So here it is summer. The winter term has just ended and the fall term seems far away. Even though the break between these terms is only a couple of months, it can feel like endless freedom to a lot of students. The choices seem endless regarding how to fill these potentially lazy days. For students, however, they seem to come down to only a few. They could be frivolous or practical. To so many students summer means being outside...
One thing students in 1965, did have in common with students today, however, is registration. The difference here is not one of lack but of abundance in terms of time, convenience, and assistance. These days access to online registration helps new students negotiate what was once a gloomy enrollment process. A prospective student now can peruse the detailed offering of programs all online. (That’s where the technology comes in.)...
Here’s a thought puzzle: You are working on a research paper or book about the university in the 1940s and you need quick access to some basic statistical information. You might have questions about the G. I. Bill for returning veterans. Or maybe your question is about accreditation during this time; or the number of volumes the library had on January 1, 1949; or even the location on campus where the evening division office was located in the early 1940s. (And what the heck is “accreditation” all about anyway?)...
As announced at this year’s Convocation, the Course Catalogs and Bulletins digital archive is now available on our Special Collections page. This valuable collection offers the researcher and the curious a glimpse into a structured past that may stimulate memories of hours spent arranging and managing course offerings and scheduling in years past. There is other valuable information to be discovered in these pages, however. Now that the catalog is offered online only, it’s interesting to see how students, pencils and highlighters in hand, once determined how their semesters would be filled. ...
The digital Bulletins and Catalogs archive offers the viewer an interesting perspective on the evolution of the University of Detroit Mercy from its humble beginnings as Detroit College to where it is today. I hope you’ll spend some time with this bit of history and enjoy reading pages that few have seen since these books were published. ...
