Submitted by: Gary E. Rounding, Senior Vice President University Advancement

ALUMNI RECENT EVENTS

• Paid membership in the national alumni association is 17,405 as of February 28, an increase of 6.2 % over last year. Total membership is 33,823. In addition to the new graduate membership drive at the Grad Fair, membership campaigns were conducted for the Retirees Association, lapsed members and non-member donors.

• Two alumni participated in the “Amazon Exploration” tour in Peru March 23-31.

• The Commencement Office and the University Bookstore sponsored a Grad Fair, March 20-21 at the bookstore for students graduating May 2. More than 1,160 graduates attended the fair to purchase academic regalia and graduation merchandise and to join the alumni association. The national alumni association recruited more than 500 new members.

• The College of Nursing Alumni Association honored alumni of the year at the annual dinner and awards ceremony March 20 at The Atheneum Suite Hotel and Conference Center.

• The School of Business Administration Alumni Association sponsored a workshop, "How to Start Your Own Small Business," led by Professor Ed King, at the David Adamany Undergraduate Library, March 21. The School of Business Administration Student Senate hosted the event for the campus community.

• Alumni Association President Sarah McLaren welcomed members of the new Houston Alumni Chapter at their first event, a “Greektown in Houston” reception, March 21.

• The School of Social Work Alumni Association conferred Social Worker of the Year and Citizen of the Year awards at the annual luncheon March 21 at Alumni House.

• The Phoenix Alumni Chapter welcomed President Reid and Gary E. Rounding, senior vice president for university advancement, at a tour and luncheon at the Heard Museum, March 23.

• The Medical Alumni Association attended the Red Wings vs. Nashville game at Joe Louis Arena on Thursday, March 28.

• The Nominating Committee of the Medical Alumni Association held its annual meeting on April 3.

• The Medical Alumni Association held its monthly Board meeting at noon on April 3.

• Special Events and Services coordinated the President’s reception and ring ceremony for the Warriors Cross Country team, April 2 as well as a series of jazz concert dinners for donors, April 12, 13 and 19.

• The Women of Wayne hosted the annual Job Search Seminar at Alumni House on April 10. Panelists included representatives from EDS, Cintas, Enterprise auto rental and Comerica Bank.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS AGENDA MAY 1, 2002

1 • Members of the national alumni board and the Lansing Alumni Chapter participated in WSU Day April 10 in Lansing, a legislative briefing and reception that honored ’s elected officials.

• The Los Angeles Alumni Chapter hosted a luncheon and cruise aboard the Fantasea Yacht Club’s Regentsea cruiseliner, April 13.

• Women of Wayne presented Headliner Awards on April 13 at Western and Country Club to: Gloria Seelbinder Oldenburg, weaver; Eva Kuhn Packard, Past President, Oakland Area League of Women Voters; Nancy Elizabeth Patek, artist; Margaret Tyndall, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.; Margaret Thorpe Williamson, Executive Director, Literacy Volunteers of America - . The Service Award was presented to Shirley Perkins McClain.

• The Arthur L. Johnson Urban Perspectives lecture series was again held at Alumni House with Ric Bohy, editor of Hour Detroit magazine, April 16.

• The Recent Alumni Committee hosted an educational career development workshop at the Oakland Center on May 1.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• The spring issue of Wayne State magazine features a cover story on the university’s successful hockey program and the repeat tournament championship. Other features profile faculty who are known for their excellence in research, teaching and community service.

• Spring Commencement at Cobo Arena is May 2. Honorary degrees will be conferred on James Lipton, dean of the Actors Studio, and Stephen P. Yokich, president of the United Auto Workers.

• Women of Wayne will host “Rules of Golf 101” with Wendy Uzelac of the Golf Association at a luncheon at Fox Hills Golf and Conference Center on May 4.

• Medical Alumni Reunion and Clinic Day will take place on May 11. The CME session and luncheon will be held at the School of Medicine, Detroit, MI. The Dinner and Awards presentation will take place at the Somerset Inn, Troy.

