MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Happy New Year! When we started the fall semester, I spoke of new beginnings, that Marygrove College had launched several new projects and programs, than new students had joined us, that there was someone new in the President’s office. In keeping with that theme of newness, we welcome new students for the Winter semester; we embark on the new online Master’s in the Art of Teaching degree January 22nd; and we will welcome the visiting team from the Higher Learning Commission back to campus in March in our bid for renewed accreditation. [More]
PROCESS FOR REVIEW OF URBAN LEADERSHIP IDEAS
The Marygrove College community, with much enthusiasm, has committed itself to pursue an exciting Strategic Vision of Urban Leadership. Developed collaboratively with significant input and consensus from a wide variety of campus constituencies last year and approved by the Board of Trustees in May, 2006. The College now seeks your help as we begin in earnest to build the programs and initiatives that will make this exciting vision a reality.[More]
ONLINE MASTER IN THE ART OF TEACHING DEGREES IN READING AND MATH NOW OFFERED!
Historically, Marygrove College has excelled at teacher education. Marygrove-trained teachers and administrators are found in school systems across the country and have educated generations of students. We are proud to now be leading the way in state-of-the-art online education for teachers. [More]
MARYGROVE PREPARES FOR ACCREDITATION VISIT
Every ten years, Marygrove College is required conduct a careful, wide-ranging examination of our programs and procedures in order to maintain our accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission, part of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), an association whose mission is to establish standards for institutions of higher learning and to ensure continuous improvement of programs. [More]
TRIBUTE TO MICHELLE VENTOUR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK
Sunrise: March 21, 1954 – Sunset: December 25, 2006
On one of the most joyous days of the year, Michelle Ventour made her homecoming. Michelle came to Marygrove on August 15, 1989, and served as a full-time faculty member for more than 17 years. She was 52 at the time of her death. The verse selected for her funeral program book reflects her personality and the effect she had on others. It is titled “After Glow.”
“I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one
I’d like to leave an after glow of a smile when my life is done
I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways
Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days
I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun
Of happy memories that I leave when my life is done.”
AN AUSPICIOUS OCCASION: THE INAUGURATION OF MARYGROVE'S 8TH PRESIDENT
This is the inaugural year for Dr. David J. Fike, Marygrove’s 8th president, and the College is celebrating in several ways that support his inauguration theme. “Urban Leadership: Expressions of Legacy, Commitment to Progress” speaks to the rich, 101-year academic history of the institution and its commitment to achieving its strategic mission of Urban Leadership. [More]
MARYGROVE PARTIES WITH THE PISTONS!!
Marygrove Alumni Association presents……. Alumni Game Night with the Detroit Pistons!!!! On Friday, March 30, 2007, 8 p.m., at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Detroit Pistons will face off against the New York Nets. If you want to join in on the excitement, reserve a seat for you and your family and friends. All tickets are discounted to $32.00, plus you can receive a FREE Detroit Pistons fleece blanket with each ticket purchase. Don’t miss the deadline to order: Friday, February 2, 2007. For more information, contact Sara Daniel at (248) 377-8625 or sdaniel@palacenet.com.
THE FIKES VISIT ALUMNI IN ARIZONA
Mary Martha Hoffman Douglas ‘48 hosted an Arizona alumni gathering for Dr. David J. Fike and Sylvia Rosales-Fike on Saturday, January 6. Eight alums were on hand to have lunch with the new president and the first lady.
While in Arizona, the Fikes also had a chance to visit with Anne N. Spagnuolo DeRose ’55 and her husband Paul DeRose and met up with Cheryl Ann Byers ’58 of Phoenix as well.
