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Subject Focus: Wayne State University's Seals, Logos, and Graphics
Posted April 9th, 2012 by cwesterman
Apart from Old Main, which has stood at the corner of Warren and Cass since 1896, the University Seal is the oldest surviving visual symbol of Wayne State University. Like Old Main, the seal predates Wayne by some years. read more »
Subject Focus: Poet Laureate Philip Levine at Wayne State University
Posted December 2nd, 2011 by cwesterman
Philip Levine, a 1950 graduate of Wayne University, was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States in August of this year. Levine was born in Detroit in 1928, and his poetry is concerned with labor, industry and workers. In his short time as the nation's official poet he has not refrained from political activity: he made international news this month when an autographed book of his poetry he had donated to the "People's Library" of Occupy Wall Street was among those seized by the New York City Police Department. read more »
