The Wayne State University Board of Governors will hold its next regular meeting Wednesday, Sept. 15, in Room BC at McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 West Ferry Mall, in Detroit.

The Board of Governors committees convene at 9 a.m. and are open to the public. The board's standing committee meetings begin with the Academic Affairs Committee at 9 a.m. and Budget and Finance Committee at 9:30 a.m. Following a break, the board returns for a public session again at 2 p.m.

The agenda for the meeting and documents to be discussed may be accessed at the board's Web site, www.bog.wayne.edu.

For additional information, contact the Office of the Secretary at (313) 577-2034.

Wayne State University's Board of Governors is one of three university governing bodies in Michigan (including the University of Michigan and Michigan State University) that has constitutional independence. Its members, who serve eight-year terms, are elected by voters throughout Michigan.

Wayne State University is a premier institution of higher education offering more than 350 academic programs through 12 schools and colleges to more than 33,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.

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