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• March 12: Award-winning author Jim Daniels to read at UDM, March 17

  Thursday March 12, 2026
  

  The Detroit Mercy English Department will host a reading and conversation featuring author Jim Daniels, recipient of the 2025-26 Michigan Author Award for lifetime achievement from the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Center for the Book.

  This event will take place on Tuesday, March 17, at 12:45 p.m., in the Bargman Room, 2nd Floor of the McNichols Campus Library.

  Daniels’ newest book, Late Invocation for Magic: New and Selected Poems, will be available for sale at the reading.

  A native of Detroit, Daniels has authored more than 30 collections of poetry, seven collections of fiction and four produced screenplays. His collection of essays, An Ignorance of Trees, published in 2025, was recently named a Michigan Notable Book. He has also edited many anthologies, including RESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit Music.

  Daniels is a recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and numerous writing awards including five Michigan Notable Book Awards and three Gold Medals in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. His films have won awards in film festivals around the world. His work has been published in The Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize volumes.

  This event is free and open to the community.

  

• March 12: Men鈥檚 basketball鈥檚 gritty effort comes up short, 66-63, in HL title game

  Thursday March 12, 2026
  

  The 糖心logo入口 men’s basketball team saw its rejuvenated program come up just short of a NCAA bid as the Titans fell to No. 1 Wright State, 66-63, on Tuesday night in the Barbasol Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship.

  The trip to the finals was the ninth in school history and the first since winning it all in 2012.

  The third-seeded Titans made a run to the championship with wins over #8 Milwaukee, 84-63, and #2 Robert Morris, 70-64, and ended the year with a 17-15 record, the most wins since 2012-13, as well as a winning record for a full season for the first time since 2015-16.

  Senior Orlando Lovejoy led the way with a game-high 26 points, four rebounds, three assists, and a steal. Sophomore TJ Nadeau ended with 21 points – 16 in the second half – and senior Legend Geeter had 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds in his final game for the Titans.

  At 17-15, Detroit Mercy clinched its first winning season since the 12-10 mark in the 2020-21 pandemic season, when coach Montgomery was on staff as an assistant, but the first with a full slate of games since 16-15听 in 2014-15.

• March 12: 鈥楤ecoming A Better U鈥� returns March 28

  Thursday March 12, 2026
  

  Becoming a Better U returns to campus this spring as the Alumni Relations team invites all faculty, staff, alumni and students to a morning devoted to personal and professional development.

  The free half-day event is set for Saturday, March 28, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Student Union on the McNichols Campus. Registration opens 8:30 a.m. the morning of the event.

  Enjoy a morning of inspiring speakers, hands-on sessions and a complimentary professional headshot. Workshops cover a wide variety of topics and are sure to have something for everyone. Click the registration link below for a full list of workshops.

  Free breakfast is also provided. Please register by March 23. For more information or any questions, please call 313-993-1540.

  Register for Becoming A Better U.

• March 12: Graduate admission workshop dates announced for March and April

  Thursday March 12, 2026
  

  Looking to further your education? Make your graduate applications stand out by attending an upcoming Graduate Admission Workshop, hosted by the Center for Career & Professional Development and the Office of Admissions.

  Sessions will focus on resume/interview skills, personal statements and letters of recommendation/etiquette. Join us in-person in the Admissions Office in Room 181 of the Student Union or virtually via Teams. Registration is encouraged but not required.

  Session dates and topics are as follows:

  • Thursday, March 19, at 1 p.m. 鈥斕齊esume/interview skills
  • Tuesday, March 31, at 1 p.m. 鈥斕齈ersonal statements
  • Tuesday, April 14, at 1 p.m. 鈥斕齃etters of recommendation/etiquette

  For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Associate Director for Graduate Admissions Jennifer Goethals at 313-993-3309 or goethajm@udmercy.edu.

• March 12: Theatre Company presents one-night TheatreLab reading, March 19

  Thursday March 12, 2026
  

  The Detroit Mercy Theatre Company invites the campus community to a TheatreLab reading featuring five actors, three short plays and one night only of engaging reading, directed by Lynch Travis.

  The event will take place on Thursday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m., in the new Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre.

  Seating is free and open to the public. No ticket required.

  

• March 12: Submissions for WGS鈥� Undergraduate Writing Competition due March 23

  Thursday March 12, 2026
  

  The Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies Program is accepting submissions for the 2025鈥�26 Undergraduate Writing Competition. The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 23.

  All current Detroit Mercy undergraduate students are encouraged to submit original work exploring issues related to gender, sexuality and/or feminist thought. Submissions that engage with questions of identity, power, equity and social justice are highly encouraged in the following genres:

  • Poetry
  • Personal essays
  • Short stories
  • Academic essays

  Total prizes in the amount of $700 will be awarded.

  For more information, please email Lee Eshelman at eshelmlr@udmercy.edu or visit the link below.

  Submission guidelines and additional details.

  

• March 12: Poet Joanne Godley to launch award-winning collection at reading, March 25

  Thursday March 12, 2026
  

  Broadside Lotus Press and the 糖心logo入口 Press will host a virtual reading and conversation with Joanne Godley, author of How the Black Panthers Fell from the Sky and winner of the 2025 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.

  The reading will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25. Please register below to obtain Zoom link.

  Godley grew up in Detroit during the city’s industrial heyday and amidst the activism of the labor unions. Her memoir reflects on her teenage years, when, impatient with someday freedom songs and despairing at the horrors of the Vietnam war, she is swept up by the daring promise of those militant 鈥渃ats鈥� in black leather jackets. The poems remind readers of the hopefulness and exhilaration of Panther Party times as well as provide Godley’s mature reflections on the Party鈥檚 dismantlement.

  How the Black Panthers Fell from the Sky is the fourth co-publication of Broadside Lotus Press and UDM Press. It can be purchased at the Detroit Mercy bookstore and .