Wayne State's Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Walter P. Reuther Library will host International Literacy Day on Thursday Sept. 8. Daphne Ntiri, associate professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, will serve as moderator of the panel on the theme, "Literacy and the U.S. Workforce." Since 1990, Ntiri has led southeastern Michigan in recognizing the impact functional illiteracy has had on the daily lives of families.