Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 3 Issue 3
Wayne State University's Wayne County Center not only offers courses in subjects ranging from library science to sports administration, it also offers many amenities. Learn about the center in this second article of four in a series on WSU's satellites
A Wayne State employee joined 114 of her fellow WSU alumni on campus in a Feb. 3 casting call to become Donald Trump's next apprentice.
Thomas Watkins, superintendent of public instruction for Michigan, will join Wayne State University in March as special assistant to President Irvin D. Reid for K-12 initiatives.
The resoundingly successful Detroit Docs International Film Festival will return to Wayne State, Wednesday through Sunday, November 9-13, 2005.
Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926. Check out Wayne State's activities, including lectures, panels, music, dancing, a play, luncheon and movie....
The Wayne State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and the Department of Near Eastern and Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will host at noon Monday, Feb. 28, "An Aft...
Nominations are due at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, for the Donnelly awards, which are given to one outstanding female and one outstanding male graduate at the winter 2005 commencement in May. The award re...
Leon R. Kass delivered a thought-provoking talk on the use of biotechnology to "pursue happiness and perfection, both of the body and of the mind" at the 2005 Dean's Distinguished Lecture Jan. 31 in S...
The Wayne State alumni association invites the community to a grand afternoon of comedic theater and an elegant champagne reception at the Hilberry Theatre's rendition of the hilarious I Hate Hamlet a...
The Women of Wayne Alumni Association is accepting applications for its annual research grant program for female employees. The $1,000 awards cover general expenses incurred in connection with any kin...
The President's Commission on the Status of Women will create a calendar of Wayne State events to celebrate Women's History Month in March. Send by Monday, Feb. 21, your unit's calendar listings such...
BioMedical Communications offers these workshops in Shiffman Medical Library Lab C, both from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.Beginning Photoshop, Thursday Feb. 17. An introductory hands-on workshop that explains t...
Check out the Image Gallery of the Department of Athletics' annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Basketball Night, held on Feb. 3 at Matthaei Physical Education Center. The men's basketball team picked u...
Wayne State's Walter P. Reuther Library Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, in the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs (CULMA), is featuring the opening of a collection on a prominent l...
Get your belly moving at the Belly Dancing and Fit and Fun Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at the WSU Mort Harris Recreation and Fitness Center. The event includes a workshop, The Art of Bell...
Great Lakes IT Report, 1/25DoE Science Ed Expo Coming to Detroit Next YearThe U.S. Department of Energy has asked Wayne State University to assist in its effort to turn around a trend showing American...
The Michigan Minority Business Development Council on Feb. 2 honored Wayne State with the 2004 Corporate ONE Award for the following efforts to promote minority business activity.WSU is a "fully parti...
Janet Harden, director, Office of Student Affairs, College of Nursing, has been elected to a three-year term on the Blue Care Network of Michigan Board of Directors....
Leon W. Chestang, distinguished professor and former dean of the School of Social Work, has been awarded the title of professor emeritus, effective upon his retirement Jan. 15. Chestang served as dean...
Creigs Beverly, professor, School of Social Work, has been named professor emeritus following his retirement in May 2004. Beverly's first appointment in the school was in 1987 as a Martin L. King/Cesa...
Sandra Svoboda, part-time instructor, Department of Communication, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, was appointed general manager of The South End. Svoboda teaches journalism and is...
Nancy Lipschultz, lecturer, Department of Theatre, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, adjudicated the district finals of The Michigan Thespian Society on Jan. 29....
Tony Crowley, professor and chair, Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, received the 2004 Judd Hill Foundation Purchase Award from Arkansas State Univ...
Jack Lessenberry, lecturer, Department of Communication, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, spoke to the Grosse Pointe Peace Coalition about the topic “The Myth of the Liberal Media”...
Mark Marunick, associate professor, Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, recently completed his term as president of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the organization'...
Jinsheng Zhang, assistant professor, Department of Otolaryngology, received a three-year, $162,027 grant from the American Tinnitus Association to study the possible link between electrical stimulatio...
Effective immediately, the allowable mileage reimbursement rate for Wayne State University-authorized reimbursable mileage is 40.5 cents per mile, according to the IRS rate increase for 2005....
The American Red Cross and the Wayne State University Dean of Students Office will host a Valentine's week blood drive from Monday, Feb. 14, to Thursday, Feb. 17, in Hilberry rooms B and C of the Stud...
Come find ways to re-energize yourself and your career from noon to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10, in Hilberry room C in the Student Center Building. The Career Development Committee of The President's...
The University Activities Committee has rescheduled the dinner and theatre event featuring Death of a Salesman at the Hilberry Theatre. The new date is Thursday, March 24. Select from a special menu o...
Make sure you have at your fingertips the latest marketing facts about Wayne State: Pick up the new, pocket-size Fast Facts cards at the Office of Marketing and Publications, 3100 A/AB. Cards are free...
Human Resources' Total Compensation and Wellness office is providing employees with an online copy of their personalized and private Benefit Statement. The benefit statement provides up-to-date inform...
Award-winning, best-selling author Nick Salvatore will discuss his latest book, Singing in a Strange Land: C.L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America, 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Feb....
Robert Sedler, professor, Law School, will present the lecture, "The Protection of Religious Freedom under the American Constitution," 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in the school's Spencer M. Partrich Aud...
Spending half of each day, every day, thinking about suicide clearly isn't healthy. That is, unless, you are a professor studying the influence of mass media on copycat suicides.
The Wayne State University Show Your OneCard and Save Program now includes four more organizations offering discounts to customers with a OneCard: Laikon Cafe, GreektownFishbone's Rhythm Kitchen, Gree...