MAJOR GIFTS

• The Dow Chemical Foundation contributed $25,000 to the Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for support of research and development. The Principal Investigator is Professor Thomas A. Kocarek.

• Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund contributed $30,000 to the Merrill–Palmer Institute.

• The Fund for Medical Research and Education (FMRE) continues its support of the School of Medicine with the following contributions: $1,249,718.50 – Public Service: $1,045,293.86 – Academic Support; $480,805.96 – Research; $75,000 – Otolaryngology General Research and Development Fund; and $14,136.12 – Professor Ralph E. Parchment, internal medicine, Research and Development Fund.

• General Motors Corporation - Public Policy Center continues its support of the College of Engineering with the following contributions: $55,000 to the General Motors High School Training Institute. The Program Director is Gerald O. Thompkins, assistant dean. $20,000 to support the Manufacturing

2 Scholars Program. The Principal Investigator is Professor Mulchand S. Rathod, department chair, Engineering Technology.

• The Karmanos Cancer Institute continues its support of the School of Medicine with the following contributions: $26,840 for Dr. Bennett W. Yu’s research in the Department of Internal Medicine; and $13,132 for Clinical Trials Office Management.

• The W.K. Kellogg Foundation contributed $172,322 to the Merrill-Palmer Institute for support of a project entitled, “Creating Sustainable Partnerships for Promoting Optimal Child and Family Development.” The Principal Investigator is Gail A. Brumitt, associate director.

• Pfizer, Inc. continues its support of the School of Medicine with the following contributions: $100,000 for support of research and development in pathology. The Principal Investigator is Professor Todd Leff. $12,500 for program support in the Department of Physiology.

• The Radiation and Oncology Research and Development Center contributed $25,000 to the School of Medicine for Professor Gilda G. Hillman’s Research.

• The Robert H. Tannahill Foundation contributed $40,500 to the Merrill-Palmer Institute.

• Teva, Neuroscience, Inc. contributed $150,000 to the School of Medicine for program support.

• Veterans of Foreign Wars contributed $47,180.74 to the School of Medicine for support of the Dean’s Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) Fund for Cancer Research.

• Westinghouse Process Control, Inc. contributed $40,000 to the College of Engineering for support of the High School Technical Training Institute. The Program Director is Gerald O. Thompkins, assistant dean.

Anthony Wayne Society

The following are new and upgraded members for FY '02:

The University Society ($500,000-999,999)

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. (College of Engineering)

The Howard Baker Foundation^ (Scholarship Fund)

The 1868 Society ($250,000-499,999)

Academic Health Center Services (School of Medicine)

The Cornerstone Society ($50,000-99,999)

Dupont Pharmaceuticals Company ^ (School of Medicine) 3 M. Jacob and Sons^ (Max Jacob House Building Fund)

Albert C. Jaslow, M.D. (School of Medicine)

Johnson & Johnson Corporation (College of Science)

Julie and Edward C. Levy Jr. Foundation^ (College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Preparing for Tomorrow Campaign)

Roche Laboratories, Inc. (College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences)

Carol and John Rosso^ (College of Nursing)

The Charter Society ($25,000-49,999)

Laning R. Davidson, M.D.* (School of Medicine)

FIA America (College of Liberal Arts).

George Hill (Mathematics Pipeline Program, College of Science)

The Honorable Leonia J. Lloyd (Law School)

Member $10,000-24,999)

Drs. Peggyann Nowak-Berguer and Ramon Berguer (School of Medicine)

Enid Barden (Scholarship Fund, College of Science)

Blum-Kovler Foundation (College of Science)

Suaan M. Darmody (School of Medicine)

George and Nancy Galster (Galster Endowment in Geography and Urban Planning, CULMA)

Carole Shorenstein Hayes (Applebaum Award in Theatre, College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts) Integrated Communications Corporation (School of Medicine) Dr. Alexander and Linda Lane (College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Preparing for Tomorrow Campaign)

