Monday, September 14

9 am - 2 pm
Governor’s Innovation Forum
Speaker: Governor John Engler
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
(313) 577-5600

9:30 am - 8 pm
Symposium on Religion in Modern/Campus Life
Speaker: Marianne Williamson
Student Center Building, McGregor Memorial Conference Center, and Grosberg Religious Center
(313) 577-6090

12 - 4 pm
Politics and Economics of Health Care
Community Arts Auditorium
Nursing, (313) 577-4070

6 - 8 pm
Business and the Urban Economy
Speakers: Denise Ilitch and Mary Kramer
Moderator: Wilson Jones
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
(313) 577-4500

Tuesday, September 15

8 am
The Martin Barr Health Care Policy Seminar on Manpower
Speaker: Merwyn R. Greenlick, PhD
(location to be determined)
Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, (313) 577-1574

8 am - noon
DeRoy/Weiner Lecture on Volunteerism
Speaker: Pat Schroeder
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
Urban, Labor & Metropolitan Affairs, (313) 577-5071
Lifelong Learning, (313) 577-6710

9:45 - 11:45 am
Detroit City Council Committee of the Whole
David Adamany Undergraduate Library Auditorium
(313) 577-5284

11am
Pharmacy/Allied Health Groundbreaking
Corner of John R and Mack
Picnic reception immediately following
Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, (313) 577-1574

1 - 3 pm
The Drum: African Presence in Latin America
FAB Atrium
Chicano-Boricua Studies, CULMA, Africana Studies and History, (313) 577-4378

2 pm
Fourth Driker Forum for Excellence in the Law: Judicial Independence
Community Arts Auditorium
Law, (313) 577-3933

2:30 - 4 pm
The Ellen Garms Lecture Series
Speaker: Virginia Dickie, PhD
Wayne County Medical Society
Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions/Occupational Therapy, (313) 577-1435

4:30 - 6 pm
Pharmacy and Allied Health College-Wide Reception
followed by department alumni reunion dinners
(location to be determined)
Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, (313) 577-1574

6 - 9 pm
Video: The Last Supper
FAB Atrium
Chicano-Boricua Studies, CULMA, Africana Studies and History, (313) 577-4378

Wednesday, September 16

8 am - noon
The Stephen Wilson Pharmacy Seminar: Cardiovascular Therapeutics
Atheneum Hotel
Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, (313) 577-0824

8 - 10 am
Announcement ceremony for the establishment of the Wayne State University Morris Hood, Jr. Comprehensive Diabetes Center
Scott Hall
Medicine, (313) 577-1335

8 am - 4 pm
Career Issues of Women in Academia
Speaker: Karen Holbrook
Scott Hall
Medicine, (313) 745-1301

9 am - 12:30 pm
Evolutionary Biology Entering the New Millennium:
The Post-Modern Synthesis
Speakers: Dr. Douglas Futuyma and Dr. Rudolf Raff
Science Hall
Science, (313) 577-2934

9 am - 4 pm
The Urban Mission and the Liberal Arts
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
Liberal Arts, (313) 577-5968

1 - 2:30 pm
Global Strategies of U.S. Multi-National Companies: Labor and Policy Issues
Reuther Library, Fraser Center for Workplace Issues
Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs, (313) 577-2100

1 -3 pm
The Drum: African Presence in Latin America
FAB Atrium
Chicano-Boricua Studies, CULMA, Africana Studies and History, (313) 577-4378

2 pm
Celebration of University Libraries’ Three-Millionth Volume
Speaker: Patti Waldmeir
Bernath Auditorium/Adamany Library
University Library System, (313) 577-4023

3 pm
Concepts of Time: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Speaker: Stephen Jay Gould
Community Arts Auditorium
Graduate School, (313) 577-8050

4 pm
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture
Speaker: David Satcher, MD, assistant secretary for health and US surgeon general
Scott Hall
Medicine, (313) 577-1335

4:30 - 7:30 pm
When the 20th Century is No Longer Contemporary: A View from the Arts
Speaker: Lawrence Grossberg
Music Recital Hall, 0412 Old Main
Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, (313) 577-5342

5 pm
Who Shall Have the Moral Courage to Heal Racism in America?
Speaker: G. Pritchy Smith
Bernath Auditorium/Adamany Library
Education, (313) 577-1620

6 - 9 pm
Video: Quilombo
FAB Atrium
Chicano-Boricua Studies, CULMA, Africana Studies and History, (313) 577-4378

7:30 pm
The Fact of Evolution and the Politics of Creationism
Speaker: Stephen Jay Gould
Community Arts Auditorium
Graduate School, (313) 577-8050

Thursday, September 17

9 am - 5 pm
2nd Annual Graduate Student Research Day
Speaker: Peter Wells, PhD, Pharmacia and Upjohn Co.
Scott Hall
Medicine, (313) 577-1112

9 am - 3 pm
Social Work Students Making a Difference: The Millennium of Justice
Speakers: Dr. Creigs Beverly and Maryann Mahaffey
Bernath Auditorium/Adamany Library
Social Work, (313) 577-4409

9 am - 4:30 pm
Partnerships with Industry and Governments
Speaker: Mark Cleavey
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
Engineering, (313) 577-3861

10 am
100 Years of Social Work Education: Reinventing Caring
Speakers: Leon Chestang and Phyllis Vroom
1107 Old Main
Social Work, (313) 577-4400

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Fun Run/Walk
Matthaei Physical Education Center
Student Affairs, (313) 577-4280

11:30 am - 1 pm
Student Organization Day/Inaugural Celebration
Gullen Mall
Student Affairs, (313) 577-3444

3 pm
20th Century Retrospective and 21st Century Prospective on Various Disciplines
1107 Old Main
Academy of Scholars

7:15 pm
President’s Inaugural Concert
Community Arts Auditorium
Music/Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, (313) 577-2275

Friday, September 18

10:30 am
Inaugural Ceremony
Detroit Institute of Arts Auditorium
(313) 577-2300

11 am - 8 pm
Detroit Festival of the Arts
Featuring: visual artists, street performers, concert stages and children’s fair
University Cultural Center, UCCA and WSU, (313) 577-5088

12 - 5 pm
Inaugural Events Information Booth
WSU pavilion tent at Detroit Festival of the Arts
(313) 577-0066

2 - 4 pm
Museum Tours: Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
(313) 577-0066
(space limited, reserve early)

4 - 7 pm
Charged Hearts Interactive Exhibition by Catherine Richards
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, 0402 Old Main
Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, (313) 577-7813

Saturday, September 19

11 am - 8 pm
Detroit Festival of the Arts
Featuring: visual artists, street performers, concert stages and children’s fair
University Cultural Center, UCCA and WSU, (313) 577-5088

All Day
Inaugural Events Information Booth
WSU pavilion tent at Detroit Festival of the Arts
(313) 577-0066

2 - 4 pm
Museum Tours: Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
(313) 577-0066
(space limited, reserve early)

2 - 4 pm
Alumni Association Ice Cream Social
Alumni House
(313) 577-2300

4:30 pm
Cool Jazz Reception
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
Organization of Black Alumni, (313) 577-2300

Sunday, September 20

10:30 am
Alumni Association Pancake Breakfast
Alumni House
(313) 577-2300

11 am - 8 pm
Detroit Festival of the Arts
Featuring: visual artists, street performers, concert stages and children’s fair
University Cultural Center, UCCA and WSU, (313) 577-5088

All Week