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Wayne State University is a public

Public university

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research university located in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

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, United States

United States

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, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District

Cultural Center Historic District

The Cultural Center Historic District is a historic district located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, which includes the Art Center : the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places...

. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and undergraduate students. It is currently the third largest university in the state of Michigan and one of the 30 largest universities in the United States. The WSU main campus encompasses 203 acres (822,000 m²) linking more than 100 education and research buildings in the heart of Detroit. It also has six extension centers in the Metro Detroit area providing access to a limited selection of courses. The institution is a notable engine in metro Detroit's educational, cultural, and economic landscape, as manifested through efforts such as its 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) research and technology park

Tech Town (Detroit)

Tech Town is an urban research and technology business park in midtown Detroit. The organization defines itself as "a community of entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, service providers and corporate partners creating an internationally recognized entrepreneurial village in the city of...

and its hosting of the Detroit Festival of the Arts

Detroit Festival of the Arts

The Detroit Festival of the Arts is a three day arts festival in Detroit, Michigan, held on the second weekend of June. First held in 1986, the Festival features free musical performances, art showings, activities for children and expensive food...

and Detroit Windsor International Film Festival

Detroit Windsor International Film Festival

The Detroit Windsor International Film Festival , launched in 2008 is a publicly-attended film festival held each June with events taking place in both Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario...

History

The first component of the modern Wayne State University was established in 1868 as the Detroit Medical College, now the School of Medicine. In 1881, the Detroit Normal Training School was established, now the College of Education. Old Main Hall was built in 1896 as Central High School, which later began adding college classes in 1913. Those classes evolved into the Detroit Junior College in 1917, the College of the City of Detroit in 1923, and now WSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

In 1919, David L. Mackenzie

David L. Mackenzie

David Mackenzie was a noteworthy Michigan educator and administrator. Mackenzie was born in Detroit on May 28, 1860; he attended Capitol High School and the University of Michigan.-Biography:...

—who served a dual role as Principal of Detroit Central High School and Detroit Junior College—was officially appointed first Dean

Dean (education)

In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...

of the college that he had originated in 1917. With Mackenzie at the helm, Detroit Junior College grew to become the third largest institution of higher learning in Michigan

Michigan

. The college was granted four-year degree status in 1923, becoming the College of the City of Detroit. Mackenzie continued as Dean until his death in 1926.

In 1920, the Merrill-Palmer Institute for child development was founded. It is presently known as the Merrill-Palmer Skillman Institute.

In 1927, the Detroit Board of Education dedicated its newest high school to the memory of Mackenzie. The three-story structure still stands on the city's west side at 9275 Wyoming Avenue; Mackenzie High School

Mackenzie High School (Michigan)

Mackenzie High School was a public secondary education facility in Detroit, Michigan.-The early years: 1928–1940s :Located on Detroit's west side, David Mackenzie High School was named to honor the innovative educator who had served as principal of Central High School, and as first dean of the...

closed its doors for the last time in June, 2007.

In 1933, the Detroit Board of Education organized the six colleges it ran—liberal arts, medical, education, pharmacy, engineering and a graduate school—into one university. In January 1934, that institution was officially named Wayne University.

Wayne University continued to grow, adding the School of Social Work in 1935, the Law School

Wayne State University Law School

Wayne State University Law School is located in the City of Detroit’s Cultural Center, and is one of the schools of Wayne State University. It is one of two public law schools in the state of Michigan. The Law School has educated and trained lawyers since 1927, and its 10,000+ alumni serve as...

in 1927, and the School of Business Administration in 1946. Wayne University was renamed Wayne State University in 1956, and the institution became a constitutionally established university by popularly adopted amendment to the Michigan Constitution in 1959.

As Wayne State University, the institution grew with the additions of the College of Lifelong Learning in 1973, the School of Fine and Performing Arts and the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs in 1985.

The University Libraries have grown to include six libraries, the School of Library and Information Science and the Office for University General Education.

