The Wayne State University Mace, a ceremonial scepter used at certain official university occasions, will be present on Friday, April 4, when M. Roy Wilson is inaugurated as the 12th president of Wayne State University. The mace also appears at Commencement ceremonies and at each year's New Student Convocation. The Wayne State University Mace has been in use for thirty years; it was built for the university by Phillip Fike.  read more »

Social movements which can disrupt the status quo and go on to change the course of events for the participants often coalesce around a leader. Such were the circumstances in 1962, when Cesar Chavez, a former migrant worker and community activist, began the long struggle for farm workers’ rights by organizing the National Farm Workers Association in Delano, California—the forerunner of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). Due to the efforts of UAW President Walter P. Reuther, the papers of the UFW are open to researchers at the Reuther Library.  read more »