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The schedule of casting calls for NBC's "The Apprentice" show is given in a short item in the Rumblings column. Thursday's interviews at Wayne State are for WSU alumni only.
Wayne State in the news
Oakland, WSU Put Students First with Shared Pharmacy Program
This editorial lauds Wayne State\'s recent agreement with Oakland University regarding WSU\'s PharmD program. ...State universities are clamoring for more money from the state, but they are going to have to make more decisions like the one recently made by Rochester\'s Oakland University. Instead of creating its own graduate pharmacy school, the university joined in a creative agreement with Wayne State University. Undergraduates at Oakland University will be able to complete the final year of their bachelor\'s degree and the first year of their pharmacy doctorate at Detroit\'s Wayne State University at the same time. It will save them a year\'s tuition and prevent the creation of two state-supported graduate pharmacy schools within 30 miles of each other.
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During the noon newscast, Lila Lazarus discussed Exercise and Sleep: A Clinical Trial in Menopausal Women, a federally-funded research grant conducted by Dr. Jean Davis of the College of Nursing. The segment included information on how women can be included in the research project.
HUGHES NAMED ACTING SUPERINTENDENT
Jeremy Hughes, currently the state's deputy superintendent of public instruction and the department's chief academic officer, was named the acting state superintendent by the head of the State Board of Education Monday, succeeding outgoing Superintendent Tom Watkins, who is headed to a job at Wayne State University.
Holland exhibit focuses on educated blacks
"Until recently, the mark of a learned person was having a command of Greek and Latin," explained Michelle Valerie Ronnick, classics professor at Wayne State. She was responding to a question about "Twelve Black Classicists," a traveling exhibit she developed that pays tribute to several African-American scholars and writers who loom large in classical literature. The exhibit is currently at the Holland (Mich.) Museum.
Detroit Orientation Institute hosts in-depth look at metro area
The Detroit Orientation Institute, a program of the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs at WSU, is hosting a three-day session in April for persons interested in learning about the city of Detroit and the metro area. A brief description of session topics and information on how to register is given.
Men's hockey suffers 4-2 setback in Omaha
The Warriors men's hockey team suffered its second consecutive loss at 18th-ranked Nebraska-Omaha, falling 4-2 Saturday night. It was the first time WSU has been swept in a two-game series since the final weekend of the 2003-04 season.
Sessions slated
Wayne State will host informational sessions to discuss the bachelor's degree program in social work that it plans to bring to St. Clair County Community College in Port Huron. The date, time and place of the sessions are provided.
State schools chief agrees to resign job
The resignation of state schools Superintendent Tom Watkins in early March hinges, in part, on finalization of an offer to take a job at Wayne State University, his attorney said. The State Board of Education, which had planned a meeting to address Watkins' status Saturday, canceled the session after the schools chief announced his resignation.
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\"Leaders on Leadership\", co-produced by Detroit Public Television and the WSU School of Business Administration (SBA), broadcast part two of the Dieter Zetsche interview. He is president and CEO of Chrysler Group. The segment opened with questions about the leadership issues Zetsche faced in the recent Chrysler turnaround compared to those faced by Lee Iacocca in the 1970s. The program is hosted by Larry L. Fobes of the SBA. WSU students comprise the audience.
Degree in social work on its way
St. Clair County Community College plans to bring a Wayne State University bachelor's degree in social work program to Port Huron as soon as August. Two informational sessions for students interested in the program are set for this Thursday at the college. WSU has not yet decided whether to make the program part-time or full-time and wants to determine the students' preference.
PSU fundraising: good start, but not enough
Wayne State is mentioned in a story about a fundraising campaign at Portland State University. The writer makes the point that "there is an apparent correlative connection between the size of a university's fundraising infrastructure and the size of their fundraising goals." The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with a 20-person infrastructure is targeting $100 million in private funds, while Wayne State, with a 61-person infrastructure is targeting $500 million. Universities throughout the country are turning to private sources to help relieve financial strain caused by cutbacks in state funding.
