News Releases for January 1997
January 31
- WSU Law School to receive $15.6 million for new building and facelift
- A new 51,000-square-foot Law School building and renovation of the existing law library and faculty office building have been approved by the Wayne State University Board of Governors. Plans allo...
- Local resident named interim associate VP at Wayne State
- Chemistry Professor Richard Lintvedt has been appointed interim associate vice president for research and associate dean of the Graduate School. Lintvedt joined WSU as an assistant professor in 19...
- Local resident named chemistry chair at Wayne State
- Chemistry Professor Carl Johnson of Detroit has been named department chairman. Johnson came to WSU as an assistant professor in 1962 and was appointed professor in 1968. In 1990 the Board of Gove...
- Authority on black English to lecture here on ebonics
- Geneva Smitherman, distinguished professor of English at Michigan State University and former WSU faculty member, will discuss the controversial topic of ebonics at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in the...
January 30
- Local resident named Interim assistant dean at Wayne State
- Matthew Seeger of Dexter, associate professor of communication in the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, has been named interim assistant dean of the Graduate School. Seeger, a fa...
- Penn physicist to lecture at Wayne State as Martin Luther King Jr. visiting scientist
- Larry Gladney, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, will visit the campus Feb. 19-21 as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial visiting scientist program. Gla...
January 28
- One big ride for astronaut, one giant leap in pride for WSU
- The blast of pride felt in the School of Medicine was nothing compared with the blast of force felt by alumnus Jerry Linenger, one of the astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis Jan. 12 when i...
January 22
- Wayne State University sponsors a blood drive for the Red Cross.
- The Alumni Association at Wayne State University will sponsor a blood drive for the Red Cross. The university invites and encourages everyone in the community to donate blood for this worthy cause....
- Pharmacy student at Wayne State University receives Sidney Barthwell Scholarship Award
- Wayne State University student Lisa Williams of Detroit is the first recipient of the Sidney Barthwell Endowed Scholarship. Named for retired Detroit pharmacist and businessman Sidney Barthwell, t...
- Constitution establishment clause to be scholars' symposium topic at WSU
- Nationally known constitutional scholars will participate in a symposium on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, in 103 Law Classroom Building at Wayne State...
January 20
- Three WSU board members to take oath of office Tuesday, Jan. 28
- Three members of the Wayne State University Board of Governors will be sworn in during ceremonies beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the university's McGregor Memorial Conference Center. A re...
- Macomb County business students benefit from three-way educational partnership
- The road to a better job for aspiring Macomb County marketing majors has been opened wider, thanks to a partnership between the Wayne State University School of Business Administration, Macomb Comm...
January 15
- Are you a graduating College Senior or a graduate looking for a job?
- IF SO, EMPLOYERS SEARCHING FOR IDEAL JOB CANDIDATES WILL BE AT THE MICHIGAN COLLEGIATE JOB FAIR FRIDAY, APRIL 4, AT BURTON MANOR IN LIVONIA. THE EVENT, SPONSORED BY WAYNE STATE AND EASTERN MICHIGA...
- WSU Professor Jack Kay is participant in C-SPAN seminar for professors
- Professor Jack Kay of Livonia, communication department chairman at Wayne State University, joined 35 other college and university professors from across the country for C-SPAN's Winter 1997 Semina...
- Wayne State University President David Adamany will receive the Martin Luther King Jr. Award
- Wayne State University President David Adamany will receive the Martin Luther King Jr. Award from Detroit's Plymouth United Church of Christ, 600 East Warren, Jan. 20. Adamany was one of four sele...
- Meeting medical needs of gay community is focus of Wayne State seminar
- Medical providers and health care workers can learn how to better serve their gay clients by attending the Wayne State University seminar, "Meeting the Health Care Needs of the Gay, Lesbian an...
- Auto show features WSU art along with cars of the future
- Mixed in with the traditional display of shiny new cars of all shapes, sizes and colors, the 1997 North American International Auto Show in Cobo Hall featured a not-so-traditional design created by...
- Financial aid will be focus of Wayne State workshops for students
- Workshops to assist students in completing financial aid application forms for the 1997-98 school year will be held in February and March at Wayne State University and its extension centers. The ...
- Art exhibition at WSU's Reuther Library focuses on harsh conditions for railroad track workers
- A new art exhibition now on display at Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs offers a vivid glimpse at life on the job for workers who maintain the nation's ...
- The beat goes on for retired WSU music professor Joseph Labuta
- Joseph Labuta of Bloomfield Hills is not letting a little thing like retirement slow him down. He continues as director of music education and teaches two classes during the transition year at Wayn...
- WSU law graduates tops in July bar exam results
- Wayne State law graduates ranked first in the percentage who passed the July Michigan bar examination, both in the overall category and among those taking it for the first time, State Board of Law ...
- Ameritech donates $52,000 to Wayne State University
- A $40,000 check represents the second and third payments of Ameritech's five-year pledge for WSU's new Manufacturing Engineering Building. The second check, for $12,000, is the company's matching c...
- Detroit Public Library houses center of attention for university inventors
- The Detroit Public Library has a resource, which is fast becoming invaluable to anyone in the Midwest seeking patent information or applying for a patent. And WSU plans to be the first university t...
- Tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. planned by Wayne State
- A host of activities are planned at Wayne State University in celebration of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Purlie Victorious by playwright Ossie Davis will be performed at the Bonstell...
- Two graduating seniors at Wayne State to receive prestigious David D. Henry Awards
- Two Wayne State University seniors, Derek A. Crombie of Dearborn and Wendy S. Winter of Swartz Creek, will receive the prestigious David D. Henry Award at winter commencement ceremonies Thursday, D...
- Statement on the survey by AAUP
- The "faculty morale" study issued by the faculty union at Wayne State University says very little about the true state of Wayne State University, but it speaks loudly about the loss of fa...
- Michigan tuition increases below national average . . . and Wayne State tuition increases below Michigan average.
- Tuition and fees at colleges nationwide rose about 5 percent on average for 1996-97, the lowest rate of increase in at least 20 years, according to a study by the American Council on Education (ACE...
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