Over the last few years, WSU has been aggressive in constructing new green glass buildings, including a new Welcome Center, which was controversial because of its cost and the displacement of several local businesses. Several new residence halls have been built, to further university officials' goal of moving the college away from a commuter school.

As of January 18, 2011, the university elected Allan Gilmour as the 11th president.

Campus

Wayne State's campus is located in the heart of Cultural Center Historic District

Cultural Center Historic District

, the home of renowned museums, galleries and theatres

Theatre in Detroit

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, most within walking distance. The WSU main campus encompasses 203 acre (0.82151258 km²) of nicely landscaped walkways, gathering spots, linking over 100 education and research buildings. The campus is urban and features many architecturally interesting buildings. Some notable examples include Helen DeRoy Hall

Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex

The Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex consists of two educational buildings, the Meyer and Anna Prentis Building and the Helen L. DeRoy Auditorium, located at 5201 and 5203 Cass Avenue, respectively, in Detroit, Michigan, on the campus of Wayne State University...

, the Education Building, the Maccabees Building

Maccabees Building

The Maccabees Building is a historic building located in Midtown Detroit, at 5057 Woodward Avenue. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. and is currently owned by Wayne State University....

, Old Main

Old Main (Wayne State University)

Old Main is an academic building on the campus of Wayne State University. It is located at 4841 Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan on Wayne's main campus.-Location:...

, McGregor Memorial Conference Center

McGregor Memorial Conference Center

The McGregor Memorial Conference Center is an office building located at 495 Ferry Mall, on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. The building was Minoru Yamasaki's first commission following his trip to Japan and re-envisionment of architectural design.-History:The McGregor...

, Chatsworth Tower Apartments

Chatsworth Apartments

The Chatsworth Apartments is an apartment building located at 630 Merrick in Detroit, Michigan, on the campus of Wayne State University. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.- Description :...

, and the Hilberry Theater. Many of these buildings were designed by notable architects such as Albert Kahn and Minoru Yamasaki

Minoru Yamasaki

was a Japanese-American architect, best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, buildings 1 and 2. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century...

.

The Cass corridor

Cass corridor

The Cass Corridor, in Detroit, Michigan contains the Cass Park Historic Districtand the Cass-Davenport Historic District. The corridor's main street is Cass Avenue, which runs parallel with Woodward Avenue, a main Detroit artery running north towards suburban neighborhoods...

would be considered one of the University's most notable surroundings, with a venerable history and culture that has left an imprint on many of the WSU alumni. Many notable events have taken place on or near the campus as a result of its unique location. Artists that got their start here include Chuck & Joni Mitchell, Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

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, The White Stripes

The White Stripes

The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...

, The Detroit Cobras

The Detroit Cobras

The Detroit Cobras are an American garage rock cover band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1994.-History:The Detroit Cobras signed with Sympathy for the Record Industry and released their first full-length album, Mink Rat or Rabbit, in 1998...

, MC5

MC5

The MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan and originally active from 1964 to 1972. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson...

, The Stooges

The Stooges

The Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...

, Savage Grace, Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent

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, Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad

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, the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

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recording their Freaky Styley

Freaky Styley

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album, the publication of Creem

Creem

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Magazine, the first rock journal, the first to use the terms "punk rock" and "heavy metal" and the first to give recognition to music of the likes of David Bowie

David Bowie

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, Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

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, The Smiths

The Smiths

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, among many others. The now razed Tartar Field was home to WABX's free Sunday concerts in the late 1960s and early 1970s featuring many of these musicians.

Important events have also taken place on campus, such as Edmund Gettier

Edmund Gettier

Edmund L. Gettier III is an American philosopher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; he owes his reputation to a single three-page paper published in 1963 called "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?"Gettier was educated at Cornell University, where his mentors...

's refutation of the "justified true belief" theory, which shook 2500 years of epistemology.

Libraries

With approximately 3.4 million volumes, the Wayne State University Library System houses the 68th largest collection in the United States, according to the American Library Association

American Library Association

The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....

