Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 1 Issue 3
It's been said that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Well, get ready to play big
Volunteers soon will be contacting Wayne State University faculty and staff to request donations for the 2003 Combined Charitable Contributions Campaign. The campaign, which supports the United Way an...
The university will continue to offer its free dial-in Internet access - known as WayneConnect - to faculty and staff. A charge had been proposed for dial-in services for WSU employees as a cost-cutti...
Balancing work and family life is tougher than ever these days and guess what? WSU experts predict it will get tougher.
This fall, the Wayne State University Walter P. Reuther Library will begin hosting an exhibit on the historic 1968 strike by Memphis sanitation workers. In the story that follows, Daniel Golodner, an archivist at the Reuther Library, briefly explains...
Is Trading Spaces one of your favorite programs? Do you dream of decorating your office's white walls? Grab your green and gold streamers and...
The Wayne State University College of Engineering will offer the first course in a new master's degree program in Alternative Energy Technology (AET) this winter. The graduate level course...
Curt Brahm always liked to run. He equated distance running to a form of freedom. Brahm, administrative officer, School of Social Work, ran...
Wayne State University's Community Arts Gallery has opened the 2003 Annual Faculty Exhibition. Appearing through Oct. 17, this exhibition...
Brain injuries are serious business. More than 5 million Americans live with a disability because of a brain injury, and brain injury is the number one...
Wayne State University's The Real WSU student recruitment video received the Gold Award at the 2003 Aurora Awards. The Aurora Awards were established in 1996 as an independent film and video comp...
Wayne State University senior Mike Buslepp (Warren, Mich./Cousino) has been selected Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Runner of the Week after helping the Warriors to a second-p...
The College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts has appointed three new chairs for the 2003-04 academic year: Tony Crowley, Department of Art and Art History; Mary Garrett, Department of Commun...
The Hilberry Theatre received five awards from the 2003 Wilde Awards at the Gem Theatre, Aug. 27. Best Play: Cloud Nine; Best Actress in a Drama: Shelly Gaza, A Streetcar Named Desire; Best Actress in...
Highlights from the daily media reports assembled by the WSU Office of Public Relations.
September 11, 2003 - September 24, 2003...
Tech Center News; U.S. Auto Scene, 9/22
"WSU starts new energy curriculum"
The article outlines the WSU College of Engineering's new master's degree program for alternative energ...
Metro Times, 9/16;
"Best of Detroit: A character study"
In a cover story about the best of Detroit for 2003, WSU's Louis Jones is profiled as a "notable character" of Detroit...
The Monitor, 9/18
"Shakespeare and Dickens to Mamet, Guare and Strand"
An article on the first page of a special theatre and restaurant guide in this issue carries a summary of plays slate...
The Great Lakes IT Report, 9/23
"Wayne State Study: Virtual Teams Need Different Training"
The article discusses results of a three-year National Science Foundation study conducted by rese...
The Detroit News, 9/21
"Life on remote control: Does entertainment take the place of action?"
This article on entertainment quotes Jerry Herron, professor, American Studies Program, Colleg...
BBC, 8/16
Mike Smith, interim director of WSU's Walter P. Reuther Library, was interviewed extensively by the BBC for a television series called Inventions that Changed the World. The program is...
WQBH 1400AM, 9/18
Kristine Miranne, managing director of WSU's Skillman Center for Children, appeared on Back to Back with Detroit City Councilwoman Alberta Tinsley-Talabi. The topic of the prog...
NetworkWorldFusion, 9/16
"University thwarts network assault"
A story in this online newsletter praises Wayne State for keeping its antivirus and spam-filtering systems up to date. Patrick...
MSNBC News, 9/16
"Diet wars: Which plan is best?"
Daniel Stettner, professor, Department of Psychology, College of Science, comments in a story about the soaring popularity of diet plans a...
WXYZ-7, UPN 50, 9/13
"Future Docs"
An event held at the WSU School of Medicine was covered by these stations and aired in a voiceover. The event gave young children an introduction to medi...
Crain's Detroit Business, 9/15
"Wayne State sees increase in enrollment, giving"
The article profiled Stephen Brown, associate vice president, Marketing and Communications, and the un...
WXYZ-7, The Associated Press, Detroit Legal News, Detroit Free Press, Michigan Public Radio, Fox 2, 9/11
These media outlets interviewed Marc Kruman, director of the Center for the Study of Citizensh...
The Detroit News, 9/11
"Vegetarians need to watch iodine intake"
A compilation of health news includes an item about the possibility of iodine deficiency for people who do not eat meat or...
I love Wayne State and have been so grateful to continue to receive Wayne's Employee Newsletter in my new home in Virginia.
My ties to WSU are strong and deep. I was an administrative assistant...
The arts at Wayne State University are alive and celebrated throughout the year, not just during September's Festival of the Arts. The College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts invites y...
Out enjoying the first days of fall? Drop by the Prentis Building and take a peek at what may very well be the most technologically advanced classroom on the main campus. Completed just days before th...
WSU President Irvin D. Reid led a team of university administrators to Lansing on Sept. 24 to cohost the Governor's University Summit on Economic Development and Collaboration. Reid spoke on ways...
"The role of the Supreme Court of Israel in Times of Emergency" will be the topic of remarks by Justice Dorit Beinisch, a member of the Supreme Court of Israel, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, i...
