Got Game?

Friday February 11 from 6-9 PM

The UDM Libraries/Instructional Design Studio will be hosting

Video Game Night in the Library

Right now, it looks like we’ll be playing Rock Band, Halo Reach, Blur, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Kinect Sports, and probably some regular-old Wii Sports (bowling, tennis, and maybe even some baseball).

There’ll be pizza and pop, as well as door prizes — including UDM swag — for folks who come before seven and stay til the end. All UDM students, faculty, and staff are invited to come play, or just hang out and watch.

Though our access to hardware is somewhat limited, we’d really like to hear what you’re interested in playing at game night. Post a comment on the blog or our Facebook page to let us know what you’d like to see, and if there’s enough interest we’ll see what we can set up, either for this month, or for this spring’s Game Night.

A valid UDM ID is required to get in the door. Please register your interest on our Game Night web page so we’ll have an idea of how many folks plan to attend.

Friday November 5 from 6-9 PM

The UDM Libraries/Instructional Design Studio will be hosting

Video Game Night in the Library

Right now, it looks like we’ll be playing Rock Band, Halo Reach, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Wii Sports Resort (basketball, archery, wakeboarding etc.), and probably some regular-old Wii Sports (bowling, tennis, and maybe even some baseball).

There’ll be pizza and pop, as well as door prizes — including UDM swag — for folks who come before seven and stay til the end. All UDM students, faculty, and staff are invited to come play, or just hang out and watch.

Though our access to hardware is somewhat limited, we’d really like to hear what you’re interested in playing at game night. Post a comment on the blog or our Facebook page to let us know what you’d like to see, and if there’s enough interest we’ll see what we can set up, either for this month, or for this spring’s Game Night.

A valid UDM ID is required to get in the door. Please register your interest on our Game Night web page so we’ll have an idea of how many folks plan to attend.

Until recently, this was not a widely recognized or celebrated holiday. That has changed because of a clause in the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress in December 2004. The late Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia authored the clause that requires all schools receiving federal assistance to offer a “Constitution Day” program commemorating the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. In addition, federal agencies will hold commemorative events and all new federal employees will be given materials about the Constitution when they are hired.

Senator Byrd has represented the State of West Virginia since his election to the Senate in 1958 until his death in June, 2010, and is often considered the senator most knowledgeable about the Constitution.

A display of materials on the Constitution will be on the first floor of  the McNichols Campus Library to commemorate this key document in the history of the United States.

A collection of electronic resources on many aspects of the Constitution, developed by the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET), can be accessed at: http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/constitution/

The links below are a small selection from the thousands of websites that are available on the topic; they include information about the Constitution and link to many sources in the National Archives and elsewhere.

The Constitution of the United States: links to the text of the Constitution, high quality downloadable images of the original document, and additional information on historic documents in the National Archives.

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html

Constitution Resources: this page links to many free resources about the Constitution and the celebration of Constitution Day.

http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=19

National Constitution Center: this links to the Center, which is located near the site of the Constitution’s writing in Philadelphia. The Center offers many programs about the Constitution, some of which are presented online.

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

Constitution Day, Inc.: this is a non-profit organization whose cite displays a variety of resources about the Constitution.

http://www.constitutionday.com/

Education Research Complete is a major online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals, and includes full text for nearly 500 books and monographs. Follow this link to access Education Research Complete: http://research.udmercy.edu/find/databases/database_switch.php?resource_id=29778

Project Muse is a collection of 200 academic journals in the social sciences and humanities, initiated by Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins. Most titles start in 1997, and complement UDM’s holdings in JSTOR. Follow this link to review and use this outstanding resource: http://research.udmercy.edu/find/databases/database_switch.php?resource_id=28499

Browse the scholarly achievements celebrated at this year’s event.

