Jennifer Tessmer Taylor of Ray Township earned her Ph.D. in cellular and clinical neurobiology from Wayne State University .

Sharon Bobryk of Sterling Heights has received the Alpha Mu Tau Scholarship for use in her last year of study in clinical laboratory science at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Science at Wayne State University . Additionally, the newspaper ran a list of 10 students who received various other pharmacy and health sciences scholarship awards at the college.

Photos chronicling the auto industry's labor movement are credited to Wayne State University 's Walter P. Reuther Library. Historical moments captured by the camera include U.A.W. leader Walter P. Reuther negotiating with Ford Motor Co. officials; labor union organizers scuffling with auto company representatives; and, Lee A. Iacocca, Chrysler Corp. chairman, signing a bailout bill with President Jimmy Carter and Douglas Fraser, U.A.W. president.

It's become a state-wide bidding war for the Promised. Wayne state University is offering half off dorms for any Promise student who enrolls, and now Western is stepping up.

Dorothea June Grossbart had a keen eye for fashion and design, which she used to move into a teaching career. She helped develop a costume collection to educate and benefit others at Wayne State University , where she became a full-time faculty member in 1970, teaching fashion design and textiles.

Wayne State's women's basketball team defeated West Liberty State, 79-74. The Warriors had five double digit scorers in the game, led by Nicole Rogers (15 points).

The Socius Collegi award was presented to Visteon Corporation\'s John Kill, senior vice president and president, North America customer group, by Wayne State University \'s College of Engineering for his support of the university\'s Engineering and Management Master\'s Program. The Socius Collegi, from the Latin term for \"friend of the college,\" was presented to Kill at the college\'s annual Night of the Stars black tie dinner Nov. 17 at the New Detroit Science Center . Night of the Stars honors the WSU College of Engineering\'s most successful alumni by inducting them into the college\'s Hall of Fame. In addition, the event pays tribute to one person who is not an alumnus of the College of Engineering , but whose contributions to the mission of the college are noteworthy. This year\'s honoree, Kill, did not attend Wayne State \'s engineering school, but holds a master\'s degree in business administration from Wayne State . Kill also is a member of the Board of Visitors of the School of Business Administration at the university.

Kalamazoo Public Schools' 2006 graduates who take their full-tuition Kalamazoo Promise scholarships to Western Michigan University next fall will get free room and board for the next four years. Wayne State pledged to cut its dorm fee - currently $4,175 for an academic year - in half for KPS students who bring their Promise dollars there for 2006-07.

Walter Edwards, director of the Humanities Center , and Kevin Boyle, one of the speakers at the Humanities Center 's Hope and Fear conference, were interviewed by Chris Proseta of WDET on the conference which took place at McGregor Friday. The report aired Friday evening.

The Wayne State men's basketball team opened its season Tuesday with an 85-79 victory at West Virginia State . The Warriors have added seven players and must replace the backcourt that got them to the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament the last two seasons. Wayne State added Oakland point guard Kris Krzyminski and Jeffrey Ferguson from Missouri to the team.

Herb Goliday changes positions on the basketball court much like a chameleon changes colors to keep his enemies off balance. Goliday, a fifth-year senior, has played everywhere but point guard in his two seasons at Wayne State . He\'s primarily used at shooting guard, small forward and power forward, with the role depending on the opponent. While starting all 32 games last season, Goliday averaged 14.2 points and 5.6 rebounds. In Tuesday\'s season-opening 85-79 victory over West Virginia State , he scored 12 points. \"It\'s good I can play everywhere because I see things from different perspectives,\" said Goliday, 6-feet-4 and 206 pounds. \"I can use my speed to beat bigger guys in the post, and I can score from outside, where most big guys aren\'t comfortable going." At the end of the day, I enjoy challenging myself against bigger guys.\" Coach David Greer said Goliday is the first option on offense this season after the Warriors lost two of their three starting guards from last season, when they went 20-12 and reached the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament.

ACLU of Michigan: Actor Danny Glover, also a community activist, will be the keynote speaker at the annual dinner, 6 p.m. Sat. ACLU will honor former Gov. William and Helen Milliken; Jacquelin Washington, chairwoman of the Wayne State University Board of Governors, and David DiChiera, director of the Michigan Opera Theater at the Hyatt Regency-Dearborn. Tickets $150. (313) 578-6816.

Parents and Teens Connecting Meet and Greet: The Bangladeshi Student Association of Wayne State University brings recent immigrant parents and teens together to watch movies, discuss books and discuss family history. Sat. 3-5 p.m. Knapp Branch Library, 13330 Conant St. , Detroit . (313) 852-4283.

The role of Jewish studies on the campus of American colleges and universities was the subject of insightful examination at two back-to-back panel discussions, held recently in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Maurice Greenberg Center of Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford . "Jews did not have a country. We were wanderers…strangers in a strange land. Israel serves to make Jews normative," said Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, speaking to an audience in the University's Wilde Auditorium. "Jewish study programs do the same thing for Jewish studies. It makes it normative," concluded Trachtenberg, who was president of UHA when the Greenberg Center was founded. Currently president of George Washington University in Washington , D.C. , Trachtenberg offered his insight as part of a three-person panel of UHA presidents that also included his successor, President Emeritus Humphrey Tonkin, as well as the school's current president, Walter Harrison. Noting his astonishment at "how little people know about other people's traditions," Trachtenberg pointed out that Jewish studies programs are "not supposed to be a haven for Jews. It is equally important for these programs to attract students who are not Jewish." Likewise, said David Weinberg, director of the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit , Judaic studies programs have the ability to build bridges. Cohn-Haddow was "envisioned as a means of reconnecting the student community with the Jewish community and vice versa," said Weinberg, who was part of the a second three-person panel that included Lawrence Baron, director of the Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies at San Diego State University and Richard Freund, director of the Greenberg Center.

Wayne State University 's Law School invites all Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and Asian and Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) alumni to its Jazz Night. The event will be hosted Thursday, Dec. 8, in the law school's Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium atrium beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The Hilberry Theatre at Wayne State will present Tennessee Williams' classic Nov. 18-January 28.

The Wayne State University Department of Music will celebrate their 39th annual Salute Concert to Downtown Detroit with a performance of Dave Brubeck's "To Hope! A Celebration" at noon on Nov. 22.

David Weinberg, director of the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit , says Judaic studies programs have the ability to build bridges. Cohn-Haddow was "envisioned as a means of reconnecting the student community with the Jewish community and vice-versa," said Weinberg, who believes these college programs have reached a plateau and may be on the decline.

Evening anchor Paul Snider talked about Wayne State 's support of "The Kalamazoo Promise" program by offering a 50 percent reduction in participating students' room costs in WSU residence halls. Snider noted that the offer is good for four years to students who remain eligible for and are recipients of "The Kalamazoo Promise." Listeners were directed to www.admissions.wayne.edu for further information.

Wayne State's support of "The Kalamazoo Promise" was noted during the evening newscast. Listeners were encouraged to visit www.admissions.wayne.edu for contact information.