence” at the Michigan Writing Center …

Deadline for student submissions to UDM’s student art journal, Oct. 10

Deadline for student submissions to UDM’s student art journal, Oct. 10

[sic] offers $100 prizes for the best visual, poetry and fiction/prose submissions and is open to all Detroit Mercy undergraduate and graduate students. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 10.