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February 18, 2025

2025 Cushing Distinguished Lecture Series

Join us Friday March 14, 5p.m. for the 2025 Cushing Distinguished Lecture Series: Buddhism and Nonviolence in the Contemporary World, with speaker Jay Garfield

February 18, 2025

UDM's Cybersecurity & Information Systems program recognized as Center for Excellence by the National Security Agency

Skilled information security analysts are in high demand with an expected 3.5 million job openings worldwide this year — University of Detroit Mercy’s undergraduate and graduate Cybersecurity & Information Systems programs answer this call.

February 14, 2025

Half-million-dollar grant reduces financial barriers for School Psychology students

A grant awarded to UDM’s Specialist in School Psychology program by the Michigan Department of Education is providing financial support to encourage students to enter school-based mental health professions.

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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.

Psychology Clinic

Counseling Clinic

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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.

Counseling Clinic

CHASS Events and Engagements

Cushing Distinguished Lecture series featuring Jay Garfield, March 14

Cushing Distinguished Lecture series featuring Jay Garfield, March 14

The Department of Religious Studies presents the 2025 Cushing Distinguished Lecture series on Friday, March 14, featuring Jay Garfield, who is a leading expert on Buddhist philosophy.

Second Creative Writing Collective of winter term set for Feb. 26

Second Creative Writing Collective of winter term set for Feb. 26

The second Creative Writing Collective for the winter semester will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. All Detroit Mercy students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends are invited!

English Department to host resume readiness workshop for all, Feb. 18

Students, please join this hands-on workshop on Feb. 18 and learn about revising your resume's content, organization and design in order to make yourself more marketable to future employers.