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• Cushing Distinguished Lecture series featuring Jay Garfield, March 14

  Tuesday March 11, 2025
  

  The Detroit Mercy presents the 2025 Cushing Distinguished Lecture series, featuring Jay Garfield, a leading expert on Buddhist philosophy.

  The lecture is set for Friday, March 14 at 5 p.m. in Room 124 of the Health Professions Facility. Garfield’s lecture is titled, “Buddhism and Nonviolence in the Contemporary World.” This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be provided.

  During his presentation, Garfield seeks to help us understand Buddhist analysis of nonviolence in a way relevant to our contemporary life, in which it is first important to understand how violence manifests in the contemporary world. He will discuss how, second, we must develop a recognizably Buddhist analysis of that violence and its causes, and third, we must examine how a Buddhist ethical framework determines our responsibilities as agents in the context of that violence and a path to its eradication.

  Garfield directs the Buddhist Studies Program and Tibetan Studies in India Program at Smith College. He is also a visiting professor of Buddhist philosophy at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author or editor of over 30 books and over 200 articles, chapters and reviews including Getting Over Ourselves: How to be a Person Without a Self (2022), Buddhist Ethics: A Philosophical Exploration (2021) and Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy (2015).

  The Cushing Distinguished Lecture is an annual lecture hosted by the Department of Religious Studies and made possible through generous grants from Grant and Barbara Cushing, alumni of the graduate program of Religious Studies.

• PRIME Center’s sixth speaker series event features Mike Kaufmann, March 12

  Tuesday March 11, 2025
  

  Join the Detroit Mercy ‘s for “Perspectives on Leadership,” featuring Mike Kaufmann, former CEO of the pharmaceutical segment of Cardinal Health. Kaufmann was the 2023 recipient of the Nexus Award for Lifetime Achievement, the healthcare distribution industry’s highest individual achievement. He will share lessons on leadership and advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

  This event will take place on March 12 at 5 p.m. in the Student Union Fountain Lounge on the McNichols Campus. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and learn from a respected leader in the field.

  This event is free and open to the public with advanced registration. Refreshments will be provided.

• Stations of the Cross to be observed on Wednesdays during Lenten Season

  Tuesday March 11, 2025
  

  In the Catholic Church, the Stations of the Cross, or Way of the Cross, commemorate 14 key events on the day of Christ’s crucifixion and His final walk through the streets of Jerusalem, carrying His Cross. In this devotional practice, individuals move from station to station, meditating on His passion and death and reciting specific prayers.

  Detroit Mercy will commemorate the Stations of the Cross on Wednesdays during the Lenten season in the St. Ignatius Chapel in the Commerce & Finance Building on the following dates and times:

  • March 12: 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
  • March 19: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
  • March 26: 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
  • April 2: 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
  • April 9: 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
  • April 16: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

  ALL are welcome to attend.

  The 14 Stations of the Cross are as follows:

  • The First Station: Jesus is condemned to death
  • The Second Station: Jesus takes up his Cross
  • The Third Station: Jesus falls the first time
  • The Fourth Station: Jesus meets his afflicted mother
  • The Fifth Station: The Cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene
  • The Sixth Station: A woman wipes the face of Jesus
  • The Seventh Station: Jesus falls a second time
  • The Eighth Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
  • The Ninth Station: Jesus falls a third time
  • The Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of his garments
  • The Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the Cross
  • The Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the Cross
  • The Thirteenth Station: The body of Jesus is placed in the arms of his mother
  • The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is laid in the tomb

  

• Triptych reading series features poet Aracelis Girmay on March 20

  Tuesday March 11, 2025
  

  Detroit Mercy’s welcomes poet Aracelis Girmay, who will read her work for the 2025 Triptych series on Thursday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

  Girmay, a professor of English at Stanford University, is the author of the poetry collections the black maria, Kingdom AnimaliaÌýand Teeth. For this work she was a finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the Connecticut Book Award.

  Other recent work includes the chapbook and was a flowerÌýand the picture books What Do You Know? and Kamau and Zuzu Find A Way. Girmay is the editor of How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille CliftonÌýand So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth.

  Triptych is a virtual reading series featuring award-winning poets in conversation with Detroit Mercy’s poet-in-residence, Stacy Gnall. Triptych events are held via Zoom on Thursdays from 6:30-8 p.m. and are free and open to the community!

  

• CBA alumni week features keynote event with Eric Hespenheide ’75

  Tuesday March 11, 2025
  

  Eric Hespenheide ’75, a Marketing and Accounting graduate and former CEO and chair of the Board of the Global Reporting Initiative, responsible for creating measurement standards for a sustainable planet, will be the keynote speaker during the ‘s alumni week.

  Hespenheide will provide a presentation on “Accounting for Climate Change.”

  The FREE event is set for Thursday, March 20 at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. This event is open to the public, and refreshments will be available at 5 p.m.

  Interested participants are asked to reserve tickets at the link below by March 12.