In an effort to make the program available to more participants, the normally 3-day, back-to-back schedule, has again been adapted to run on three consecutive Tuesdays – April 12, 19 and 26, 2005.

Following input from past participants and a review of programming needs, DOI organizers will again offer the new schedule to offer more flexibility and an opportunity for new venues that will ensure an even greater response from users. The October 2004 revised schedule was well received and the decision was made to continue this format on consecutive Tuesdays in 2005. For more information, visit the web site at www.culma.wayne.edu/doi.

The DOI presented two new special programs in 2004 that will be continued for 2005. Through a collaboration with Wayne State's Dean of Students Office, the DOI presented last March the first Alternative Spring Break-Detroit titled "Leadership, Learning & Service." This week-long program provided a typical DOI format each morning, then students provided volunteer service in the afternoons and dined at various ethnic restaurants throughout Detroit in the evenings. The DOI also presented the first special orientation to Detroit for new Wayne State faculty in August 2004. The one-day venue consisted of tours of downtown, the east and west sides and concluded with a panel on building community.

The three-day DOI provides a historical perspective and candid look at Detroit and the metro region. The sessions are available to anyone wishing to learn about the city and metro area, especially newcomers. Business executives, professionals from nonprofit organizations, university faculty, high school administrators and faculty, government administrators and journalists typically attend. Background materials, a CD-Rom, with over 200 pages of material, meals and transportation are all provided for a cost of $695. Registration is limited to 50 persons and programs are offered each year in the fall and spring. The next program will be offered in October 2005.

Please contact DOI director Ann Cuddohy Slawnik for more information at (313) 577-0171, or ann.slawnik@wayne.edu.

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