Get yourself ready for graduation and commencement by attending Grad Expo at the Welcome Center and Barnes & Noble Bookstore from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. on April 15 and April 16 and 10 am.-6 p.m. on April 17. At Grad Expo, you can pick up your commencement tickets, purchase your cap and gown and join the alumni association. 

For more information, click here or call (313) 577-2414. 

 

Joining the alumni association is a great way to stay connected to Wayne State after your graduation. If that’s not reason enough, here are some more:

 

 

Join today for $10 and receive a T-shirt, license plate frame or print of Old Main. Click here to join.
 

You’ve already applied to graduate, and you’re counting the days until your last final exam. What comes next? Commencement, of course!

 

All commencement ceremonies will be held in the WSU Football Stadium on the Tom Adams Field. The ceremonies are as follows:

 

Thursday, May 7

10 a.m. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

 3 p.m.  College of Education and College of  Fine, Performing & Communication Arts

 

Friday, May 8

 10 a.m.  School of Business Administration andCollege of Engineering

 3 p.m.    Library and Information Science, College of Nursing, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, School of Medicine (Ph.D./Master’s), School of Social Work

 

Visit www.commencements.wayne.edu for more information. Make sure to read the commencement guide for more information.

 

 

The Wayne State University Alumni Association and Wayne State magazine are on Facebook. 

 

Visit our page, join the Wayne State Alumni group and start posting on our wall while connecting to other Wayne State students and alumni. Click here to join our group. Also, become a fan of our award-winning magazine.

You can also check us out on MySpace and YouTube while following us on Twitter. Find your fellow Wayne State alumni and friends, and keep them up to date on the alumni association's latest benefits and events.  

 

You’ve worked hard for your diploma and you deserve to show it off. Purchase a Wayne State diploma frame, which includes a double mat in green and gold and a full-color reproduction of the watercolor Old Main by artist and alum William A. Bostick, '54. 
Click here to purchase one today. 

Get a boost on your new career by attending the alumni association’s CareerBoost! workshop: “Case studies from the television series Leaders on Leadership:-It’s a tough world out there” on Wednesday, April 1. For more details and to make a reservation click here. 

  

Looking for a job? Want to go to a career fair? Need help writing your resume? 

 

Get help with these questions and more from Wayne State’s Career Services department. Visit online at careerservices.wayne.edu or call (313) 577-3390.

 

Don’t forget to check out the alumni association job board. 

 

If you are considering attending Graduate School, why not enroll at Wayne State? Click here for more information. (Members of the alumni association receive a Graduate School application fee waiver.)

 

Tell us your secret! What places on or around campus do you think are hidden gems? Where are they, and what’s unique about them? E-mail michelle.martin@wayne.edu so we can include your favorite Wayne State hidden gems in the next issue of Wayne State magazine, our exclusive alumni publication.

 

 

The Wayne State University Alumni Association and Dean of Students Office co-sponsor a series of discussions for current Wayne State students titled “Lessons in Leadership,” featuring former students who are now leaders in the business, healthcare, education and government communities. These lectures allow you to listen and learn from alumni in the business, education and healthcare fields, to name a few, who not long ago were in your position. You will have to the opportunity to discuss with these leaders their leadership experiences and the role leadership plays in the work they do every day. 

 

All current Wayne State students are invited to attend the upcoming “Lessons in Leadership” lecture from 5-6 p.m., April 9 with Jim Garavaglia, Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Compliance and Public Affairs, Comerica, Click here for more information and to make a reservation.

 

Make a short video (2 to 4 minutes) about why environmental sustainability is important on campus and have your video featured on the alumni association's YouTube site and for the university's Earth Day program in April.

Tell why it's important to save paper on campus; to recycle cans vs. throwing them in trash bins; and how commuting to school can save gas and the environment. You should shoot these videos on campus. Videos should be shot and e-mailed to ap9048@wayne.edu by April 6.

Environmental sustainability is everyone’s business – tell us what you’re doing on campus to make it yours.

As you get ready to graduate, heed the advice given to graduates by these famous people. To read more words of wisdom visit www.quotegarden.com/graduation.html. 

 

Education is the best provision for old age.  ~Aristotle

 

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.  ~Milton Berle

 

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.  ~Dr. Seuss

 

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.  ~Judy Garland

 

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.  ~Theodore Roosevelt

April 15, 16: 10 a.m.-7 p.m
April 17:  10 a.m.-6 p.m.

 

Join for $10 for 2 years or visit Alumni House at 441 Ferry Mall or call (877) WSU-ALUM. 

 

Upcoming Events

CareerBoost! April 1 (www.alumni.wayne.edu/events)