DETROIT – Wayne State University President Irvin Reid will discuss Innovation for the Real World at the next Great Lakes Angels dinner meeting on Feb. 15, which also will feature elevator pitches from two companies.
Reid was sworn in as WSU?s ninth president in November 1997. and announced several strategic initiatives he believed would lead Wayne State into ?a new era of greatness?. Under President Reid?s leadership, the university has indeed experienced a great deal of growth and success.
Notable developments during his tenure include $650 million in completed and planned improvements to the campus infrastructure; the establishment of a 75-acre Research and Technology Park, already a catalyst for regional economic development and a major addition to the university?s research capital; the first on-campus undergraduate housing in 35 years; a state-of-the-art fitness center; and the establishment of a World Bridge Global Education Complex, designed to increase the university?s presence worldwide and help educate students to be citizens of an increasingly global society.
Great Lakes Angels provides high net worth individuals in Michigan, Ohio and Ontario, Canada, with the opportunity to invest in promising Midwestern technology companies. Two of those technology companies, Koyono and Nano-Sec, will make pitches to investors at the meeting.
The deadline for registration is Feb. 10. To register, click on GLAngels.Org