. Consisting of 6 libraries all of which offer full wireless connection, reference and research support, interlibrary loan, circulation and course reserve services, document delivery and library and information literacy programs. The libraries provide a range of study environments from silent to interactive. The System ranks among the top libraries according to the Association for Research Libraries

Shiffman Medical Library, located on Wayne's medical campus, houses the university's medical collections and is the sole library of the university's medical school.

Arthur Neef Law Library, located on the Northern most section of the main campus, houses the university's law collections and is the sole library of the university's school of law.

Science and Engineering Library, located at the South end of Gullen Mall, contains information resources supporting the physical and natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, nursing, nutrition and food science. The Library's holdings also include maps, government documents, several special collections, and one of the largest technical journal collections in southeastern Michigan.

Purdy/Kresge Library, located near the center of main campus and serves as the primary research library for the social sciences, humanities, arts, education, and business disciplines. It contains print and electronic resources to meet the research and instructional needs of faculty, graduate students, and upper level undergraduates in these disciplines. It also houses the University's main government documents collection and the offices of the university's Media Services Department.

David Adamany Undergraduate Library
David Adamany Undergraduate Library (Wayne State University)
- David Adamany Undergraduate Library :Undergraduate Library is one of Wayne State University’s most prestigious and largest libraries built in 1997 named after the university’s 8th president, David Adamany.- Introduction :...

(UGL), Located on the center of Gullen Mall, has over 700 computer workstations providing students with access to electronic resources. Its book and magazine collection is intended to support the learning needs of 1000 and 2000 level undergraduate courses. It houses the University libraries media collection of approximately 8000 videos, DVDs, laser discs and audiotapes. The UGL provides students with information on careers, computers, and student survival skills. As of the fall 2010 semester, the David Adamany Undergraduate Library is open 24 hours for students and faculty.

Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs located on the eastern most portion of Wayne's main campus, on Cass Ave, This smaller library houses predominantly historical archives.

Housing

The university provides housing in the form of apartment living and residence hall living. All buildings are equipped with connection to the university computer system, wireless internet connection, laundry rooms and a 24 hour help desk. http://www.housing.wayne.edu

Current university owned apartment buildings include University Tower, Chatsworth Tower, and Helen L. DeRoy Apartments. The Sherbrooke Apartments were closed in September 2008. The Forest Apartments were closed after the 2004-2005 school year and have since been demolished. The Chatsworth Annex apartments were demolished, and replaced with greenspace and volleyball courts after the 2004-2005 school year.

In the hopes of bringing more residents to campus, Wayne State opened two dormitory-style residence halls in 2002 Yousif B. Ghafari Hall (formerly North Hall) and 2003 Leon H. Atchison Hall (formerly South Hall). This was the first time since the closing of the Newberry Joy Dorms in 1987 that the University offered dorm living. For the Fall 2005 semester, the university opened The Towers Residential Suites. This residence hall is open to undergraduate and graduate students. The Towers Café is the largest on-campus dining facility and is supplemented by Warrior Dining, located in Ghafari hall.

Ghafari/Atchison Hall provides housing for first- and second-year students only. Halls feature double occupancy rooms, fully furnished with private bath. Found on each floor are study rooms and social lounges all equipped with wireless high speed internet.

The Towers Residential suites, serving all students, is an 11 story tower with views as far as the Ambassador Bridge. The majority of rooms are suite style, containing four bedrooms attached to a shared living space. There are also studio rooms available. Within the building is a café-style dining hall, a mini Barnes & Noble bookstore and multiple fitness rooms.

Chatsworth Tower Apartments available to graduate and professional students only, is a 9 story historic landmark built in 1929. Featured in this structure are large comfortable studio and one bedroom apartments with fine ornate woodwork.

Helen L. DeRoy Apartments is a fifteen-story building built in 1972. With a total of 258 units; studio, one- and two-bedroom units offering residence to graduate and professional students only.

Units are equipped with wireless internet access, cable access for a monthly fee, central air conditioning, with a refrigerator and stove provided.

University Tower, this 300 unit complex opened in 1995, offers one, two, and three bedroom apartments as well as family units to junior, senior, graduate or professional students. Each apartment is wired for access to the university's computer network. The first floor offers wireless internet access, a study lounge, large laundry facility, and a childcare center. Wayne State's WDET radio station is also located on the first floor.

