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Wright State University receives grant from Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation for adaptive recreation

The Ohio Roling Hoopsters (white) play another regional wheelchair basketball team in 2011 in the Wright State University Nutter Center McLin Gym.

Wright State University has a received a $13,000 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to purchase 15 new wheelchairs for adaptive recreation… Continue reading

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CSIC sets new record

Faculty and staff giving campaign generates over $550,000
CSIC sets new record

As 2012 came to a close, Wright State’s Campus Scholarship and Innovation Campaign (CSIC) became the most successful in the university’s history… Continue reading

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Wright State students recognized for co-curricular excellence

(L-R) Photo of Honors Director Susan Carrafiello, Wright State President David R. Hopkins, commendation award winner for writing excellence Lara Donnelly and Honors Associate Director Alex Wenning.

Wright State University President David R. Hopkins presented Presidential Commendations for Excellence in Co-Curricular Activities to students Wednesday, June 6, at the Rockafield House on campus. Continue reading

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Campus Scholarship and Innovation Campaign cooks up a “recipe for success”

Campus Scholarship & Innovation Campaign Cooks Up a “Recipe for Success”

Following a record-breaking year in 2011, unit chairs for this year’s Campus Scholarship & Innovation Campaign (CSIC) hope they can whip up similar results. Continue reading

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Wright State University Foundation Board welcomes new trustees

William Pohlman named chair
WSU biplane logo

The Wright State University Foundation has appointed six new trustees to its board… Continue reading

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A Daughter’s Love: Wright State graduate Judy Wyatt funds Patient-Centered Medical Home for People Living with Dementia

Larry Lawhorne and Judy Wyatt

Judy Wyatt has always had a special bond with her mother, Stella. “My mother and I were born on the same day,” Wyatt recalled… Continue reading

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Wright State names executive director of alumni relations

Greg Scharer, senior director for alumni relations and development at Ohio University, has been named executive director of alumni relations at Wright State University Continue reading

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Wright State graduate Ann Weisgarber shortlisted for Ohioana Book Award

Photo of Ann Weisgarber

Wright State University alumna and award-winning author Ann Weisgarber is one of six finalists… Continue reading

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On the wings of love

One family shares their personal journey through childhood cancer and how they are now bringing comfort and joy to other families facing a similar battle
Prayer and a sense of humor got the Neitzke family through many tough days and nights. Jim (left) and Matt (right) would play Nerf basketball games and make water balloons out of latex hospital gloves for some much-needed stress relief.

A can of Coke sat in the car of Jim and Christine Neitzke on that cold Friday night in February 2010. It belonged to their 10-year-old son Matt. Continue reading

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Wright State students return to Appalachia for spring break service-learning project

Students help with “Samaritan” projects, where they assist low- or fixed-income seniors and people with disabilities. Much of the work involves home improvement or repairs. Students also visit with the homeowners, learning their personal stories and family history.

For the second year in row, a group of Wright State University students will spend their spring break participating in service projects in rural Appalachian communities… Continue reading

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