$200,000 project will be first in-depth study in area

Oakland County and Wayne State are conducting a study of the county\'s housing needs. Wayne's Center for Urban Studies will spearhead the $200,000 study. Kurt Metzger, director of research for the Center, said comprehensive housing studies are typical in cities seeking federal housing grants. \"To have a countywide plan that incorporates 61 cities, villages and townships is unique. We\'re going to try to bring in as much as we can. It\'s looking at the county to see how accessible housing is for a broad range of people.\"

February 1, 2005

Watkins takes job at WSU

State schools chief Tom Watkins left his job and will take a position with the Wayne State College of Education. Watkins says in his resignation letter that he has been offered a job to work with Paula Wood, dean of Wayne\'s College of Education, on school reform and urban education issues. He thanks President Irving Reid for helping him get the post. This will be Watkins\' second job at Wayne. He was special assistant to President David Adamany for public school initiatives from 1991-96.

February 1, 2005

Parents push for restoring 'old math'

A study, performed by Gregory Bachelis, WSU math professor, surveyed college students who graduated from a high schools that used new math compared to ones whose schools kept traditional math instruction. According to Wayne State's study, the program has failed in preparing students for college-level math.

February 1, 2005

Hilberry opens 'I hate Hamlet' by Paul Rudnick

Background on the play "I Hate Hamlet," a comedy playing through March 31 at WSU's Hilberry Theatre, is provided in this article, which also gives ticket information. A photo of Patrick Moltane, who has the lead role, accompanies the article.

January 31, 2005

Conference on regional collaboration Feb. 18

Wayne State University is noted as a co-sponsor of the Feb. 18 Regional Redevelopment Summit at the Roostertail Club. Nearly 200 attended the summit in its first year and organizers are hoping to draw 300 for this year's event. The event focuses on the benefits of regional collaboration on redevelopment and public policy.

January 31, 2005

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Shelley Irwin interviewed Classics Professor Michele Ronnick on her photo installation on Black Classicists at the Holland Museum. The exhibit will run through the month of February.

January 31, 2005

Hold onto your wallet

The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 permits US companies to repatriate cash from overseas operations at a tax rate of 5.25 percent, rather than the standard 35 percent. The limited-time \"tax holiday\" is turning into the corporate gold rush of 2005. \"Companies are searching for ways to move jobs offshore, and they\'re doing that because of labor costs, not because of any lack of capital,\" says Michael McIntyre, a tax law professor at Wayne State University in Detroit.

January 31, 2005

A chance to get fired

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.

January 31, 2005

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.

January 31, 2005

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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.

January 31, 2005

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.

January 31, 2005

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.

January 31, 2005

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.

January 31, 2005

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.

January 31, 2005

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.

January 30, 2005

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.

January 30, 2005

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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.

January 30, 2005

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.

January 30, 2005

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.

January 30, 2005

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.

January 30, 2005