The Detroit Orientation Institute (DOI) at Wayne State University is now accepting applications for the spring session scheduled on three consecutive Tuesdays, April 15, 22 and 29, 2008. For more information, visit the DOI Web site at www.doi.wayne.edu.

Among this spring's highlights will be the featured luncheon speaker on April 22 Faye Alexander Nelson, president and ceo of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, a special tour of the renovated Detroit Institute of Arts; a discussion of crime and public safety in a 36th District Court Room; and a visit to the T-Plex where Henry Ford designed the assembly line.

The DOI, now in its 17th year of operation, offers a historical perspective and candid look at Detroit and the metro region. The sessions, each restricted to 50 participants, are especially beneficial to newcomers or anyone wishing to learn about the city and metropolitan area. Business executives, professionals from nonprofit organizations, university faculty, high school teachers and administrators, government administrators and journalists typically attend.

Each participant receives a CD-Rom that includes more than 200 pages of background information, which is updated annually, and is written exclusively for the Institute by Wayne State University faculty, local journalists and community experts.

Meals and transportation are provided for a tuition cost of $900 per person. Registrations are accepted by phone or fax; however, full payment must be received by March 25, 2008 to secure a reservation. Program registration forms are available at: http://www.doi.wayne.edu/forms.php.

The next scheduled session will not be offered until Fall 2008 - October 14, 21 and 28, 2008.

For more information, contact Ann Cuddohy Slawnik, Detroit Orientation Institute director, at (313) 577-0171, ann.slawnik@wayne.edu, fax (313) 577-8800.