The Wayne State University Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) has officially launched with the hire of its first employee, Erin Cox, who fills the role of recovery growth coordinator. The CRP was made possible thanks to a grant earlier this year from the Jamie Daniels Foundation. The program is currently focused on supporting students and their allies who are in recovery from substance abuse.

Jaymelee Kim’s specialty is death. Kim, a Wayne State University assistant professor of biological anthropology and a forensic anthropologist, works on a variety of research projects and has broad community engagement. She works in the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office, has assisted at mass graves in Uganda, collaborates with the FBI and other agencies to identify bodies from cold cases, and is passionate about helping survivors of human right violations.

Beatrice Esquivel was in her second year at Wayne State when she was encouraged to join Latino en Marcha, a leadership development training program that provides young Latino people from Detroit with access to a college education. She had no idea at the time that she would play a role in opening similar opportunities to other Latinos — including members of her own family — at Wayne State for generations to come. Esquivel joined along with her brother, Benny, and was part of the program’s first class in 1971. Now, more than 50 years later, her great nephew, Michael Ramirez, is a mentor in the Wayne State Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) — which was born from Latino en Marcha.

Wayne State University welcomed officials from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and three other higher education institutions to its Midtown Detroit campus for an announcement of the largest investment in state history to expand semiconductor education and workforce training resources.

M. Roy Wilson’s list of accomplishments as Wayne State’s 12th president is long and impressive. But as Wilson addressed the crowd at the dedication of the newly renovated M. Roy Wilson State Hall on Monday, Oct. 30, he said having the building named in his honor was his crowning achievement.

The Wayne State Board of Governors doubled down on the university's commitment to teaching, learning and student success at its September meeting, with the approval of $1.15 million to create the Undergraduate Warrior 360 Academic Engagement Hub, which will be located in the 24-hour study area in the David Adamany Undergraduate Library. It is expected to open by the end of January 2024.

In the heart of the world’s automotive capital, Wayne State University is not only home to the largest labor archives in North America and one of the top labor studies programs in the United States, but it’s also home to one of the most recognizable faces associated with the recently settled strike against Detroit’s Big Three.