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Wayne State to host Mortuary Science open house

Wayne State University will host its Mortuary Science Open House from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 15 at 5439 Woodward Ave.,Detroit.

Prospective students, their families, WSU friends, alumni and the public are invited to tour the building. A mobile museum exploring funeral customs will be on hand, and faculty and staff will be available to answer questions.

Prospective students may submit their transcripts during the event. Free parking will be available in WSU Lot No. 33 on Woodward Avenue, between Palmer and Ferry streets.

Starting in 1939, the WSU Mortuary Science program was one of the nation's first programs of its kind. Today it is still the only accredited, undergraduate degree program leading to state licensure in Michigan.

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'Greasy Rider' author to lecture at Oakland Community College

Author Greg Melville will give a free lecture called "Your Fries Give Me Gas," about this cross-country journey in a grease-powered diesel station wagon. Melville will speak at noon Sept. 29 at Oakland Community College's Auburn Hills campus, 2900 Featherstone Road. The lecture will be held in Student Center Room G240 Melville's recent book "Greasy Rider" chronicles his trip.

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Tour MSU's new College of Osteopathic Medicine

Michigan State University is celebrating the opening of its new College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Detroit Medical Center by offering tours to the public.

The tours will take place at 4707 St. Antoine St. from 4-5:30 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. Thursday.

For information, call Jason Cody, MSU University Relations, at (517) 432-0924.

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Russian delegation visits Lawrence Tech

The Russians have arrived at Lawrence Technological University.

A delegation from the St. Petersburg region is on a fact-finding mission to study non-government organizations and will attend a program hosted by the Center for Nonprofit Management at the university until 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Russia was a communist society for most of the 20th century, and charitable and nonprofit agencies did not play a big role during that time. The Russian NGO leaders hope to learn from the American experiencea.

They will meet at the Buell Management Building, room M336 on the campus at 21000 W. Ten Mile.

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Madonna senior interns with Secret Service

Bryant George, a criminal justice major at Madonna University in Livonia, spent his summer in the line of fire.

The Detroiter helped protect U.S. and world leaders as an intern for the U.S. Secret Service in Washington.

"It was an incredible experience," George said. "I was able to participate directly in protection techniques used by federal agents, and in federal investigations of counterfeiting and identity theft."

George interned with the U.S. Marshal Service in Detroit last summer and plans to intern with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) this fall. The Secret Service internship was one of four federal internships he plans to complete before graduating next spring. He hopes to intern with the Drug Enforcement Administration this winter.

"We are very proud of Bryant; he is a driven student who is realizing and achieving his dreams," said Madonna criminal justice Professor Tom DeGalan.

George plans to become a Detroit police officer and a criminal investigator for the U.S. Marshal Service.

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Wayne State prof named Fulbright Scholar

Feleta L. Wilson, an associate professor in the Wayne State University College of Nursing, has been selected as a 2009-2010 Fulbright Scholar.

Wilson, a Wayne State PhD grad, will be assigned to the University of the West Indies in Jamaica this fall. Her responsibilities will include teaching public health in the school's undergraduate program, promoting her research in patient education and health literacy at local health centers and researching childhood immunization. She will also serve as a research/scholarship consultant for the university's nursing faculty.

Fulbright alumni include heads of state, judges ambassadors and Nobel Prize winners. The grants are funded by the U.S. Congress or by contributions for partner countries and/or the private sector.

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Food Network star to lecture at Oakland University

Rochester -- Alton Brown, host of the Food Network show "Good Eats" will serve up his unique brand of humor and culinary expertise during a lecture at Oakland University at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 in the O'rena.

The event, sponsored by the Student Life Lecture Board, the OU Alumni Association and the Oakland Press, will be part of the university's Student Life Lecture series.

"Alton Brown was the students' first choice for this year's lecture series," said Paul Franklin, OU coordinator of campus programs, adding that students were intrigued by Brown's knowledge of the science of cooking.

Brown also hosts the miniseries "Feasting on Asphalt" and "Feasting on Waves," and is the main commentator on "Iron Chef America." He has written several cookbooks and is a regular contributor to Bon Appétit and Men's Journal magazines.

Tickets for OU students, faculty and staff are free and tickets for their guests and students at high schools and other colleges are $5. Tickets for the general public are $10. They are available at the Center for Student Activities Service Window, 49 Oakland Center.

For information, call (248) 370-2400 or e-mail csa@oakland.edu

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Madonna University gets $2 million grant

Madonna University has been awarded a $2 million federal grant from the Strengthening Institutions Program that will be paid over a five-year period.

The funding will help expand student services in an effort to increase graduation and student retention rates. The U.S. Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions Program provides funding to help enhance academic quality, institutional management and fiscal stability of universities.

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UM-Dearborn, Macomb Community College form partnership

University of Michigan-Dearborn has formed a partnership with Macomb Community College that will allow students earning associates degrees at Macomb to seek bachelor's degrees in the university's criminal justice studies program.

The arrangement allows Macomb students to transfer up to 62 credit hours toward a bachelor's in the program, which began in 2001.

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Macomb Grad is Michigan’s community college alumna of the year

Chief Judge Linda Davis of the 41 B District Court in Mt. Clemens and an alumna of Macomb Community College has been chosen the 2009 Michigan Community College Association Alumna of the Year.

Officials say the Clinton Township resident was selected for the award based on her professional career, service to humanity and strong commitment to the community college mission.

Davis will be honored by the MCCA at a dinner in Traverse City on July 24.

Earning bachelor and master of science degrees from Oakland University, Davis worked for several years with Center Line Public Schools as a teacher and a counselor. After earning a law degree from Wayne State University, she switched careers and began working as a Macomb County assistant prosecutor in 1987. Appointed to the 41 B District Court bench by Governor John Engler in 2000, Davis was elected to the post later that same year. She has served as chief judge since January 2002.

Davis has served on the boards of several local nonprofit organizations, founded the Macomb County Child Advocacy Committee and was instrumental in the opening of the Care House shelter in Mt. Clemens for victims of domestic violence. She volunteers with Habitat for Humanity, founded chapters of Families Anonymous in Macomb County and South Africa and instituted the Court to Classroom program "Critical Life Choices." She is a mentor with the Macomb Intermediate School District and recently participated in a medical mission trip to South Africa with African Christian Mission.