News releases from October 1999

• Death of Wayne State University Governor Emeritus Jean McKee reported
  October 28, 1999
  Jean McKee, 74, a member of the first elected Board of Governors at Wayne State University, died Sunday, Oct. 24, at Harper Hospital in Detroit. Born in Detroit just a few miles from Harper and raised in Warren, Gov. McKee received a bachelor's de..
• Mount Clemens resident named assistant vice president at Wayne State
  October 28, 1999
  Donald Ritzenhein of Mount Clemens has been promoted from director of annual giving and development services to assistant vice president for university development at Wayne State University. In making the announcement, Gary Rounding, senior vice p..
• Don Ritzenhein named assistant vice president at Wayne State
  October 28, 1999
  Donald Ritzenhein of Mount Clemens has been promoted from director of annual giving and development services to assistant vice president for university development at Wayne State University. In making the announcement, Gary Rounding, senior vice p..
• WSU On Stage dance performance for children is Nov. 20
  October 27, 1999
  The 46th annual On Stage dance performances for children presented by the Wayne State University Dance Company will be 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, in the Community Arts Auditorium. The concert is designed to introduce young people to dan..
• Mauser Harmony with Nature Foundation Inc. presents its First Annual International Marketing Seminar
  October 25, 1999
  0n Friday, Nov.12, the Mauser Harmony With Nature Foundation Inc. will present its first annual international marketing seminar, "Japan-U.S.-Canada: Focus on Marketing," at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center on the Wayne State Univer..
• Merrill-Palmer receives $318,000 federal grant to reduce childcare costs for Wayne State students
  October 25, 1999
  The Merrill-Palmer Institute at Wayne State University received a $318,485,four-year federal grant to help provide low-income student parents with quality childcare. Vice President Al Gore announced the 87 recipients of U.S. Department of Educati..
• Noted scholar-authors come to WSU for 1999 Graduate Council Colloquium
  October 18, 1999
  Three prominent writers will visit Wayne State on Wednesday, Oct. 27, for the1999 Graduate Council Colloquium. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in Community Arts Auditorium. Judith Butler, Ellen Schrecker and Roger Wilkins will offer their perspectiv..
• WSU history Professor John Bukowczyk is editor of new Polish studies series
  October 18, 1999
  John Bukowczyk, professor of history at Wayne State University, is the editor of the new Polish and Polish-American Studies Series published by the Ohio University Press. The series revisits the historical and contemporary experience of one of Ame..
• Wayne State music alums return for Oct. 22 concert
  October 18, 1999
  Music alumni Steven and Abha Dearing, known professionally as The Dearing Concert Duo, return to perform at 11:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 22, in room 101 of the Schaver Music Building at Wayne State University. The program will include John Dowland's &q..
• Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm to speak at Wayne State gun control conference Nov. 3
  October 18, 1999
  Jennifer Granholm, attorney general of Michigan, is the keynote speaker for the conference on gun control scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University. The WSU Center for Legal Studies spons..
• Cheryl Yurkovich is named director of Wayne State public relations
  October 9, 1999
  Cheryl A. Yurkovich, former director of media relations at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), has been named director of public relations at Wayne State University, announced Jeffrey Stoltman, vice president for marketing and communication. "I..
• College of Nursing to add School Nurse Practitioner program thanks to $646,000 federal grant
  October 8, 1999
  October 8, 1999 - The Wayne State University College of Nursing has received a $646,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop and institute a School Nurse Practitioner track in the graduate program. "This gra..
• Wayne State honored for outstanding support of minority business enterprises
  October 6, 1999
  Wayne State University has received the 1999 Corporation of the Year Award - Education from the Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC). John Davis, WSU senior vice president for finance and administration, accepted the award on be..