Parking hangtags for the WSU Assigned Parking Program are due to expire Thursday, May 31.  However, due to a delay in printing, new tags will not be available for distribution before then. In the meantime, all members of the program will continue to have access to assigned parking and will not be ticketed or towed for having an expired hangtag. Please note that program participants should receive new hangtag in the mail within the next two weeks.  Nine-month employees will receive their hangtags in the mail in August, unless summer parking was paid in advance. For questions or concerns, please contact (313) 577-3704.

Andrea Roumell Dickson, WSU executive vice president and chief of staff, recently announced that Mark Ankenbauer will be joining WSU as associate vice president for human resources May 31.  Arkenbauer has more than 20 years experience in the human resource arena managing complex and diverse organizations.  He has a proven track record as a motivational leader who fosters teamwork and energizes others, has demonstrated skills in improving existing policies, processes and technologies and has an extensive background in process planning and strategy development.   Arkenbauer earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Central Michigan University and a master's degree in industrial relations from Wayne State. 

Salon X is now open in The Towers Residential Suites, on Anthony Wayne Drive. Open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, the full-service salon offers haircuts, highlights, styling, makeup, pedicures, manicures and more. Call (313) 833-5000 to make an appointment.

The WSU Property Warehouse will be open every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Items for sale include computers, chairs and desks. For more information, email propertymanagement@wayne.edu.

New low-cost software products available to Wayne State staff, students and faculty are featured on Computing & Information Technology's Software Clearinghouse at computing.wayne.edu. Remember that all purchases of software from the Software Clearinghouse are to be used for Wayne State University work. Purchases can be made securely online (with a WSU ProCard, Check/Money Order, or IRB). Once payment is received, the software may be picked up at the Software Clearinghouse, or it can be sent to you via Campus mail.

The President's Commission on the Status of Women is pleased to announce that it has awarded a grant to the Wayne State University Women's Studies program that will send 10 interested students to this summer's conference of the National Organization for Women. The conference is being held in Dearborn, from July 13-15, and is the venue of important feminist activism, lobbying and networking.

Students who would like to apply for one of the 10 scholarships available should contact the Dr. Frances J. Ranney, director of Women's Studies, at ae8683@wayne.edu on or before May 18 to receive a short electronic application form. Applications must include a short persuasive statement linking attendance at the NOW conference to important academic goals, as well as to political, personal or career goals. All applications must be submitted to Dr. Ranney by e-mail, and must arrive by noon on Friday, June 1.

Scholarship recipients will be required to attend a half-day workshop on the Wayne State campus the week of July 9 to learn about NOW and the issues up for discussion this year; they will also attend a half-day post-conference workshop the week of July 16 to report on their experiences.