August 23, 2012

Wayne State Community of Scholars students to help clean up Detroit neighborhood

Some of Wayne State University’s best students will partner with the Greater Detroit Restoration Project the last two weekends in August to clean up properties in the I-75 and State Fair area. The students, members of the university’s Community of Scholars, will help cut down weeds and board up 20 abandoned homes. Student teams will board up and clean up five properties each day over the two weekends.

“Part of the Community of Scholars experience includes service to our community,” said Jerry Herron, dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University. “We are helping to create our community’s future leaders, and the work of these fine students will help to secure the neighborhood and get them involved addressing challenges.”

The Community of Scholars is a service-oriented learning community of high-achieving students. Most students receive merit-based scholarships and are among the best prepared students entering Wayne State University. The Community of Scholars has also worked to help improve conditions in Detroit’s Morningside neighborhood.

“We know that the students get a lot of personal satisfaction out of service projects like this one,” said Antonio Austin, Community of Scholars student coordinator. “The students will be working hard, but will have made a positive difference in Detroit at the end of the day.”

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 31,000 students.

Contact

Kevin Piotrowski
Phone: (313) 577-4621
Email: kpiotrowski@wayne.edu

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