SBXL: 40 developments
A lengthy review of 40 top economic development projects in the Detroit metropolitan area includes projects at Wayne State. In 2004, the university launched TechTown in the 12-block area between the campus and the New Center neighborhood. Since 2000, the campus welcomed more than $170 million in new buildings, including the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, three new residence halls, a Welcome Center, a bookstore operated by Barnes & Noble, additions to the Law School and a new Recreation & Fitness Center. The newest residence hall, dubbed The Towers, just opened for the current academic year. A photo of the Applebaum College building and an interior shot of one of the TechTown laboratories accompany the story.
6 ways to boost region's image
This article examines possible strategies for making Detroit shine while it is in the national spotlight during Super Bowl week. Among experts offering their opinions is Hugh Cannon, professor of advertising in the School of Business Administration. "The story is there are people who love Detroit. What city has more rich cultural and social background?" he says. If reporters pay attention to local residents who are putting their hearts into comeback efforts, it could pay off in upbeat coverage, Cannon points out. "I think that's a beautiful story. Who cares about the warts?" Photos of Cannon and PR agency executive Marcie Brogan, accompany the story, which is on the front page of the Way We Live section.
SBXL: The Cadillac of spectacle
A story focusing on the Super Bowl as a venue for eye-popping new TV advertising includes a comment from professor Hugh Cannon of the School of Business Administration. "The Super Bowl has become an ad-fest," he points out. He cited one study that found that 58 percent of polled adults said they talked more about the ads the next day than they did about the game. Also commenting for the article was professor Jerry Herron, director of the Honors Program and professor of English and American studies at WSU. He refers to the game as "a unifier of American culture. It's the one event everyone seems to want to be part of, where everybody gathers around the water cooler the next day. How many people show up at parties to watch the presidential results?"
Ex-Enron CEOs go on trial this week
As the trial of Enron chief executives Kenney Lay and Jeffrey Skilling gets underway this week, former employees who saw their retirement savings disappear in the collapse of the company will be watching with great interest. As with any crime, the victims will have a natural desire for justice and vengeance, observed Stuart Henry, chairman of the Interdisciplinary Studies Department at WSU. But even if they get what they want, "it leaves an emptiness at the end of the day," Henry said. "It doesn't close the wounds."
Big deals: Arcadia sees Sun Belt as health care hot spot
The rapid growth of a Southfield-based home health care and medical equipment company is the subject of this article. Arcadia Resources has grown from $9.5 million to $95.9 million in its first 14 months of business. It acquires other companies, primarily through the issue of company stock and debt financing. But there are risks. "The risk is that someone has to turn a profit and get cash flow or the debt doesn't get paid and, worst case scenario, the company goes bankrupt," explains Randy Paschke, chair of the Accounting Department in the WSU School of Business Administration.
Wixom looks to new industries
Will the city of Wixom be able to cope effectively with the announced closing of the Ford assembly plant? If Ford abandons the plant completely, it could put a 12 percent dent in the city's tax rolls. However, the city has been attracting new industries that will help fill the gap, according to City Manager Michael Dornan. "Twelve percent is a significant hole," said Robin Boyle, chair of the Geography and Urban Planning Department at Wayne State. "A lesson that we've learned from large plant closures is that brownfield sites sit for a long time. From my experience, we're looking at a five-year gap.
2 cities' Web sites feature strikingly similar content
Jessica Litman, Wayne State University Law School professor, comments in a story about similarities between the Lincoln Park and Portage city Web sites. Litman says the issue is probably more of an ethics problem rather than legality because a government generally is immune from charges of copyright infringement and its writings are considered public domain. "If a city employee has plagiarized, the taxpayers of that city would presumably want to know," Litman says. "So whether or not it's a copyright issue, it could be an issue of good government."
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WWJ Radio did a live interview with resigning state schools Superintendent Tom Watkins Sunday morning, mentioning that he will be joining Wayne State University. Watkins declined to criticize Gov. Jennifer Granholm for pressuring him to resign. He said the state's focus should be on helping children to succeed in school. In response to a question about responsibilities of his new position at Wayne State, he said details are still being worked out and that he appreciates the opportunity the university is providing for him to continue working in the education field. A TV-2 news report also mentioned that Watkins would be leaving his post for a position at Wayne State.