Beaumont Hospitals uses thousands of different medical devices every year. Now they are helping manufacturers test them. Beaumont 's marketing could have regional benefits as well, said Fred Reinhart, assistant vice president for research at Wayne State .

The Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit NAACP, is a local political powerbroker with many business holdings, although he calls himself a simple preacher. Arthur Johnson, retired WSU senior vice president who preceded Anthony as branch president of the NAACP said he felt some of Anthony's activities such as the joint Freedom Fund Dinner for the NAACP and the Freedom Weekend, hip hop activities that appear to be intermingled with the 50-year old dinner event and administered by a non-profit run by Anthony, are difficult to justify. "I don't know how that can be justified as a proper function of branch president," said Johnson.

Black churches and politics have been linked for decades in Detroit . The Rev. Wendell Anthony has taken the relationship to another level. A 2001 Wayne State University study credited the Fannie Lou Hamer PAC, formed by Anthony, with increasing voter turnout in Detroit , from 33 percent in 1996 to 48 percent in 2000. Anthony's popularity among voters makes the PAC's endorsements coveted, said Ed Sarpolus, a Lansing pollster. Last year, the Democratic National Committee kicked in $25,000 to the group.

The Wayne State men's basketball team was defeated by the Minnesota State Mavericks on Saturday, 41-73. The game was part of the Pepsi Tip-Off tournament, which was hosted by the Mavericks and played at Bresnan Arena.

Domestic partners worry the state's definition of marriage will keep them from insurance coverage. Wayne state is listed as one of the Michigan colleges that offer same-sex benefits.

A new restaurant, La Pita Fresh, will be added to the Wayne State University neighborhood. It will be located on 5065 Cass Avenue . The restaurant owners hope to open La Pita Fresh within a month.

Bernice Lopata has been named associate vice president of advancement services and corporate and foundation relations at WSU.

The Wayne State Music department and the DSO announced a new, joint initiative to support future WSU music majors. The WSU/DSO Scholarships in Music will support five music students beginning in fall of 2006.

This editorial about the Kalamazoo Promise free college tuition program offered to qualified public school students in that city mentions that Wayne State officials "have hit on a way to capitalize on the program" by offering half-price room and board to Kalamazoo graduates who qualify under the program. The editorial points out that "it probably seems only fair to Wayne State " that it should try to lure some Kalamazoo students to its campus in light of the fact that Western Michigan University has for years been luring Detroit area students seeking a campus living experience.

Associate professor of computer science Seymour Wolfson, who received his bachelors and Ph.D. in physics from WSU, and his master's from University of Chicago, decided to create a program that would teach low-income Detroiters how to use the emerging technology to find jobs. The program, which trains 150 students a year, has been a godsend to many 19- to 21-year-old, unemployed Detroiters. And over two decades, Wolfson has kept the students in pace with changing technology as he prepares them for the workforce. "When they finish this program, we've changed someone's life. They get a job, they can move out of the house, they become taxpayers," he said. "It feels good." The article features photos of the class and Wolfson.

Students are getting a Harvard degree for a bargain price. Extension and continuing-education schools have long served mid-career adults and people with some previous college credit. They still account for most extension students, and many do not accept students under 25 or without college experience. But schools that accept younger students say interest is increasing, driven largely by economic considerations, although at Harvard it is also fueled by the fact that it is Harvard.

Financial advice writer gives lots of options for raising college funds from tax breaks to scholarships and federal loans.

Jennifer Tessmer Taylor of Ray Township earned her Ph.D. in cellular and clinical neurobiology from Wayne State University .

Sharon Bobryk of Sterling Heights has received the Alpha Mu Tau Scholarship for use in her last year of study in clinical laboratory science at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Science at Wayne State University . Additionally, the newspaper ran a list of 10 students who received various other pharmacy and health sciences scholarship awards at the college.

Photos chronicling the auto industry's labor movement are credited to Wayne State University 's Walter P. Reuther Library. Historical moments captured by the camera include U.A.W. leader Walter P. Reuther negotiating with Ford Motor Co. officials; labor union organizers scuffling with auto company representatives; and, Lee A. Iacocca, Chrysler Corp. chairman, signing a bailout bill with President Jimmy Carter and Douglas Fraser, U.A.W. president.

It's become a state-wide bidding war for the Promised. Wayne state University is offering half off dorms for any Promise student who enrolls, and now Western is stepping up.

Dorothea June Grossbart had a keen eye for fashion and design, which she used to move into a teaching career. She helped develop a costume collection to educate and benefit others at Wayne State University , where she became a full-time faculty member in 1970, teaching fashion design and textiles.

Wayne State's women's basketball team defeated West Liberty State, 79-74. The Warriors had five double digit scorers in the game, led by Nicole Rogers (15 points).

The Socius Collegi award was presented to Visteon Corporation\'s John Kill, senior vice president and president, North America customer group, by Wayne State University \'s College of Engineering for his support of the university\'s Engineering and Management Master\'s Program. The Socius Collegi, from the Latin term for \"friend of the college,\" was presented to Kill at the college\'s annual Night of the Stars black tie dinner Nov. 17 at the New Detroit Science Center . Night of the Stars honors the WSU College of Engineering\'s most successful alumni by inducting them into the college\'s Hall of Fame. In addition, the event pays tribute to one person who is not an alumnus of the College of Engineering , but whose contributions to the mission of the college are noteworthy. This year\'s honoree, Kill, did not attend Wayne State \'s engineering school, but holds a master\'s degree in business administration from Wayne State . Kill also is a member of the Board of Visitors of the School of Business Administration at the university.

Kalamazoo Public Schools' 2006 graduates who take their full-tuition Kalamazoo Promise scholarships to Western Michigan University next fall will get free room and board for the next four years. Wayne State pledged to cut its dorm fee - currently $4,175 for an academic year - in half for KPS students who bring their Promise dollars there for 2006-07.