Wayne State University was among organizations honored by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan at the latter's annual Board of Trustees meeting at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit, June 3. The university was recognized for its Adams Entrepreneurship Fellowship program, which enables an outstanding MBA student each year to become involved closely in highly entrepreneurial enterprises. With the recognition came a special $25,000 grant from the Community Foundation in support of the fellowship program.

Offered through the WSU School of Business Administration, the program received a $90,000 grant from the foundation last December to administer the Adams Fellowship. It is the fourth consecutive year the Community Foundation has awarded a grant to Wayne State in support of the program, which is administered by Terry Cross, executive in residence for entrepreneurship in the business school.

The WSU School of Business Administration designed the fellowship several years ago at the request of the foundation and continues to work actively with forward-looking corporate partners to provide outstanding learning opportunities for gifted MBA students and alumni. The school plans to announce its 2009/10 Adams Fellowship recipient in the fall.

"I am pleased that the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has selected our Adams Entrepreneurship Fellowship program for this special recognition," said Wayne State President Jay Noren. "Giving young men and women the opportunity to work with an experienced entrepreneur for a year and to gain significant practical experience is another of the many ways Wayne State is helping create the kind of entrepreneurial culture that will ensure Michigan's return to economic prosperity."

Wayne State University is a premier urban research university offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 31,000 students.