In this feature article on Ministry Marketing Solutions, a Farmington based marketing firm representing Christian churches and authors, Wayne State marketing professor Hugh Cannon commented on the needs of churches to advertise. "If you've got to have a congregation of critical mass to survive, you've got to do something to make it grow, and there's a lot of competition from other religions and other things people can do," Cannon said. "If they don't do something, they'll get squeezed out."

Wayne State is mentioned in an article about the difficulties that graduates of the University of Guam (UOG) face in being accepted to medical school. WSU was noted for requiring UOG grads to redo the prerequisites in the U.S. in order to become eligible for the School of Medicine.

Wayne State will host Back to the Floor, a juried exhibition of rugs at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery from now through July 21. Location and contact information are provided.

Professor Linda Jaber, a faculty member in the Pharmacy Practice Department of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, is featured in a profile story. Jaber recently won the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Excellence in Research Award in the area of clinical research. Her research has included examining the epidemiology of diabetes among Arab Americans. The award provides funds for clinical or health policy research. A photo of Jaber is included.

Wayne State's School of Social Work (SSW) has kicked off a publicity campaign tied to its new Ph.D. program in applied research, but also as part of an effort to boost enrollment. Titled "Real World Preparation for Real World Opportunities," SSW began airing radio ads on May 25 that honor persons of note tied to the field of social work. "The view of social work is so narrow that most people think of it only in terms of someone paying a visit to a home to discuss child care or welfare," said Phyllis I. Vroom, dean of the school. "The reality is that social workers are in fields as diverse as health, law, politics and criminal justice."

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the legal principle that evidence obtained in violation of the so-called knock-and-announce rule must be excluded from use at a trial. The high court said in a 5-to-4 decision Thursday that such evidence can be used at trial. The social costs of excluding evidence because of a violation of the knock-and-announce rule are considerable, the high court said. The decision is \"very disturbing,\" said Wayne State University Law Professor David Moran who argued the case before the Supreme Court. \"It seems to rethink the entire exclusionary rule, which is the only thing that has caused the police for the past 50 years to generally comply with the Fourth Amendment.\" In a Detroit Free Press story today, Moran also offers comments about the case. "The knock-and-announce rule is now dead,\" Moran said, adding that there would be no meaningful penalty to make police comply with the rules, given the difficulty in successfully suing the police. Moran also said in a Detroit News article today that the ruling is "a real blow to the rights of property owners."

The University of Michigan is expected to reappoint President Mary Sue Coleman to a new 5-year term today. Coleman, who became the first female president in U-M history in 2002, will not see any significant change in her annual compensation package of $724,604. She is currently the highest paid public university president in the country. The story also includes the salaries of Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid and Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon.

In an op-ed piece, President Irvin D. Reid writes about Father's Day and the lifelong importance of values that fathers impart to their children. He reflects on how his interest in art was conveyed to his son and his daughter and helped form a bond between them through the symbolism of paintings such as "The Banjo Lesson" and "The Eruption of Vesuvius." "My children have found a lasting source of pleasure in art," he writes. "It has provided them an appreciation for the diversity of human culture and an understanding of the way other people experience the world." He also points out that Wayne State University takes its responsibility to succeeding generations seriously. An example is the Children's Bridge program, which promotes research addressing children's issues. "There is no more serious and lifelong responsibility than fatherhood," the president concludes. "Fathers pass along the ideals that give life to our culture and bind us to each other." A photo of Reid accompanies the piece.

Channel 7 donated $10,000 to the Wayne State Journalism Department Wednesday to be used to fund scholarships for minority students. The gift was accepted by Alicia Nails, director of the Journalism Institute for Minorities, and Ben Burns, journalism program director. A photo of the presentation at the station accompanies the write-up on the station's Web page.

An article about athletic, motorcycle and military helmets points out that a device designed to avoid basal skull fractures for race-car drivers was tested in the biomedical engineering laboratory at Wayne State . Known as the HANS (head and neck support) system, it was designed by a Michigan State University biomechanics professor. Readers are referred to a more detailed article about the device in the sports section.

