Author Archives: Jim Hannah
Stormy Childhoods, Sunny Futures
Growing up was a rocky road for Adrian McLemore. His mother and father divorced. He fought with his parents and teachers. He ran away from home a lot. And then there was the string of foster homes… By the time … Continue reading
Alumni Profile: Sweet Charity
It pulls at her heart. A family walks into a homeless shelter and for the first time must spend the night with strangers under a strange roof, thinking darkly about the future. Their faces are rouged with the look of … Continue reading
Alumni Profile: Gary McCullough
It was a never-to-be-forgotten life lesson for Gary McCullough. Plummeting to earth after having just jumped from a plane during Army training, McCullough’s parachute failed to open. The chute came out, but never caught air—a frightening phenomenon known as a … Continue reading
Green and Bold
Young but athletic. Those are the watchwords as Wright State’s women’s basketball team prepares for a new season. Wright State posted one of its best seasons ever in 2010–11, winning 20 games for the first time as a Division I … Continue reading
Family Affair
A plaque celebrating a hole-in-one sits on the bookshelf in the office of Michael Bridges, president of Peerless Technologies Corporation. The 51-year-old Bridges says the ace occurred “way back when” during one of the first rounds of golf he ever … Continue reading
Tale of Two Careers
Like many graduates of medical school, Michele Torres-Winburn set out to practice family medicine. But somewhere along the way, the Wright State University alumna discovered a different passion. Torres-Winburn, M.D., gravitated with laser-beam intensity to hospital medicine, drawn by the … Continue reading
Research and Technology: WSRI
The Wright State Research Institute (WSRI) is leading a major effort designed to help the Air Force improve human performance in dealing with terrorist threats, combat fatigue, and other defense issues. Air Force research contracts of up to $6.4 million … Continue reading
Vaughn Duggins: A season of passion, pain, and performance
Maybe it was the Norman Rockwell-like childhood, growing up in Indiana farm country with a basketball hoop in the driveway. Maybe it was the natural athleticism that was nourished and burnished by years of being a gym rat. Maybe it … Continue reading
N’Gai Evans: From Lil’ Guy to Big Man on the hardwood
When N’Gai Evans arrived at Wright State as a freshman basketball player, he was a spindly 148 pounds. His teammates called him Lil’ Guy. Opponents dissed him. “That was just a little bit of a motivator for me to get … Continue reading
Human rocket Cassandra Lloyd “hurdles” record book
Just before Wright State hurdler Cassandra Lloyd begins a race, she says a little prayer. Turns out her opponents need it more than she does. The 21-year-old lightning bolt has broken 26 school records in the three years she’s been … Continue reading