The Fikes were in Arizona for the Council of Independent Colleges Presidents Institute. [More] [PHOTOS]
CLASS OF 1967 SUPPORTS URBAN LEADERSHIP BY SETTING $100,000 GOAL TO ENDOW SCHOLARSHIP
In honor of their 40th reunion on September 15, 2007, the Class of 1967 has begun a campaign to raise $100,000 to endow the Urban Leader Scholarship. This scholarship will be part of the Young Urban Leaders Fellowship Program, which will annually match eight carefully selected local high school students with Marygrove faculty, alumni and business and community leaders who will serve as leadership coaches and mentors. [More]
DINNER/THEATER: MALICE AFORETHOUGHT: THE SWEET TRIALS
Written by Arthur Beer • Directed by David Regal
Marygrove College Theatre • Saturday, February 17, 2007 • Dinner 6:30 p.m. • Show 8:00
The Marygrove College Alumni Association Program Committee cordially invites you to enjoy the UDM Theater Company Production of Malice Aforethought: The Sweet Trials in the Marygrove Theatre. The evening will begin with dinner in Denk Chapman at 6:30 p.m. followed by the play at 8:00 p.m. [More]
POET MARILYN NELSON TO DELIVER 2007 BAUDER LECTURE
The Marygrove College English and Modern Languages Department is pleased to announce that poet Marilyn Nelson will be the nineteenth visiting author in its Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series. Ms. Nelson will deliver the Lillian and Donald Bauder Lecture on Friday, April 20, 2007, at 8 p.m. in the Madame Cadillac Building’s Alumnae Hall. In her poems, Nelson probes her family history, records her struggles with religious faith, complicates our assumptions about race relations in the past and present, and grapples with the disturbing manifestations of evil in the contemporary world. [More]
TOM HOLZER FORD SUPPORTS MARYGROVE ATHLETICS
Tom Holzer Ford of Farmington Hills, MI, is a friend of Marygrove’s Athletic Department. Tom “Buzzy” Holzer said, “If you purchase or lease a car or truck with the dealership, mention that you are a supporter of Marygrove College as a alum, student, staff or simply a friend of the college, and we’ll forward a $200 donation to the College. He made this offer at the Alumni Golf Scramble in September and continues to stand by their promise. [More]
STUDENT GOVERNMENT REVIVED
Marygrove is proud that Student Government is reactivated and will again have an integral part in shaping the future of the College.
Student Government is the highest ranking student organization on college campuses as it is the official voice of the student body. Dongelo Moore is Student Government president; Student Services Director Glenn Brooks is the student government advisor. [More]
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA IS BACK
Marygrove is proud to announce, in conjunction with University of Detroit Mercy, the reactivation of Theta Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the first African-American Sorority. [More]
THE BEAUTY OF MARYGROVE IN PICTURES
In 2003-2004, Marygrove participated in the extensive architectural history project, The Council of Independent Colleges Historic Campus Architecture Project (HCAP). HCAP is the first national architecture and landscape database of independent college and university campuses. This project presents information about significant buildings, landscapes, campus plans, and heritage sites of American higher education and identifies sources for further research. [More]
MARYGROVE COLLEGE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS
The Marygrove College Distinguished Alumni Awards are honors bestowed by Marygrove College and the Marygrove College Alumni Association. These awards have been established to recognize and honor alumni who have distinguished themselves and their alma mater.
All Marygrove College alumni (those who have earned undergraduate or graduate degrees) are eligible for this award. Self-nominations are encouraged. Alumni, family, friends, co-workers, faculty, staff and students may submit nominations. The Alumni Association Advisory Council will review nominations and select the award recipients. [More]
HELP RECRUIT STUDENTS TO MARYGROVE AND THEY RECEIVE SPECIAL BENEFITS!
Alumni who care about the future of their alma mater can help the Marygrove
Alumni Recruiting Students (MARS) committee and the Office of Admissions
by identifying potential Marygrove students for the Winter 2007 class. If
you refer a student to Marygrove, he or she will have the $25 application
fee waived and, if admitted and enrolled, a $250 gift card for books will
be awarded to be used at the College Bookstore. [More]
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