Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 3 Issue 12
Due to the continued decline in funding from the State of Michigan, a significan tuition increase became inevitable. The Wayne State University Board of Governors approved an 18.5 percent increase in student tuition for the 2005-2006 academic school year.
He is quoted in local newspapers, often 2-3 times weekly. Kurt Metzger, director, Michigan Metropolitan Information Center (MIMIC), Center for Urban Studies, disseminates information about Wayne State, Detroit, Southeast Michigan and beyond.
There is a definite buzz in TechTown as signs of the mergence of cutting-edge science, engineering and business take shape in Wayne State University’s new technology and research center just north of campus.
It was another beautiful, warm summer evening on Harsen’s Island on Lake St. Clair. The flames from Kevin Carroll’s grill were curling around the meat while the sounds of children playing and boat engines humming filled the air.
When you can’t access a WSU computing system, or it doesn’t seem to be working correctly, what do you do? You now can check a new tool that’s on the C&IT Web site.
Wayne State featured at the World’s ExpoWayne State sponsored the U.S. Pavilion during the World’s Expo in the Aichi prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Japan, on July 13 and 14. Take a look at photo high...
Welcome Back Week is scheduled from Monday, Sept. 12 to Friday, Sept. 16. The President’s Annual University Address will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 in Bernath Auditorium, Undergra...
Atlas Global Bistro is where to take a guest you’d like to impress without spending a fortune. Its proximity to Orchestra Hall also makes it a favorite with those going to the symphony.
Donna Alexander, Sr. Systems Integrator, University Testing Services, and her husband Sheldon Alexander, professor, Department of Psychology, traveled to the Amazon in May. The couple took with them a...
The Wayne State University Library System has signed an agreement to become a mirror site for Annenberg/CPB (www.learner.org). Annenberg uses media and telecommunications to advance teaching in Americ...
More than 60 years have passed since the last confirmed sighting of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the United States. However, researchers now have evidence that this magnificent bird still lives.On Fe...
The Humanities Center sponsors a year-long series of lunch hour, “brown bag” talks by distinguished scholars on all aspects of the humanities. The talks are free and open to the public, and attendees...
Knowing you can reach your retirement goals: That is retirement readiness. And meeting with a Fidelity retirement counselor can show you how to keep moving forward.By reviewing your situation on a reg...
Employees, starting Sept. 6, pick up any GET! static decal and place it on your vehicle’s window. Every vehicle with a decal spotted in Midtown before Homecoming on Oct. 15 will be entered in a drawin...
Five graduates of the Wayne State University Law School have been honored by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as “Lawyers of the Year.” The attorneys are Timothy Baughman, '74, of Detroit; Elizabeth P. Hardy,...
Chronicle of Higher Ed, 7/15$100,000 donationA conversation with a potential donor that started last September about a $100,000 gift ended in a $15-million donation to Wayne State from Nick J. Labedz,...
Nearly 30 youngsters spent a summer’s day exploring career programs at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (EACPHS). Ranging in age from seven to 15 years old, the youths part...
Pat Siegel will always remember her first day of retirement.She hit a hole-in-one on Hole 7 (Par 3) on June 29, at Oak Point Country Club, Brighton,the day after she retired as associate professor, Sc...
Wayne State University has received a $186,469 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation. The award allows WSU to add a second six-week Math Corps summer camp for Detroit area junior and senior high school...
An endowed scholarship fund has been established in the Wayne State University School of Social Work (SSW). The fund supports students in the school’s new doctoral-degree program, which is the only Ph...
The Wayne State University Library System was recently awarded a 2005 Digitization for Preservation and Access grant from the Library of Michigan totaling $150,000. This grant is one of 10 representin...
Julie Miller, secretary, Board of Governors, was locked up by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) July 21 as part of the MDA’s annual fund raiser. The makeshift jail was inside the Motor City Gri...
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences announced two new members to its faculty and administrative staff in July. Steven M. Firestine joined the college as an assistant professor in...
Michael Rybak, professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, and associate dean, Research, was named to the Expert Panel for the Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention Initiative, sponsored by the American...
Douglas Miller, professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, and James E. Tisdale, a former associate professor in Pharmacy Practice and professor of pharmacy at Purdue University, co-edited the compre...
Mary Elizabeth O’Connell, associate professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, has had her paper “Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors on Calcium Carbonate Absorption in Women: A Randomized Crossover Tr...
James C. Frick, assistant professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, contributed a feature article on migraine headaches and two multimedia interactive courses in the July edition of CME-To...
James S. Kalus, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, has received the 2005 Sanofi-Aventis Thrombosis Research Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for his proposal “Ne...
Joseph M. Pellerito, director, Department of Occupational Therapy, is contributor and editor of the just published Driver Rehabilitation and Community Mobility: Principles and Practice. Considered the...
The Office of Marketing and Publications (MAP) has a limited number of Wayne State University-branded giveaways available for prospective students visiting main campus. Giveaways include mini radios,...
Tony Holt has been named interim chief, Office of Public Safety. Tony is a lifelong resident of the City of Detroit.He graduated from WSU in 1970 and joined the WSU Office of Public Safety in 1977 as...
Ellen Dannin, professor, Law School, met with a delegation of Chinese government ministers July 13 who were in the United States on a study tour connected to drafting a new labor law for China. The me...
The US Environmental Protection Agency has appointed Barry Rosen, professor and chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, to serve as a member of the Science Advisory Board Arsenic R...
John D. Kehoe, professor emeritus, Arts, University of Georgia (UGA), and Wayne State alumnus, has lent his name to UGA’s new arts facility. Located in Cortona, Italy, the facility was recently named...
The Wayne State University Library and Information Science (LIS) Program has announced the appointment of Bin Li, Marcia Mardis and Anaclare Evans to the faculty of the LIS Program. Li received her P...
