Psychology

Giving Day contributions of every size make a major difference! Support the Psychology Department today or give to another area that helps the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Ready! Set! Give! On Giving Day, once 10 donors make a gift to the Psychology Annual Fund, a $1,000 gift from Linda Jones will be unlocked!
  
• But that's not all! Lisa Rapport will match donations to the Psychology Clinic – up to $1,000.

Wayne State provides a broad spectrum of psychology education that prepares students for careers in marketing, teaching, human resources, and many other related fields. Psychology majors are trained in critical thinking, ethical reasoning, interpersonal communication, research design, and much more!

• Gifts supporting the Psychology Annual Fund help provide department-specific resources. These include expanding the department’s ability to support a wide range of experiential learning opportunities, awards for student travel to professional conferences, departmental events and programs, internships, funding for student and faculty research, and more.
• Dr. Boris B. Baltes was a dedicated scholar and leader who served the Wayne State University community for 27 years. He joined the Department of Psychology as a faculty member in 1998 and went on to serve in many capacities, including department chair, senior vice provost for faculty affairs and academic personnel, and interim dean of both the College of Education and, most recently, the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts. Dr. Baltes passed away on August 21, 2025. Gifts supporting the Boris B. Baltes Industrial and Organizational Psychology Endowed Student Support Fund will help provide major support for expenses associated with research by undergraduate and graduate-level students within the Industrial and Organizational Psychology program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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Wayne State faculty and staff can give via payroll deduction here.