Transfer credit policy changes at Wayne State provide more equity, access for students
Wayne State University has expanded access to a four-year degree by simplifying transfer credit for all students from two-year colleges, eliminating the transfer credit limit and allowing students to transfer all earned credit for a quicker path to graduation. The limit also was eliminated on the number of transferable credits earned in applied, technical, or vocational programs that will be accepted toward a bachelor’s at WSU. This important update provides students in associate in applied science and other two-year degree programs with equal opportunities to transfer into Wayne State bachelor’s programs.
| | | SIS student takes living organ donation to new heights School of Information Sciences student Emily Polet-Monterosso, who recently earned her master’s in library and information science, says that becoming a kidney donor is the best thing she’s ever done. It was such a positive experience, in fact, that she wanted to shout from a mountaintop that living donors can lead full, healthy, and active lives. And she set out to do just that. After donating a kidney in 2019 to a stranger in need, Emily, along with fellow members of the Kidney Donor Athletes organization, climbed Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro on World Kidney Day in 2022 to raise awareness for living donation. | | | VBSN program meets the unique needs of veterans Going through nursing school can be a challenge for any student, but going through nursing school after serving in the military presents its own unique set of challenges. Wayne State University’s BSN for Veterans (VBSN) program is designed for students transitioning from active service to pursuing a nursing career. | | | Public relations student finds spotlight with musical avatar on Fox’s ‘Alter Ego’ After a summer spent singing in disguise and a fall spent creating music from her closet, Israa Darwich says she’s more confident now than ever before. Darwich, a senior majoring in public relations at Wayne State University, recently competed in Fox’s “Alter Ego” singing competition television show and debuted her first EP, “Slip Away.” | | | Virginia Kleist named dean of Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business Virginia Franke Kleist has been selected to serve as the next dean of the Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business, ending a seven-month national search. The Board of Governors approved the appointment, which was announced by Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Mark Kornbluh. She will begin her role on July 11, 2022. | | | Hasan Elahi named dean of the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts World-renowned visual artist Hasan Elahi will assume his role July 1, 2022, as the next dean of the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts (CFPCA). His appointment was unanimously approved by the Wayne State University Board of Governors. It will be a homecoming of sorts for Elahi, who earned his M.F.A. in printmaking at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He will come to Detroit from George Mason University, where he is currently a professor and director of the George Mason School of Art | | | Biology graduate, future WSU doctor ready to serve Tareq Hanna is one step closer to fulfilling his lifelong dream of becoming a doctor. Hanna, who recently earned a bachelor’s in biological sciences with a minor in chemistry from the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University this May, will take just a few weeks off before beginning his formal medical education at WSU’s School of Medicine in July. | | | | |
