News Releases for February 2007
February 28
- Wayne State Honors Program student receives national recognition for academic achievement, community service
- Wayne State University senior Morgan Thompson is the only Michigan student to be named to a USA Today 2007 All-USA College Academic Team , part of the newspaper’s recognition program for...
February 27
- The Hilberry Theatre hosts “The College of Education Open House”
- The Hilberry Theatre hosts “The College of Education Open House ” &nbs...
February 26
- Michigan’s research universities to drive state’s economic recovery, say university presidents in Feb. 28 legislative testimony on Wayne State’s campus
- Presidents of the three major research universities, Wayne State , the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Michigan State , will testify before the state House Appropriations Subcommittee on H...
February 23
- Wayne State University launches Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute with a community agenda for children
- Wayne State University’s director for the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Dr. Laura McCloskey, announced today that the university is launching a new initiative to combine and strengthen t...
- Manning Marable, noted authority on disenfranchisement issues, speaking at Wayne State University conference on March 1
- One of America’s most influential and widely read scholars, Professor Manning Marable, will deliver the opening address during the Center for the Study of Citizenship’s Fourth Annual Co...
February 22
- Wayne State University to honor five top individuals at 30th annual Ovation Awards
- Film/TV star Tom Skerritt and Blue Cross/Blue Shield CEO Daniel Loepp head up list of honorees DETROIT (Feb. 6, 2007) – Wayne State University’s College of Fine, Performing and ...
- Detroit Poet Laureate and Local Biographer to Read at Black History Month Event at UGL on February 27
- Metropolitan Detroit authors Naomi Long Madgett , poet laureate of Detroit, and Eddie Allen, Jr ., freelance writer and biographer, will read from their publications and sign books at a specia...
February 21
- Detroit Orientation Institute offers spring 2007 session: New Web site unveiled
- The Detroit Orientation Institute (DOI) at Wayne State University is now accepting applications for the spring session scheduled on three consecutive Tuesdays, April 17, 24 and May 1, 2007. For mor...
- Meet the Press to Celebrate Black History Month!
- Celebrate Black History Month with the wisdom of words! In honor of Black History Month, Wayne State University Press will be hosting an Africana Studies book sale and Meet the Press open house on...
- Lisa Baylis Gonzalez appointed Art Exhibitions Director at Wayne State University
- DETROIT (Feb. 1, 2007) – James (Tony) Crowley, chair of the Department of Art and Art History at Wayne State University, is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa Baylis Gonzalez to the ...
- The Elephant Man plays at the Hilberry Theatre
- The Elephant Man Performance Breakdown: Wed. 2 p.m.: April 25 Thurs. 8 p.m.: Mar. 29, April 26, May 3 ...
February 19
- Attorney Amos Williams to speak at Wayne State University on the topic ‘Law Enforcement and the Bill of Rights’
- Detroit attorney Amos E. Williams , who ran for Michigan attorney general on the Democratic ticket in the November 2006 election, will speak at Wayne State University Wednesday, March 7, at 12:30 ...
- Wayne State University Grads Play Major Role in Solving Structure of HIV Protein
- Hope for AIDS Vaccine Bolstered Detroit, Mich. Drs. Tongqing Zhou and Barna Dey have played a major role in the recent AIDS discovery made at the Vaccines Research Center at the Nationa...
- 8th Annual Lent Upson Lecture to be held March 29 at Wayne State University
- Clay Thomas Clay, a long time Michigan public service professional, is the featured spea...
- WSU College of Nursing ‘Celebration of Diversity’ Set for February 21
- DETROIT, Feb. 9 – Take a break between classes, grab a bite to eat, and expand your cultural horizons! You can do all three when the Wayne State University College of Nursing holds its annua...
February 15
- Wayne State University Board of Governors approve new master’s, doctoral and certificate programs for 2007
- The Wayne State University Board of Governors approved the establishment of four new degree programs during their Jan. 24 meeting. The programs, scheduled to launch this year, include: Ph.D. progra...
February 13
- Wayne State University Celebrates Ghana’s Golden Anniversary of Independence: Free panel held Feb. 22 marking this event
- In honor of Black History Month, Wayne State University’s Department of Africana Studies is celebrating one of the most important events in the history of Africa. On March 5, 1957, Ghana bec...
February 8
- Wayne State University has experts on variety of topics relating to Governor Granholm’s “State of the State Address”
- MEDIA ADVISORY Alternative fuel: Gov. Granholm proposes using $100 million in private/public incentives over three years to lure alternative-energy companies to Michigan. She will ask ...
February 7
- College-bound students can apply for financial aid at ‘Michigan College Goal Sunday’ sessions, Feb. 11.
- Students and others under age 23 who plan to attend college but are concerned about costs will find encouragement and assistance applying for financial aid at three Detroit-area sessions coordinat...
February 5
- School of Business Administration at Wayne State University establishes Ph.D. program
- The Wayne State University School of Business Administration is introducing a Ph.D. program in the fall of 2007. The university’s Board of Governors approved the action at its January meetin...
February 2
- Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson honored with the Bonstelle Theatre’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
- William E. Bryson as Herald Loomis and Monique McGee as Zonia Loomis. William E. Bryson as Herald Loomis and Brishe...
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Spring Break in Detroit? Students Making a Change in the City
- Who: Students from Wayne State University will forgo all the college hotspots to do something extraordinary this spring break What: Wayne State University’s Alternative Spring Break...
- Spring Break in Detroit? Students Making a Change in the City
- Remember your spring break? Did you go to Cancun? Can you even remember half of what you did? Thirty-five students from Wayne State will do something extraordinary this spring break. They will forg...
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