4 Dr. and Mrs. William O’Neill (School of Medicine)

RGK Foundation (School of Medicine)

Anne G. Sabourin (Mathematics Scholarship, College of Science)

Dr. Jacquelyn Wilson (College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Preparing for Tomorrow Campaign)

Gregory A. Zemenic, M.D. and Bernadette Zemenick (School of Medicine and College of Education)

^ = Upgrade * = Deceased

Wayne State University Foundation

The second Board of Directors meeting of the year is scheduled for June 18.

All sub-committees will be meeting in April.

The Investment Committee will meet to ready the foundation to receive the university’s endowment and they will be meeting with Ennis Knupp Associates, investment consultants, for the first time.

The Development Committee will be meeting to plan for the Board of Visitors breakfast meeting on May 22 with President Reid where he will make a major presentation.

The Nominating Committee will continue its deliberations to add two or three more members before the next Board of Directors’ meeting.

Each of the foundation members is being asked to host a social gathering at their club or home at which President Reid will overview the university’s needs.

5 Wayne State Fund Office Private Gift and Grant Report March 2002

Description March 2002 FYTD 2002 FYTD 2001

Alumni Association $2,080.00 $30,320.16 $6,110.00 College of Engineering $14,184.20 $933,152.66 $763,401.44 College of Liberal Arts $15,204.44 $101,662.34 $185,185.77 College of Nursing $5,571.18 $87,926.62 $125,893.00 College of Science $30,066.22 $207,264.16 $155,576.93 Fine, Performing & Comm. Arts $45,813.29 $736,842.39 $1,047,607.08 Law School $29,983.84 $828,595.99 $1,158,203.71 Lifelong Learning $580.00 $125,229.00 $132,827.50 Pharmacy and Allied Health $44,340.12 $1,569,873.23 $1,518,841.84 School of Business Admin. $5,766.00 $198,020.03 $204,870.32 School of Social Work $8,450.67 $34,358.44 $41,085.38 University Libraries $707.00 $19,719.95 $101,139.45 Urban, Labor, & Metro Affairs $1,659.00 $298,402.38 $350,657.00 College of Education $3,706.30 $255,908.75 $512,914.24 School of Medicine $214,078.58 $4,659,165.56 $5,359,428.75 Fund for Medical Research and Education $810,168.77 $7,311,540.08 $3,558,399.65 Merrill Palmer Institute $4,020.00 $497,445.74 $107,326.75 Student Devl. & Campus Life $7,120.36 $286,057.12 $267,838.62 Athletics $5,012.00 $126,572.05 $56,549.89 President $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 President's Enhancement Fund $10,684.66 $104,850.53 $49,992.43 DRIS $798.00 $49,476.50 $22,694.00 WDET $70,713.02 $891,840.57 $994,654.03 Other $7,497.50 $483,784.31 $393,878.10 Gift in Kind $20,125.50 $131,739.23 $35,528.35

Total Dollar Amount $1,358,330.65 $19,969,747.79 $17,150,604.23 No of Gifts: 2,715 22,861 27,089 MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Marketing and Advertising

• Conceived, designed and placed a Detroit News college guide advertisement for spring/summer enrollment in the April 14 edition. Total distribution was 600,000.

• Conceived, designed and placed a full-page, black/white advertisement for spring/summer enrollment in the Greater Detroit News Network on April 18. Total distribution was 150,000.

• Conceived, designed and placed a full-page, black/white advertisement for spring/summer enrollment in the Observer and Eccentric on April 21. Total distribution was 200,000.

• Conceived, designed and placed a full-page, black/white advertisement for spring/summer enrollment in the Michigan Chronicle on April 17. Total distribution was 50,000.

• Conceived, designed and placed 500 radio advertisements on WQKI, WJLB and CIMX from April 15 through May 3 for spring/summer enrollment.

