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Upcoming Events
Book and Wine Event: February 19, 2010, 5:30-8 p.m., Community Room, Undergraduate Library (3rd Floor). The event will feature published Wayne State University alumni.
3rd Friday Networking Mixer and Business Card Exchange: March 10, 2010, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Baker's Keyboard Lounge
Black Poetry Event: April 16 and 17, 2010, Community Arts Auditorium
For more information and to make reservations, visit www.alumni.wayne.edu/events.
Did you know?
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An Oba, meaning "king," governed the Kingdom of Benin in ancient times. The area was located in a tropical rainforest region in what is now Nigeria. The queen mother was known as the Iyoba.
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The first African-American student to enroll at WSU (then the Detroit Medical College) was Dr. Henry Fitzbutler in 1871. He later became the dean of a medical school in Kentucky.
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The first African-American graduate of WSU (then Michigan College of Medicine) was Dr. Robert J. Boland in 1883. He later practiced in Virginia and served as a college trustee at Virginia's Kittrell College.
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The first African-American female graduate of WSU (then the Detrot Normal Training School) was Etta Brown in 1897. She received a bachelors degree in education.
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More African-Americans earn their masters and doctoral degrees from Wayne State University than any urban institution of its kind in the country.
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