The university allows families with children to live in some units. They include Chatsworth Tower, DeRoy, and University Tower. Residents are zoned to Detroit Public Schools

Detroit Public Schools

Detroit Public Schools is a school district that covers all of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The student population of the Detroit Public Schools is about 65,971 , which is down about 9.7% from the previous school year. Detroit Public Charter Schools educate an additional 56,000...

. Zoned schools for all three apartments include DPS Foundation for Early Learners @ Edmonson (K-8), and King High School (9-12).

Satellite campuses

Wayne State has six satellite campus

Satellite campus

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es in and around the Metro Detroit

Metro Detroit

The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan centered on the city of Detroit which shares an international border with Windsor, Ontario. The Detroit metropolitan area is the second largest U.S. metropolitan area...

area. The locations are:

Harper Woods Middle/High School, Harper Woods
Harper Woods, Michigan
Harper Woods is a city located on the eastside of suburban Detroit, Michigan, United States. The city is located in Wayne County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 14,236.- History :...
Macomb Educational Center, Clinton Township
Clinton Charter Township, Michigan
The Charter Township of Clinton, usually referred to as Clinton Township, is a charter township of Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a part of Metro Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the township had a total population of 96,796, and is Michigan's most populous township...
University Center at Macomb Community College
Macomb Community College
Macomb Community College is a community college with several locations in Michigan. Its headquarters are in Warren.-History:The Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction approved the establishment of South Macomb Community College as an extension of the traditional K-12 system in the Van Dyke...

, Clinton Township
Clinton Charter Township, Michigan
The Charter Township of Clinton, usually referred to as Clinton Township, is a charter township of Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a part of Metro Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the township had a total population of 96,796, and is Michigan's most populous township...
Macomb Community College
Macomb Community College
Macomb Community College is a community college with several locations in Michigan. Its headquarters are in Warren.-History:The Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction approved the establishment of South Macomb Community College as an extension of the traditional K-12 system in the Van Dyke...

South Campus, Warren
Warren, Michigan
Warren is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2010 census places the city's population at 134,056, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, the third largest city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit's largest suburb....
Oakland Center, Farmington Hills
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Farmington Hills is a community in southeastern Michigan. It is the largest city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 79,740 at the 2010 census...
University Center at St. Clair County Community College
St. Clair County Community College
St. Clair County Community College, or SC4 is a two-year community college located in Port Huron, Michigan. It serves as the primary center of higher education for the Blue Water Area. SC4 offers Associate degree and certificate programs. It also offers online classes and transfer programs to...

, Port Huron
Port Huron, Michigan
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Academic profile

Wayne State's comprehensive academic offerings are divided among 13 schools and colleges: the School of Business Administration, the College of Education, the College of Engineering

College of Engineering, Wayne State University

Wayne State University has one of the most prestigious engineering schools in the state. There are 2 main branches to choose from: engineering and engineering technologies. Within these 2 branches include 13 total undergraduate studies...

, the College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts, the Graduate School, the Law School

Wayne State University Law School

, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Library and Information Science, the School of Medicine

Wayne State University School of Medicine

The Wayne State University School of Medicine is the largest single-campus medical school in the United States with more than 1,000 medical students. In addition to undergraduate medical education, the school offers master’s degree, Ph.D., and M.D.-Ph.D. programs in 14 areas of basic science to...

, the College of Nursing, the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is the pharmacy and health sciences college at Wayne State University.Its origins can be traced to 1890 although it has gone through complicated structural changes since its initial inception....

, the Irvin D. Reid Honors College, and the School of Social Work.
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Fall 2009 enrollment for the University was 31,786 students, the 28th-largest enrollment among the United States' 270 national, public, four-year, doctoral-degree-granting institutions. WSU also has the second largest international enrollment in Michigan with 2,783 international students and 750 visiting scholars from almost 100 countries. With more than 1,000 students, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Wayne State University School of Medicine

is the largest single-campus medical school, and the third-largest overall, in the United States

United States

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. The School of Medicine is the first medical school in the country to implement a comprehensive radiology curriculum intertwined throughout the four year M.D. Course as an extension of the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity

Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity

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Study.