Publications

• Wrote, edited, designed and created 2001 President’s Report: A New Era of Greatness. Packaging electronic file on disk and will deliver it to the printer.

• Created the design and managed the production of a direct mail brochure, poster, newspaper advertisement and billboard in support of the College of Lifelong Learning spring/summer enrollment campaign.

• Created an elegant invitation package that included a seal embossed general use folder with stationery for the President’s Jazz series.

• Created the design for the 2002-2004 Graduate Bulletin cover.

• Created additional materials for the new Residence Hall that included the application for housing, letterhead and additional direct mail brochures.

• Designed and produced in-house the flier and poster for this years Funeral for Ol’ Man Winter event, which is scheduled on April 3.

• Designed stationery for new governor Paul Hillegonds, BOG secretary Julie Miller and the BOG general office.

• Wrote, edited and designed spring 2002 issue of Connections newsletter.

• Designed mockup of school and college newsletters, including masthead designs, and shared them with the Dean’s Council.

6 New University Web Site

• Rolled out redesigned Web site to President’s Cabinet, Dean’s Council, Business Officers, University Advancement Account Executives, employees and current and prospective students. Also completed redesigned campus map in-house and drop-down link architecture.

Outreach and Recruitment

• Received and filled 1,865 total requests for information in March (an 11-percent decrease to March 2001).

• Received 9,685 total phone calls in March (a 405-percent increase over March 2001) and answered 95 percent of those calls.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

• Detroit's Nederlander theater family and will honor playwright Neil Simon in April at the Fisher Theater, The Detroit News reported March 26. Simon's honor was to be given last November, but his back surgery delayed the event. He will receive the first annual Apple Award, which consists of $10,000 and a crystal apple.

• Mildred Jeffrey, Wayne State University Board of Governors Emerita, and Dean of Law Joan Mahoney were included among the list of Crain's Detroit Business 100 "2002 Detroit's Most Influential Women." The March 18 issue includes Jeffrey in the "Civic Non-Profit" category, and Mahoney, “Education.”

• Mike Wendland's column in the March 11 Detroit Free Press features the high tech nature of the new Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The story includes extensive quotes from Dean Beverly Schmoll, who was interviewed.

• Wayne State plans to buy the Detroit Schools Center Building, a small museum and two warehouse type facilities from the Detroit Public Schools, The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press reported March 18. The purchase price is still being worked out. President Reid said the deal represents an opportunity to expand the university's foothold on Woodward Ave. The central administration staff of the schools will be moved to the Fisher Building. The story also appeared in Crain’s Detroit Business, on television and radio.

• The Wayne State Warriors skated away with the College Hockey America regular season championship with a 15-2-3 conference record earning them a first-round bye in the CHA tournament, The Detroit News reported March 13. The team won the CHA tournament for the second year in a row.

• Wayne State University launched a new Web site that focuses on Detroit's African American History, TV 62 reported on March 23. The site, titled "Detroit African American History Project (DAAHP)," is a collaborative effort between various units of the university. The Web address is www.daahp.wayne.edu. During the story, images were shown of the Web site and the URL address.

• Professor Janet Langlois of the English Department is quoted in a front-page Wall Street Journal March 13 story about an e-mail hoax against a Middle Eastern Restaurant in Orchard Lake that is owned by an Arab American. The e-mail falsely claimed that a group of patrons in the restaurant cheered while watching TV footage of the World Trade Center tragedy. Business has been down since. Langlois, who teaches a course in folklore and has followed the restaurant incident, says,

7 "Rumors are wedge-drivers. If there's already tension, racially or ethnically, rumors are the sparks that light fires."

• History professor Alan Raucher is quoted in a New York Times story March 21 from the Associated Press about the imminent demise of the McCrory five-and-dime store chain. He pointed out that McCrory's was the nation's fifth largest dime store chain in 1929, with sales of about $44 million.

