More than a year ago, the Wayne State University Board of Governors approached M. Roy Wilson about becoming the next president. It wasn't the first time Wilson had thought about Wayne State. "I had had conversations with a colleague and told them that if ever I was to lead a university, it would be one like Wayne State," Wilson said Friday. As he was formally installed as WSU's 12th president, Wilson talked about how his academic path mirrors Wayne State's role as a higher education institution. He said Wayne State must be both an institution of access and high-level research. "My own experiences (show) that different paths need not be oppositional," Wilson said, adding he is launching a new strategic planning process and will hire a Detroit firm to help the university plan for its future. "Wayne State University is a place of light. So let that light shine, for that young boy in east Detroit ... or the girl in a Midwestern town ... the young men and women from other countries who come here ... let it shine in pride of who we were and what we do. It is our time, our responsibility. Let's make sure the yet unwritten chapters of the history of Wayne State University are the best ones yet." He reviewed the history of the university but said he's looking forward to what's still to come. "There's a future Wayne State that will be different in so many ways than the present day. Now it is our time to move Wayne State forward."

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