Featured Story
Capital Campaign Being Launched at WSU on October 9th
By Susan LaGrois
“Let’s acknowledge and celebrate that we are what we are, we do what we do, and we will be second to none at what we do,” stresses Wayne State University President, M. Roy Wilson. To work toward the goal of being “second to none” and help move in this direction, Wayne State University will publicly launch its second comprehensive fundraising...
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Faculty, Staff & Programs
Meet the College of Education's New Major Gift Officer: Kelley Stokes
By Julie Osburn
This summer, metro Detroit native Kelley Stokes joined Wayne State University’s Division of Development and Alumni Affairs as a Major Gift Officer. In this position, her efforts are focused on securing financial support for the College of Education, deepening engagement with alumni and students, and promoting the important work of the college’s faculty. One key...
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Research
New Research Project Looking at Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity
By Anne Murphy
The research focus of Neha Gothe, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Division of Kinesiology, Health and Sport Science (KHS), is very interesting and important— it relates to the physical and mental health benefits of physical activity. Even though Gothe has only been at Wayne State for one year, she has applied for and received several grants to...
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Outreach & Engagement News
WSU Alums Join the Parade!
By Joyce Krause
A group of WSU alumni decided that they wouldn’t watch Michigan State University and University of Michigan alums in the Manistee Fourth of July parade anymore—they’d join them. This year the WSU contingent was number 55 in the array of fire engines, buses, dancers, clowns, high school athletes, pet lovers, and universities in the...
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News For Students
Accelerating College Readiness
By Allia L. Carter
Since the fall of 2013, 107 University High School (UHS) students set themselves ahead of other members of the class of 2014 by receiving a jump start on college while attending the School without Walls initiative at Wayne State University. The partnership is designed to prepare students for college, through a comprehensive college preparation program with two...
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Alumni News
From Educator to Esquire
By Kelley Stokes
Those who can, do. Those who understand, teach. And then there are some who do both. Mitra Jafary-Hariri, COE ’05, is one of them.
In the less than 10 years since she graduated cum laude with a degree in foreign language education from the College of Education at Wayne State, Jafary-Hariri has been both a teacher and attorney and is now...
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