• In an article about the growing problem of obesity in the U.S. in the Detroit Free Press March 26, George Grunberger, professor of internal medicine and molecular medicine and genetics at Wayne State, is quoted as saying, "There needs to be an attack on this."

• Mel Small, history, was quoted in the Santa Rosa (Calif.) Democrat March 24 for a story about Californians who go to Canada for medical marijuana. Small, an expert on the Vietnam War period, drew parallels with draft resistors who fled to Canada to evade the draft.

• The Washington Post March 25 quoted Stuart Henry, a sociology professor and associate dean, College of Lifelong Learning, Interdisciplinary Studies Program, about white-collar crime among investment brokers, Enron executives and other high-level corporate positions. "Once you break rules, you break more of them, and the lid is off."

WDET-FM 101.9

News Coverage Involving WSU:

• Feature interview with WSU Professor Robin Boyle about Detroit development (part of a new city issues interview series in morning drive time) • Feature interview with WSU Education professor Mike Addonizio about how Proposal A is affecting schools. • Feature interview with WSU CLL Professor Daphne Ntiri on a new Literacy Task Force

Other Support of WSU:

Media Sponsorships: • One week of produced 30-sec. Spots for plays by Oscar Wilde and others as part of the remaining WSU Theatre Dept.’s 2002 season. • Two on-air ticket giveaways promoting WSU’s “The Tempest” with 10 “liners” (live-read promos). • One on-air ticket giveaway and 5 liners for “The Importance of Being Earnest”. Total Value of Media Sponsorships provided to WSU including WDET website exposure and links: $7,050 • WDET provided the use of its studios and a digital telephone line (ISDN) for the Australian Broadcasting Company to do an interview with WSU Professor Glenn Weisfeld in Psychology. • WDET staffed an information booth at the Ford In-House Campaign Kickoff. • Marguerite Humes, the author of “300 Years of Cooking in Detroit” from the Wayne State Press, was interviewed during the “A La Carte” feature of The Judy Adams Program. • WDET General Manager Caryn Mathes met with consultant Dr. Robert Avery to the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts on planning for an enhanced student experience in the electronic media program. A survey revealed that 22% of WDET employees graduated from WSU. • WDET Development Director Ken Munson attended the Capital Campaign planning and training session at the Law Library with consultant Bill Lowery.

8 • Detroit Radio Information Service (DRIS) Volunteer Coordinator Irene Woodell serves on the curriculum board for WSU’s Rehabilitation Counseling Program and WSU’s Occupational Therapy/Allied Health Program. • Michael Patton of Detroit Receiving Hospital’s Visually Handicapped Services hosts a monthly support group on DRIS. • WSU receives a 40% discount on program underwriting that airs on WDET; these on-air spots are an integral part of the University’s marketing program. • The masthead of the WDET newsletter AirCheck reinforces Wayne State’s ownership of WDET. It uses the WSU logo and description. 90,000 issues of AirCheck are distributed annually. • Every WDET media release (65 per year) includes a statement reinforcing WSU’s position as presenter of WDET as a public service to the community. • WDET’s stationery reinforces the WSU relationship with a WSU. • WDET website’s homepage http://www.wdetfm.org includes a WSU logo/link to the University’s home page as well as two other links elsewhere on the site. • Hourly on-air legal identifiers reinforce that WDET is “….a community/public service of Wayne State University.”

• Wayne State’s position as the parent company is also reinforced in the publications, press coverage, newsletters, and hourly on-air I.D.’s of the Detroit Radio Information Service (DRIS) a radio reading service for the blind and physically disabled. The message is carried into more than 120,000 metro Detroit homes via closed circuit radio and cable TV that distributes the DRIS signal.

