MTU's Guisfredi earns GLIAC post-grad scholarship

Wayne State University baseball player Michael Wiseman is a recipient of the 2011 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Postgraduate Scholarship. The honor, which awards each recipient $5,000 in aid to the graduate school of their choice, was voted on by the Faculty Athletic Representatives of the GLIAC member institutions. Wiseman led Wayne State with a .368 batting average (ninth in GLIAC) and a career-best 71 hits to lead the conference. A 2011 GLIAC Commissioner's Award winner, Wiseman graduated from the WSU Business School this spring with a 3.55 grade point average.

November 30, 2001

Granholm's plan would halt asbestos inspections

An article by the Associated Press about Gov. Granholm's plan to drop the Department of Environmental Quality in her proposed state budget, includes comment by Michael Harbut, an asbestos specialist at Wayne State. The state environmental quality program is designed to ensure compliance with federal asbestos rules."There is no such thing as a safe level of exposure to asbestos," Harbut said.

November 30, 2001

The Overcrowded, Unfriendly Skies

Marick Masters, director of Labor @ Wayne and professor in the School of Business Administration, is quoted in an article about problems the sagging economy is causing for the airline industry. He says the economic situation is likely to continue into 2010, making it more difficult for already hard-hit airlines.

November 30, 2001

Farmers markets to open this week

Wayne State University\'s weekly farmers market kicked off Wednesday and will be held every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. through October 28. It is located on Cass Avenue, in front of the university's Prentis Hall.

November 30, 2001

How a cadaver made your car safer

An article on the history of car safety research mentions that the use of cadavers in crash testing began at Wayne State in the 1930s. Professor Albert King comments.

November 30, 2001

2010 Tuition Rates Set by Wayne State University Board of Governors

Wayne State's Board of Governors are scheduled to vote today to set fall 2010 tuition rates. http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1014&DateTime=6%2F23%2F2010+5%3A32%3A49+AM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE

November 30, 2001

Wayne and Windsor law schools team up for environmental law clinic

Wayne State University Law School and the University of Windsor Law School are collaborating to provide their students opportunities to work together in the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. Beginning as early as this fall, students from both schools will tackle together legal issues including air and water quality, invasive species, renewable energy and environmental justice. The Great Lakes Environmental Law Center is located in TechTown. Nick Schroeck, director of the Wayne Law Environmental Law Clinic and the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, comments in the story.

November 30, 2001

Are American ideals a pipe dream?

Stephen Henderson spoke with Marc Kruman, director of the Center for the Study of Citizenship and history professor at Wayne State University, about the state of America today. The conversation focused on opportunity, political participation and American ideals. Regarding the role of race, Kruman said that the founding fathers would likely be surprised at the degree of racial equality in the U.S. today and that they never got far enough to conceptualize it. He added that the black vote in the south since 1965 has changed the region and that black elected officials were unthinkable before.

November 30, 2001

Group of Detroit students invited to White House for workshop hosted by Michelle Obama

A photo of Michelle Obama speaking at a White House youth leadership and mentoring event at Wayne State University last year is included with this story about a poetry and writing program scheduled at the White House.

November 30, 2001

Tenure Crusader

Monica White, associate professor in the sociology department at Wayne State University, comments about higher education programs established to assist faculty in their pursuit of tenure and success.

November 30, 2001

Detroit native Merkerson wins NAACP Image Award

Several Detroit natives were nominated for NAACP Image Awards this year but only actress S. Epatha Merkerson walked away a winner Friday night. Merkerson, who graduated from the city\'s Cooley High School and Wayne State University, won an Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role on NBC\'s \"Law & Order.\" The show came to an end after 20 seasons last year.

November 30, 2001

Hills professor garners national award

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants awarded a Max Block Distinguished Article Award to Alan Reinstein, George R. Husband Professor of Accounting at Wayne State University\'s School of Business Administration. Reinstein and his co-author Avinash Arya received the award in recognition of their innovative and thought-provoking technical analysis article, "Recent Developments in Fair Value Accounting," published in The CPA Journal.

November 30, 2001

Student loan tax credit; No cuts to higher education

Legislation has been introduced in the State House that would give a five year tax credit of 50 percent for students with a student loan. The state would forgive that portion if the student agrees to stay in Michigan for 5 years. Also, key lawmakers are promising not to cut the budget for higher education. State Rep. Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, says: "We have seen the pain created by the extreme cuts that Governor Snyder made in 2011 and now it's time for us to protect those higher education institutions as we have to make cuts throughout the budget.

November 30, 2001

Digitizing Detroit's history at the Burton Historical Collection

The Detroit Public Library's Burton Historical Collection, one of the state\'s largest repositories for manuscripts, has a new digital index thanks in part to several students from Wayne State's archival program. The project brought federal, state and private groups together to digitize every one of the Collection\'s holdings. The index is now available for perusal online.

November 30, 2001

Personalized strategy is best for heart health

Nancy T. Artinian, associate dean for research and director of the Center for Health Research at Wayne State University's College of Nursing, discusses the long term benefits of lifestyle changes for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=2785&DateTime=7%2F12%2F2010+3%3A14%3A07+PM&Term=wayne+state&PlayClip=TRUE http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20100712/personalized-strategy-is-best-for-heart-health http://www.sunherald.com/2010/07/12/2325292/american-heart-association-scientific.html

November 30, 2001

Wayne State medical students helping Haiti quake victims

Medical students at Wayne State University are working with a Grand Rapids-based group that provides aid in Haiti. Although a scheduled trip to Haiti next month for the school's World Health Student Organization has been put on hold, the students are focused on helping the earthquake-ravaged country by raising money for relief efforts. Two of the students are interviewed.

November 30, 2001

COMPLIANCE WATCH: SEC Moves To Speed Up Enforcement Actions

Peter Henning of the Law School faculty comments in a story about the SEC\'s curtailment of so-called "tolling agreements." Under such agreements, the SEC and respondents both agree to suspend the statute of limitations while they try to resolve a civil or administrative action. Henning notes that use of the agreement had increased in recent years, partly due to bureaucratic delays of the agency.

November 30, 2001

Experts offer tips for staying fit in the workplace

Tonia Reinhard, a registered dietitian and director of the Coordinated Program in Dietetics at Wayne State University, offers some tips to up your midday meal game. Sandwiches: Look for healthy bread that has 4 grams of fiber or more, add a lean source of protein, like chicken breast lunch meat, and then leafy greens, like spinach or kale. Be conscious of what you are spreading on your sandwich; mayonnaise is packed with calories and fat, while mustard is very low in calories and fat. Smoothies: Smoothies can fit into a fast-paced lifestyle, where there is limited time to eat or prepare a lunch. Blending a smoothie is also a great way to incorporate healthy foods into your diet that you may not typically eat raw by themselves.

November 30, 2001

Professor Richard Beltramini talks business ethics on Craig Fahle Show

A new study to be published in the Journal of Business Ethics finds that ethical concerns among future business leaders are at a 30-year high, but that the nature of their concerns has shifted considerably. Wayne State University Professor Richard Beltramini, School of Business Administration, co-author of the report, joins Craig Fahle to discuss his findings.

November 30, 2001

Stanford CFO could be next in line of star witnesses

Law professor Peter Henning comments in an article about an alleged Ponzi scheme for which officers of Stanford Financial Group in Houston are on trial. Henning is an expert in cases involving white-collar crime.

November 30, 2001