This article about the HANS head and neck restraint device for race-car drivers mentions that Wayne State professor Paul Begeman conducted development tests on it using dummies at the university's crash-test laboratory. The deaths of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt and Formula One driver Ayrton Senna in racing accidents led the governing bodies of several circuits to more seriously consider making the device mandatory for drivers.

An article about how mass-layoffs can adversely affect the health of employees who remain on the job includes a comment by WSU professor Cary Lichtman, an industrial psychologist. He suggest that employees how find themselves in such situations forget about guilt for being one of the survivors and focus on practical matters - and also consider looking for another job.

Law professor Peter Henning, a former SEC attorney, is quoted in an article about a flurry of stock option trading in a St. Louis manufacturing company just before the company's sale to another corporation. He indicates that such trading would raise a red flag among securities regulators. "The options market is fairly well-regulated," Henning points out. "You tend not to have those kinds of spikes." He adds that such trading in call options "is certainly going to get the attention of the SEC."

In his "FYI" column for the newspaper, Ben Burns, director of the WSU journalism program, focuses on a Grosse Pointe Park resident who is participating in a bike ride through several states to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity. He also writes about an area resident who just returned from a stint in the Navy. The piece carries a photo of Burns and notes his Wayne State affiliation.

On the evening sports-talk show, the host and a caller discussed uses for the abandoned Tiger Stadium and whether it could used by Wayne State and other area universities for home baseball games.

Wayne State's School of Business Administration Tuesday announced the start of its sixth annual E-Commerce Summer Camp for urban high school students. The camp is an intensive 10-week experience consisting of workplace and computer training through the business school and paid internships in applied technology with area businesses. Through the first five years, the camp has 165 graduates, all of whom have either graduated from high school or remain in high school.

The Michigan Board of Education unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that will grade the state\'s college and university schools of education by issuing annual report cards. The report cards will grade schools on programs; the number of graduates passing the teacher certification test; the number of students graduating in six years; surveys of school districts hiring teachers, and how well the college or university recruits minority students and math, science and special education teachers. As the program is phased in over the next three years, schools that get failing grades on the new report cards could receive help from the Department of Education. It\'s also possible that federal funding or even the schools\' certification as teacher training institutions could be affected. But college officials, who agree they should be held accountable for high-quality programs, said that educating future teachers is too complicated to be rated by a single grade. Wayne State University is included in a sidebar listing showing the percentage of students who graduate from Michigan's public and private education schools and pass the teacher certification test on the first try.

The Detroit International Jazz Festival last week announced that the line-up for the Labor Day weekend tradition is to include a wide spectrum of musical artists, including vocalist Diane Schuur with the Wayne State University Jazz Big Band. The festival also will include food, a children\'s area, daily street parades, Mississippi Queen-style riverboat cruises on the Detroit River and more.

Wayne State and Oakwood Healthcare Inc. signed an affiliation agreement June 5 for an academic and clinical care partnership. This agreement, which is non-exclusive on both sides, will create a long-term partnership between both institutions that will result in the creation of programs that support enhanced medical education, research and clinical care. "This affiliation provides an opportunity for us to expand our educational commitment to our students," said Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid. "We are first and foremost an educational institution, and this partnership will help us to broaden training opportunities for the medical professionals of tomorrow. It also will enhance our ability to conduct research that will assist in bringing the benefits of nationally significant academic medicine to the clinical needs of the community. Our partnership strengthens the delivery of education, research and patient care, which are critical to the future of health care in our region and beyond."

Wayne State's Center for Urban Studies was mentioned in this story about the "Talk Time" program at the Sterling Heights Public Library, which aids the English speaking skills of foreign born people. The center conducted a study which showed the Detroit area has undergone a 37 percent surge in immigration between 1990 and 2000.