Old Life@Wayne Archive
Vol. 1 Issue 7
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree during Wayne State University’s winter commencement ceremonies beginning at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 11, in Detroit’s Co...
The 2004 WSU calendars are in. The first 50 copies are free on a first come, first served basis. Additional copies are $1 each. The recently updated general university video or CD, renamed World-Class...
Little did Guy Stern know publishing a research paper eventually would make him co-curator of the most popular exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Stern, a distinguished professor of German and Slavic studies at Wayne
Do you need a degree to advance your career, but you’re concerned about juggling the classes or afraid it’s been too long since you attended school? If so, think Interdisciplinary Studies …
Ford Motor Company’s primary assembly plant in 1903 was a wooden one-story wagon shop. A far cry from what would become “the Rouge,” the largest integrated automobile factory in the world. This piece of Detroit history and others can be found in Rouge:
This is from media reports datedNovember 6, 2003 - December 3, 2003...
CAM Magazine, Fall 2003 (Special Issue) “A step forward in research and education at Wayne State University”A nine-page feature story with several photos examines the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharm...
This one is just as exciting as the first. That’s how Joan Gossman, director of purchasing, feels every time Wayne State University receives the Corporation of the Year Award, Education Sector, from the Michigan Minority Business Development Council …
Consolidating the five colleges of the City of Detroit into a university in 1932 was simple enough. However, coming up with a name for the new institution posed a bit of a problem…
It’s a great time to give to Wayne State University’s faculty and staff fund-raising campaign, Leading the Way: The Faculty and Staff Campaign for Wayne State University . President Reid will match gifts made before Wednesday, Dec. 31…
Wayne State University graduate Eric from the Mojo in the Morning Show on Channel 955-FM, gave away free tickets and promotional items to employees and students on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at the Student Center…
A lot of people don’t like to exercise. For the most part, Bryan Terry, director, Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, is one of those people.
Wayne State University employees that have worked for 25 years or more were recognized at a ceremony and reception at the Community Arts Auditorium on Friday, Nov. 21. A total of 152 employees and retirees were honored for 2002 and 2003 …
The President’s Holiday Party is always a lot of fun, but this year offered a little more entertainment than usual …
The Wayne State community reached a huge milestone this fall in its effort to reach 35,000 students by 2006. Fall 2003 enrollment surpassed 33,000,
The function of scholarship administration for Wayne State University has moved from the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. This unit handles both inte...
Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid, who is also chairman of the Presidents Council State Universities of Michigan, gave the inaugural State of the Public Universities Address Wednesday, No...
Wayne State University’s Office of Career Planning and Placement Services got an early holiday present in the form of $2,500 from Marshall Field’s. The gift will help support student programming, prom...
Wayne State University has completed construction of its 700 MHz NMR facility, featuring a new spectrometer, a tool used to determine biomolecular structure. This facility is funded by grants totaling...
It’s not quite winter yet, but Wayne State University organizers are making plans to end it on Wednesday, April 7, 2004, when the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts will host the 21st...
Shiffman Medical Library is launching an educational series. Titled Fridays@ShiffmanLearning Cafe Series, these monthly sessions will highlight various library resources and teach tools and techniques...
Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid has presented US Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-Bloomfield Township) with the Science Coalition’s Champion of Science award. Knollenberg was at Wayne State’s Co...
Physics and poetry may seem like strange bedfellows, but Wayne State University Professor William Rolnick has managed to make the two a metaphysical match made in heaven in his new book Remnants of th...
Peter Lichtenberg, director of the WSU Institute of Gerontology and professor of psychology, College of Science, recently was awarded a research grant of $52,000 from Eisai Inc. and Pfizer Inc., title...
Jerome Horwitz, professor of internal medicine, School of Medicine, has created an antitumor agent, the SH80 series, recently licensed to Sanofi-Synthelabo, a multinational pharmaceutical company head...
Shlomo Sawilowsky, professor of educational evaluation and research, College of Education, is completing the third issue of a new publication, The Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, which...
Renata Wasserman and Arthur Marotti, professors, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts, received a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) to establish an e...
Did you know that cell phone use while driving results in an estimated 2,600 deaths, 1.5 million accidents and 330,000 injuries annually, according to Harvard University’s Center for Risk Analysis? If...
Here are a few of my favorite Web sites. Enjoy.www.make-stuff.com- Chase away the rainy-day blues with a visit to this site, which includes craft projects, recycling tips, sewing patterns and recipes...
Detroit Free Press, 12/1“Higher ed cuts foolish savings”In an op-ed piece, Kurt Metzger and Jason Booza of the Center for Urban Studies in College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs state that c...
WDIV TV-4 and WJR AM-760, 11/27Channel 4’s Chuck Gaidica WJR’s Warren Pierce conducted separate on-the-street interviews with WSU President Irvin D. Reid during America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Wayn...
The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Mlive.com, Lansing State Journal, Morning Sun (Mt. Pleasant), Daily Mining Gazette (Houghton), Oakland Press and WJR AM-760, 11/13Media outlets across the state o...
WSU's new positioning statement is World-Class Education in the Real WorldWSU is home of the prestigious Perinatal Research Branch of the National Institutes of Health, which will provide more th...