Special Programming, Events & Community Service

• Major Donor Event featuring jazz artist Mose Allison at the Century Club of the Gem Theatre. Dinner for two and an intimate Valentine’s Day concert for $1,000 donors. Thirty-eight donors qualified and 25 couples actually attended the event. • Intensive listening sessions and critiques begun for production of volume 3 of WDET’s compact disc series of live, in-studio performances. Many local artists are recorded as part of this series. • Planning begun for March 13th live “State of the City” Address by new Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. • Work is in progress by WDET News on an upcoming 5-part series (due to air in April) on how life has changed for Arab émigrés and Arab-Americans in southeast Michigan since Sept. 11th. Background interviews continued with Ismael Ahmed the director of ACCESS.

Outreach, Cultural Education & Information

Live performance: • Robert Bradley’s “Blackwater Surprise” live on The Martin Bandyke Program. Bradley is a blind Detroit singer/songwriter discovered by accident while singing outside of a recording studio. WDET was media sponsor for his debut CD’s release party.

A sampling of Media Sponsorships produced by WDET:

• WDET continues its concert series at The Furniture Factory performance venue in Detroit’s Cultural Center. • Ongoing sponsorship of the DIA’s “First Fridays” event. • Museum of African American History’s national debut of the Smithsonian Exhibit ‘In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

9 • Middle Eastern music by international stars Hakim, Khaled and Simon Shaheen at the Detroit Opera House. • “The Human Body” IMAX film at the New Detroit Science Center. • “Jazz Fridays” at the Detroit Institute of Arts featuring Detroit Jazz legend Donald Walden Feb. 15th. • South African Jazz pioneer Hugh Masekela at The Majestic Theatre as part of their Black History Month celebration.

News Coverage: • Major feature interviews conducted: K-Mart CEO Chuck Conaway about company’s bankruptcy Wayne Co. Commissioner Kay Beard about airport oversight proposals.

• Thirty (30) metro Detroit news stories “went national” and were aired within the NPR news magazines. Twenty-eight (28) stories were picked up by the statewide public radio news network.

Web: • WDET’s website http://www.wdetfm.org received 18,034 visitors in the month of February. International interest in the website remained strong with 50 visits from other countries including “firsts” in visits from Poland, Venezuela, Belgium and the Russian Federation.

Other: • WDET served as host station for two live remote broadcasts of NPR’s “Tavis Smiley Show” Feb. 4 and 5. • DRIS Director Kim Walsh was a guest on WQBH’s “Senior Solution” program hosted by Paul Bridgewater, Exec. Dir. Of the Detroit Area Agency on Aging. Walsh followed up with a pitch that “Senior Solution” could be repeated on DRIS. • DRIS Director Kim Walsh is serving on the 2002 Public Radio Conference Task Force on two committees: Professional Development and Management/Administration. • DRIS Director Kim Walsh chairs the Public Information Committee of the International Assoc. of Audio Information Services (IAAIS). • There is also DRIS management and staff outreach to: Council of Agencies Serving the Blind, The MOSES and TRU disability community groups, City of Detroit Disability Committee and its Education Subcommittee and the New Center Lions Club. DRIS is in the planning stages of a project to reach Detroit’s Senior Centers and nursing facilities.

STUDENT TRAINING October 1 – February 28, 2002

STUDENT MAJOR SCHOOL WORK ASSIGNMENT 1. Behnke, Jason Audio Production Specs Howard School DRIS Production 2. Brown, Tricia Journalism Institute for Wayne State University WDET News Minorities 3. Constantakis, Sarah Radio, TV, Film Wayne State University WDET News 4. DiFatta, Kyle Public Relations Wayne State University WDET Public Relations 5. Dixon, Myreo1 Radio Specs Howard School DRIS Production Broadcasting/Computer Systems 6. Landers, Karen Graduate student Wayne State University WDET News

1 Mr. Dixon has graduated from Specs Howard School and is obtaining additional training at WDET/DRIS through a program of Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS). 10 7. McClure, Anavia English Wayne State University WDET Public Relations 8. Scott, Tanisha Broadcast Journalism Wayne State University DRIS Production 9. Shuterra, Sara Graduate Student/Public Miami University of Ohio WDET Public Relations Relations

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