Who Took the Jeopardy Challenge?

SHU Professor Dana Schumacher-Schmidt Appears on Iconic Game Show

This university English professor appeared on one of America’s most iconic television game shows. Who is Siena Heights University Associate Professor of English Dana Schumacher-Schmidt?

Appearing as a contestant on “Jeopardy” on April 27-28, Schumacher-Schmidt was crowned the new show champion on April 27 in come-from-behind fashion, and finished second on the April 28 show. She had a two-day total winnings of $22,600, and got both of her Final Jeopardy! answers correct.

She said she was contacted to be on the show in late January, and flew out to the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif., in late February to do the taping.

“I did feel a little bit nervous,” said Schumacher-Schmidt of making the trip during the COVID-19 pandemic. “But I felt like it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Fall 2021 Campus News

SHU Global Brand Launches in August 2021

In August 2021, the University introduced its SHU Global brand to the external community. So just what is SHU Global? SHU Global is Siena Heights University’s experience of educating professional working students. It’s not a what, but a why. SHU Global’s mission is to meet the educational and professional needs of students. It is the culmination of more than 45 years of delivering quality and affordable academic programs where students are in their lives and careers. That originally meant offering undergraduate and graduate programs at one of our several Michigan locations. Since 2004, it now includes our nationally ranked Online Program. Here are the characteristics of the SHU Global experience:

Siena Heights Gets A New “REP”

Siena Heights University has a long history of bringing higher education to diverse and often underserved student populations. From starting a degree completion program for professional adults in a former elementary school in Southfield, Mich., more than 45 years ago, to becoming a pioneer in online higher education, Siena Heights has led the way.

It is now leading again. Thanks in part to the federal Second Chance Pell program and a partnership between the Michigan Department of Corrections and Jackson College, Siena Heights will offer the Corrections Education Program for those incarcerated in Michigan prisons. Renamed the Rising Education Program, it will offer a bachelor’s degree option for those prisoners who have completed their associate’s degree through Jackson College.

“Siena has a longstanding relationship with Jackson College currently,” said Jim Gornick, SHU’s associate director of REP. “We thought it would be a great opportunity to have those prisoners who were in the Jackson College program working towards their associate’s degree to continue on and potentially earn their bachelor’s degree in business administration.”