Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 2 Issue 13
Need to know what's happening on campus and how to get there? Two new online features just made it easier to get in the know
During the week, Dan Kortes can be found servicing equipment as an engineer in the Office of Plant Operations and Maintenance at Wayne State University. On the weekends, he stands at the ready on the battlefield, muzzle in hand, waiting for his orders.
Hit a home run - participate in the 2004 Green and Gold softball game at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, just before Wayne State's first football home game against Saginaw Valley State University. All employees are invited to play.
Move over paper-and-pencil forms - and electronic forms, too - a faster, more convenient system for interlibrary loans is running in Wayne State University libraries.
Get your groove on or learn how to prepare healthy meals for children in less than 30 minutes at the Recreation and Fitness Center.
Just as DNA fingerprints can trace a person to the scene of a crime, RNA fingerprints can provide clues to a man's infertility.
WSU has played a major part in one man's climb to the big leagues. Bobb Vergiels is not a player, though. The announcer for WSU games is now the new
A teenager wearing a white shirt and tattered pants is bound hand and foot. Beneath him are men, many looking at the camera and smiling. Photos from a prison in Iraq? No. Lynching photography from 19th - and 20th-century America.
When Wayne State University alums Carla Oska-Gerak and Jeffrey Gerak were planning their June 19, 2004, wedding, they wanted to make the university a part of their celebration.
Elaine J. Kahn, former administrative secretary who worked in five WSU units during her 25-plus-year tenure, died on July 27, 2004, at age 84.
Mark your calendar for the annual Welcome Back Week celebration Monday, Sept. 13, to Friday, Sept. 17. Activities include the President's Universitywide Address, Employee Ice Cream Social, voter regis...
Pick up your free "GET Wayne State!" static decal at various locations across campus, place the decal in your vehicle's rear window and, if it's spotted in Midtown, you could win one of 20 gift packag...
Some 350 dignitaries, friends and relatives gathered at the Community Arts Auditorium recently for a memorial service in honor of the late Mildred Jeffrey, former member of the WSU Board of Governors...
Math 101 isn't what it used to be. This year, a new computer lab in the basement of the Science and Engineering Library will host a computer-based version of Wayne State's mathematics competency cours...
It's not too late to take advantage of your employee benefit and register for the fall semester. Depending on your employment status, you may enjoy free tuition, and your spouse and dependents could q...
Your family tree put down its roots in Michigan, and you'd like to dig up some information but don't know where to start. Good news: Access to the Michigan County Histories and Atlases online collecti...
Through the Institute of Museum and Library Services' 2004 "Recruiting and Educating Librarians for the 21st Century" grant, Wayne State's Library System will receive nearly three-quarters of a millio...
The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) named Michael Rybak, associate dean of research, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the recipient of the 2004 Russell R. Miller...
Dr. June Kan-Mitchell, associate professor, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center, will serve as a member of the Vaccines of Infectious Diseases Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Inst...
Krishna Sawhney, clinical associate professor of surgery, School of Medicine, was named president of the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation for 2004-2005. Sawhney is on the staff of Henry F...
The Detroit News, 7/22"WSU is latest college to raise tuition 2.4%"By Maureen FeighanWayne State's board of governors approved a 2.4 percent tuition increase, becoming the latest Michigan public unive...
Every year faculty and staff provide critical financial support to Wayne State University. As we prepare for the public phase of Wayne First, the university's first comprehensive capital campaign, you...
The Wayne State branch of Michigan First Credit Union is scheduled to reopen on Monday, Aug. 16, in its remodeled and expanded home in suite 1300 of the 5057 Woodward building. Credit union membership...
To ensure the university community receives a consistently high level of service from the OneCard, a major system upgrade is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 31. Although the OneCard system will be shut do...
To complete planned improvements and continue with additional improvements - including new lighting, new security equipment, paving of several lots and painting in structures - the university increase...
This fall several new dining options will join Wayne State's lineup of eateries. Included are the following:Einstein Bros. Bagels, on the southwest corner of North Residence Hall (next to Starbucks Co...