Wayne State University is Michigan's only urban research university, and is renowned particularly for its contributions in the sciences. Wayne State University is classified as a Research Intensive University (Very High research activity), or RU/VH, by the Carnegie Foundation

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an act of the United States Congress, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research center, whose primary activities of research and writing have resulted in published reports on every level...

, the same classification as the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

- Ann Arbor, Michigan State University

Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...

, Harvard, and Stanford. Wayne State is a constitutionally autonomous educational institution in the State of Michigan along with Michigan and Michigan State.

According to the 2006 Academic Ranking of World Universities

Academic Ranking of World Universities

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, Wayne State University ranked in the 201-300 range worldwide, placing in the same tier as Brandeis University

Brandeis University

Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...

, Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

, George Washington University

George Washington University

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, Syracuse University

Syracuse University

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, University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

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, and Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...

, among others. Wayne State ranked 63rd among American universities according to the National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

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Research Rankings. The 2010 "America's Best Colleges" list compiled by US News and World Report placed Wayne State in the Second Tier among "national", doctoral degree-granting institutions within the United States.

Colleges and Schools

Wayne State offers more than 400 undergraduate, post-graduate, specialist and certificate programs in 13 schools and colleges.

Professional Schools

Law School

Located in the nation's 11th largest metropolitan area, Wayne State's school of Law is one of only two public law schools in the state of Michigan.

Medical School

Dating back to 1868, Wayne State's School of Medicine

Wayne State University School of Medicine

is the largest single-campus medical school in the nation. In addition to the 1000 medical students, the school of medicine educates about 400 students annually in its master's and PhD programs in 14 areas of study.

Pharmacy School

Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Academics and rankings

Several of Wayne State's individual programs are well regarded. The School of Medicine ranked 22nd among the nation's 125 medical schools, according to the National Science Foundation, while its physics and physical science programs ranked in the top 50 nationwide. The Law School has been ranked in the top 100 programs in the US News Law School Rankings, though its ranking fluctuates. The School of Library and Information Science is ranked in the top 20 programs in the country. The doctoral program in the College of Nursing was ranked fifth in the country. Wayne State also is known for its strong urban policy programs, ranking 20th in the nation according to US News and World Report. Wayne State's Honors Program was recently elevated from program status to becoming a full Honors College, named in honor of the university's ninth president Irvin Reid

Irvin Reid

Irvin D. Reid is an American educator, the first Black president of Wayne State University, and the ninth. in Pawley's Island, South Carolina, to Joseph Reid and Etta Louise. He has psychology degrees from Howard University and business degrees from the Wharton School...

. The Honors College curriculum affords students the opportunity to become immersed in the Detroit community, participate in service learning, and perform meaningful undergraduate research.

The Wayne State University School of Business Administration is annually listed as an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review which ranks the top Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs. The 2012 Best Graduate Schools publication from U.S. News and World Report ranks the part-time MBA as one of the top in the country and one of only two ranked part-time programs in the state of Michigan, along with the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Additionally, the business school offers an optional online MBA program which has been consistently ranked in the top 40 online MBA programs nationwide by GetEducated.com. The business school is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business (AACSB), which represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools.

Research

At $254 million spent annually on research expenditures, Wayne State ranks among the nation's top universities for research according to the National Science Foundation. Additionally, Wayne State is among only 3.6 percent of the nation's universities with an RU/VH (Research Universities, Very high research activity) classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of teaching.

Financials

Wayne State University has a strong commitment to making higher education affordable. In the 2010 academic year, the university award $335 million in financial aid and scholarships. Even while WSU maintains its status as one of only three universities in the state ranked in the top research category of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, tuition at Wayne State remains among the lowest of Michigan's 15 public universities.

Fall 2010 tuition for in-state lower division students (59.99 credits or less) was $263.45 per hour, while in-state upper division students (60.00 credits or more) pay $310.55.