The 2010 Celebration of Scholarly Achievement: University of Detroit Mercy Faculty and Student Publications, Posters, and Projects took place in the Fountain Lounge Tuesday April 20, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. Posters, digital slideshows, non-print media projects, books, book chapters, and journal articles produced by students and faculty from across the University were featured in this year’s celebration. This year’s event was a combination of two annual events — the Celebration of Faculty Authors and the Faculty & Student Research Symposium and Poster Fair — which have been running for 5 years and 4 years respectively.

Publications celebrated at the event will be on display in the lobby of the McNichols Campus Library from Friday April 23rd through the end of the term.

Browse the scholarly achievements celebrated at this year’s event.

UDM faculty publications are archived as a special collection on the Libraries/Instructional Design Studio ReSearch portal.

The Celebration of Scholarly Achievement: University of Detroit Mercy Faculty and Student Publications, Posters, and Projects will take place on April 20, 2010 from 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm in the Fountain Lounge and Lobby outside of the UDM Bookstore.

Posters, non-print media, books, book chapters, and journal articles will be included in this year’s celebration.  Students and faculty are encouraged to participate in this event. This year’s event will include a new category, non-print media. We invite faculty that would like to submit a project, for example a documentary, costume, or other 3-D non-print media project to participate.  Projects must be related to the faculty’s academic discipline or research.

Deadline for all submissions is Friday April 9.

Click here to submit your work.

Posters

If you would like to present a poster or electronic slideshow, please submit an abstract.

Non Print Media

If you would like to submit a non-print media project (e.g., a video, architectural model, costume, or other 3-dimensional scholarly work), please submit a brief description of your project.

Print or Electronic Publications

A list of faculty publications, either in print or electronic format, including books, book chapters and refereed journal articles and conference proceedings has been compiled from data included in McNichols Faculty Annual Reports (08-09). If you have any doubts that your publication is included on this list, please fill out the appropriate section on the form linked below. School of Dentistry and School of Law faculty, please submit publication information.  We are seeking all appropriate publications between July 2008 and January 2010.

Every attempt is made to acquire copies of faculty publications, but this is not always possible.  You may be requested to temporarily provide a copy to ensure that your publication is displayed.

Friday March 19 from 6-9 PM

The UDM Libraries/Instructional Design Studio will be hosting

Video Game Night in the Library

Right now, it looks like we’ll be playing Rock Band 2, Halo 3, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Wii Sports Resort (basketball, archery, wakeboarding etc.), and probably some regular-old Wii Sports (bowling, tennis, and maybe even some baseball).

There’ll be pizza and pop, as well as door prizes  — including Best Buy gift certificates and UDM swag — for folks who come before seven and stay til the end. All UDM students, faculty, and staff are invited to come play, or just hang out and watch.

Though our access to hardware is somewhat limited, we’d really like to hear what you’re interested in playing at game night. Post a comment on the blog or our Facebook page to let us know what you’d like to see, and if there’s enough interest we’ll see what we can set up, either for this month, or for next fall’s Game Night.

A valid UDM ID is required to get in the door. Please register your interest on our Game Night web page so we’ll have an idea of how many folks plan to attend.

Some photos of the work in progress …

Friday October 23 from 6-9 PM

The UDM Libraries/Instructional Design Studio will be hosting

Video Game Night in the Library

Right now, it looks like we’ll be playing Rock Band: Beatles, Rock Band 2, Halo 3, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, and probably some Wii Sports (bowling, tennis, and maybe even some baseball).

There’ll be pizza and pop, as well as door prizes  — including Best Buy gift certificates and UDM swag — for folks who come before seven and stay til the end. All UDM students, faculty, and staff are invited to come play, or just hang out and watch.

Though our access to hardware is somewhat limited, we’d really like to hear what you’re interested in playing at game night. Post a comment here (on the blog) to let us know what you’d like to see, and if there’s enough interest we’ll see what we can set up, either for this October, or next term’s Game Night.

A valid UDM ID is required to get in the door. Please register your interest on our Game Night web page so we’ll have an idea of how many folks plan to attend.