Debbie Dingell and incumbent Eugene Driker - both Democrats - were elected to 8-year terms to the Wayne State University Board of Governors. Dingell has indicated that maintaining WSU's tradition of affordability, accessibility and excellence is important to her. She is an active civic and community leader in Michigan and Washington, D.C., and an advocate for women's children's issues. Dingell assumes the board position being vacated by Republican two-term member Elizabeth Hardy, who did not seek re-election. Driker's election marks his first full term on the Board of Governors. He was initially appointed by Gov. John Engler in 2002 to fill a vacancy. A Wayne State alumnus and one of the university's most active boosters, Driker received a Distinguished Alumni Award from WSU in 2000 and an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in 2001. He is also a recipient of the Wayne State Law School's Distinguished Alumni Award and is currently vice chairman of the Wayne State University Foundation.