Student life

Programs abroad

Wayne State offers an array of choices with over 30 abroad programs, some being as short as two months in length with others lasting an entire year. As of 2009 students have their pick from numerous countries including Belize

Belize

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, Brazil

Brazil

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, Canada

Canada

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, China

China

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, Croatia

Croatia

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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, England

England

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, Finland

Finland

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, France

France

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, Germany

Germany

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, Ghana

Ghana

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, Italy

Italy

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, Japan

Japan

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, Mexico

Mexico

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, Poland

Poland

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, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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, Russia

Russia

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, Spain

Spain

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, South Africa

South Africa

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, and Turkey

Turkey

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. With programs offering studies in art

Art

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, business

Business

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, computer science

Computer science

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, education

Education

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, engineering

Engineering

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, environmental studies

Environmental studies

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, health care

Health care

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, linguistics

Linguistics

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, the social sciences

Social sciences

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, theater and more. In addition to tuition and fee expenses, each program has a price range of $2,000 to $4,500.

Government

The university is governed by a Board of Governors that are elected by voters of the State of Michigan. The Board of Governors also elect a University President to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the University's administration. The student body government is headed by a Student Senate (formerly the Student Council). Some colleges of the university have their own Student Senate, which reports back to the main Student Senate. The School of Law has its own Student Board of Governors.

Public Safety

The campus is protected by the Wayne State University Department of Public Safety. There are over 50 commissioned officers and 15 uniformed, civilian cadets, that serve Wayne State and the surrounding Detroit area. The department prides itself on having a response time of 90 seconds or less to emergencies on campus. The department consists of bike officers, a canine officer, patrol officers, investigators, communications controllers, records personnel and other support staff. The headquarters is located at 6050 Cass Ave. The Department of Pubilc Safety has been in existence since 1968. The department sponsors several programs throughout campus such as the RAD (Rape Aggression Defense), they sell bike locks and steering wheel "clubs" at low cost, as well as monthly "Campus Watch" emails to keep the university updated on the department's activities.

Media

The official student newspaper is The South End
The South End
----The South End is the official student newspaper of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, published in print and online. It was founded in 1967, and its publication is funded partly from university funds and partly from advertising revenues, and is distributed free of charge.The paper is...

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The University also hosts the public radio
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...

station WDET
WDET
WDET-FM is a public radio station in Detroit, Michigan. Licensed to Wayne State University in the city's Cass Corridor neighborhood, about a mile south of the New Center neighborhood, WDET broadcasts original programming as well as shows from National Public Radio, Public Radio International and...

.
The alumni association publishes Wayne State magazine.

Wayne State University Alumni Association

Providing support to the more than 235,000 alumni living throughout the world, created in 1935, Wayne's alumni association provides a strong loyalty and support system to graduates of the university through the sponsoring of many events such as career boost and job fairs.

Fraternities

Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...

Delta Nu Chapter
Sigma Pi
Sigma Pi
Sigma Pi is an international college secret and social fraternity founded in 1897 at Vincennes University. Sigma Pi International fraternity currently has 127 chapters and 4 colonies in the United States and Canada and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee...
Theta Tau
Theta Tau
ΘΤ Fraternity was founded in 1904 by four engineering students at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. As defined by the fraternity, the purpose of Theta Tau is to develop and maintain a high standard of professional interest among its members, and to unite them in a strong bond of...
Iota Phi Theta
Omega Psi Phi
Omega Psi Phi
Omega Psi Phi is a fraternity and is the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. The founders were three Howard University juniors, Edgar Amos...
Alpha Sigma
Lambda Theta Phi
Lambda Theta Phi
Lambda Theta Phi is a non-profit social fraternity in the United States. It was founded on December 1, 1975 at Kean College in Union, New Jersey. It emphasizes Latin unity and the celebration of the Latin culture. In 1992 Lambda Theta Phi was accepted into the North-American Interfraternity...
Delta Epsilon Psi
Delta Epsilon Psi
Delta Epsilon Psi is a South Asian interest service fraternity. Delta Epsilon Psi was founded at the University of Texas, Austin in 1998 by 18 men that came together sensing the urgency of a unified South Asian voice at their university...

