Norm, MO,

becomes

Wayne State's 10th president

Jay Noren, MD, became the
10th president of Wayne State
University August 1, succeeding
Irvin D. Reid, who stepped
down July 31 after a decade
leading one of Michigan's
largest research universities.

Noren's appointment follows an
extensive search that began in
October 2007. "The presidential
search committee conducted a
national search that produced
outstanding candidates who
held high-level positions in
higher education, government
and the corporate world,"
Eugene Driker, chair of the
committee, said. "Dr. Noren
brought to the table not only
exemplary credentials and skills,
but an extensive background in
higher education leadership. We
are confident that he is the right
person to lead this university,
and look forward to great
success with him at the helm."

Before coming to Wayne State,
Noren held numerous leadership
positions. He was founding dean
of the College of Public Health
at the University of Nebraska

Medical Center; executive vice
president and provost at the
University of Nebraska; vice
chancellor for health sciences,
acting dean for allied health
and associate vice chancellor
at the University of Wisconsin;
chancellor of Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities; and
president of the Health Science
Center and vice chancellor for
health affairs at the Texas A&M
University System.

"I think the presidency of Wayne
State University is one of, if not
the most, exciting leadership
opportunities today in higher
education," Noren said. "This
point in history for Wayne
State poses unprecedented
opportunities to confront
immense challenges that have
far-reaching impact not only
regionally on Detroit and
Michigan, but also nationally.
Wayne State's challenges
are, more than ever before,
the nation's challenges in
higher education, economic
development and societal
stability, today and for the

foreseeable future. I am
proud and excited to
be a part of this great
university."

Noren's research and
teaching emphases have
focused on health services
research, health policy
and health politics. He has
participated in extensive
funded research projects
and written numerous
papers and book chapters.
He developed and
directed the Wisconsin
Center for Health Policy
and Program Evaluation
and was an originator
and director of the University of
Wisconsin graduate program in
administrative medicine.

His international experience
includes negotiating educational
exchange agreements with
universities in China and
Lithuania and collaborating with
educational enterprises in Africa
and England.

Noren received two bachelors'
degrees from the University

President Jay Noren and his wife,
Sheri Noren Everts touring campus

of Minnesota, a medical
degree from the University of
Minnesota Medical School and a
master's degree in public health
from Harvard University. He was
a research fellow at the Harvard
Center for Community Health
and Medical Care, a Robert
Wood Johnson Health Policy
Fellow at the National Academy
of Sciences and U.S. Congress,
and a Winston Churchill Fellow
in England and Scotland.

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More than 100 student projects
were featured in WSU's recent
Undergraduate Research
Conference on campus; a
new twist was added when
members of the Academy of
Scholars judged the projects
and $250 bookstore gift
certificates were offered as
prizes.

David Hermiz, Pridvi
Kandagatla, Stephanie Karmo
and Vani Pinnamaneni,
Honors College
students working
with faculty
member John
Brender of
Romance
languages and
literatures,
presented

Second-

Generation Ethnic College
Students: Comparisons between
Chaldean and Asian-Indian
Populations, and have

been invited to show
their work at the
national conference
of the American
College Personnel
Association.

The Office of
Undergraduate
Research, which
is housed in the
Honors College,
also took 27
students to the

21" National Conference
on Undergraduate Research
at Dominican University
of California in April. More
than 2,000 students from
300 colleges and universities
participated.

Wayne State is a founding
partner in the Michigan
Undergraduate Research
Forum, a venue through which
student researchers from WSU,
Michigan State University
and the three campuses of
the University of Michigan
showcase their work for
legislators every March at the
state capitol in Lansing.

Adrianne Stefanski presented her work on
the effects of prenatal toluene exposure on
skeletal abnormality during the fourth annual
Undergraduate Research Conference.

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