Sororities

Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Epsilon Phi is a sorority and member of the National Panhellenic Conference. It was founded on October 24, 1909 at Barnard College in New York City by seven Jewish women; Helen Phillips Lipman, Ida Beck Carlin, Rose Gerstein Smolin, Augustina "Tina" Hess Solomon, Lee Reiss Liebert, Rose...

, Phi Sigma Chapter
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Gamma Delta is an international women's fraternity, who are mainly sluts, founded in 1904 at Syracuse University. The Fraternity promotes academic excellence, philanthropic giving, ongoing leadership and personal development, and a spirit of loving sisterhood. Also known as "Alpha Gam" and...
Delta Zeta
Delta Zeta
Delta Zeta is an international college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Today, Delta Zeta has 158 collegiate chapters in the United States and over 200 alumnae chapters in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada...
Kappa Delta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Delta was the first sorority founded at the State Female Normal School , in Farmville, Virginia. It is one of the "Farmville Four" sororities founded at the university...
Delta Phi Omega
Delta Phi Omega
Delta Phi Omega , is the largest and fastest-growing, nationally based South Asian-interest sorority in the United States, with over 1300 sisters in thirteen chapters and twenty-seven colonies....

http://www.deltaphiomega.org

National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)

Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University...
Sigma Gamma Rho
Sigma Gamma Rho
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on the campus of Butler University on November 12, 1922, by seven school teachers in Indianapolis, Indiana...
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi
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Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...
Omega Psi Phi
Omega Psi Phi
Omega Psi Phi is a fraternity and is the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. The founders were three Howard University juniors, Edgar Amos...
Iota Phi Theta
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta is an international, historically black Greek-lettered sorority and a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.Zeta Phi Beta is organized into 800+ chapters, in eight intercontinental regions including the USA, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean...
Phi Beta Sigma
Phi Beta Sigma
Phi Beta Sigma is a predominantly African-American fraternity which was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students. The founders A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I...

Attractions

Wayne State University is near many Detroit institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit Institute of Arts

The Detroit Institute of Arts is a renowned art museum in the city of Detroit. In 2003, the DIA ranked as the second largest municipally owned museum in the United States, with an art collection valued at more than one billion dollars...

, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is located in the Cultural Center of the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1965, it holds the world's largest permanent exhibit on African American culture. In 1997, it moved into a 120,000 square foot facility on Warren Avenue...

, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan. Its main performance center is Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood...

/Orchestra Hall, Comerica Park

Comerica Park

Comerica Park is an open-air ballpark located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It serves as the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball's American League, replacing historic Tiger Stadium in 2000....

, Ford Field

Ford Field

Ford Field is an indoor American football stadium located in Detroit, Michigan, USA, that is the current home field of the NFL's Detroit Lions. It is owned by the Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority. It regularly seats 65,000, though it is expandable up to 70,000 for football and 80,000 for...

, Joe Louis Arena

Joe Louis Arena

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, the Detroit Historical Museum, the New Detroit Science Center, the Detroit Film Theatre, the Fox Theatre

Fox Theatre (Detroit)

The Fox Theatre is an ornate performing arts center located at 2211 Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, Michigan, near Grand Circus Park. It was originally completed in 1928 as the first movie palace in the world to have sound systems for films. It was listed on the National Register of Historic...

, the Fisher Theatre, the Gem Theatre, and the Detroit Opera House

Detroit Opera House

The Detroit Opera House is an opera house located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the venue for all Michigan Opera Theatre productions and it hosts a variety of other events. It opened on January 22, 1922....

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The campus is located near the oldest operating bowling alley in the United States. This bowling alley, The Garden Bowl, is a place where both the students and locals engage in bowling, alcohol and music.

Athletics

The school's intercollegiate athletic program was established in 1917 by director of athletics David L. Holmes. Revered by his athletes, Holmes initially coached all sports. His track teams were nationally known into the 1950s; in his first ten years, he produced two Olympians from the school's Victorian-era gym. Although he had major ambitions for Wayne and scheduled such teams as Notre Dame and Penn State in the 1920s, the lack of facilities and money for athletics kept the athletic program small.

A student poll selected the name of "Tartars" for the school's teams in 1927. In 1999, the university changed the name to the "Warriors," due to a feeling that the Tartar name was dated and that not many people knew what a Tartar was. Wayne State competes in men's baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, golf, swimming and tennis, and women's basketball, cross country, fencing, ice hockey, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

WSU participates in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

Division II in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a competitive intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division II. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Member institutions are located in the midwestern United States in the States of Michigan and Ohio, with affiliate...

(GLIAC) for all sports.

Wayne State previously competed in men's and women's NCAA Division I ice hockey as a member of College Hockey America

College Hockey America

College Hockey America is a women's college ice hockey conference in the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The conference is currently made up of four women's teams in New York and Pennsylvania....

(CHA). The university dropped their men's program at the end of the 2007-08 season, followed in 2011 by ending the women's hockey program.

National Championships:

1975: Men's Fencing - NCAA
1979: Men's Fencing - NCAA
1980: Men's Fencing - NCAA
1982: Men's Fencing - NCAA
1982: Women's Fencing - NCAA
1983: Men's Fencing - NCAA
1984: Men's Fencing - NCAA
1985: Men's Fencing - NCAA
1988: Women's Fencing - NCAA
1989: Women's Fencing - NCAA

Although Wayne State plays Division II in fencing, the NCAA combines all three divisions for its National Championship tournaments.

Future development

As part of the "Wayne First" campaign, Wayne State currently has five major developments in process on the main campus.

Construction is nearing completion at the site behind the University Towers apartment complex to prepare for development of the new South University Village, a 155000 square feet (14,400 m²), five-story, mixed-use building. The planned completion dates and openings are set for spring/summer of 2008. The project includes a residential/retail building and public parking structure
- Phase Two will add another $20 million of new construction in 2010-2012 with a second five-story apartment or condominium project.
- The new construction of the Starters Bar and Grill in the new complex has attracted most of the local population of Detroit.
The School of Business Administration will receive a new home, including two 250-student auditoriums, group study locations, and new faculty offices.
The College of Engineering plans to build the 81700 sq ft (7,590.2 m²). Marvin Danto Engineering Development Center for research and development programs. Danto contributed $3 million to the project, earning the namesake. New labs to occupy the EDC include the Urban Infrastructure Lab, the Advanced Propulsion and Alternative Technology Lab, the Nanotechnology Lab and the Smart Sensors and Integrated Microsystems Lab. Total cost: $27.3 million.
The Law School
Wayne State University Law School
Wayne State University Law School is located in the City of Detroit’s Cultural Center, and is one of the schools of Wayne State University. It is one of two public law schools in the state of Michigan. The Law School has educated and trained lawyers since 1927, and its 10,000+ alumni serve as...

will receive new classrooms and offices, as well as the new Center for Civil Rights, which will be housed in a proposed building named for Judge Damon J. Keith
Damon Keith
Damon Jerome Keith is a Senior Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.-Biography:Keith grew up in Detroit, where he graduated from Northwestern High School in 1939; Keith then moved on to West Virginia State College , Howard University School of Law , and Wayne State...

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The School of Medicine broke ground in September, 2007 for the Richard J. Mazurek, MD Medical Education Commons, which houses the Vera P. Shiffman Medical Library, student computing laboratories, examination and study areas, simulation labs, as well as a large multi-purpose auditorium.
On September 18, 2009, university leaders broke ground on $30 million A. Paul Schaap Chemistry Building and lecture hall, phase two of the comprehensive $42 million expansion and renovation to the existing chemistry building. This expansion will include a new, 150-person auditorium equipped with high-tech audio-visual and teleconferencing capabilities and office space for administrative and student services support staff. Estimated completion of phase two is December 2010.

External links

Official Athletics website

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