Monthly Archives: February 2011

Dayton seeks to become unmanned flight training area

((excerpt)) Sinclair Community College is working with the University of Dayton, Wright State University, local companies and organizations to shape the request, which could go to the Federal Aviation Administration in a few months, said Deborah Norris, vice president of … Continue reading

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Reynolds and Reynolds Company Foundation gives $240,000 to scholarship program for Wright State engineering students

Photo of Reynolds and Reynolds check presentation at Valpo B-Ball game

The Reynolds and Reynolds Company Foundation has committed $240,000 in scholarships for the Reynolds and Reynolds Leadership Scholars Program at Wright State… Continue reading

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Buses to Butler

Wright State students and alumni packed six buses and hit the road Thursday for the game with Butler in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Wright State and Fairborn Chamber of Commerce to celebrate “Fairborn Night”

Student groups also organizing “Green and Gold Day”
The Wright State Raiders have another big Horizon League match-up at the Wright State Nutter Center Wednesday when they play Cleveland State at 7 p.m.

The Fairborn Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 35th annual “Fairborn Night” on Wednesday, February 16, as part of Wright State University’s men’s basketball game against Cleveland State. Continue reading

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WSU to produce ‘Phantom’

((excerpt)) Wright State University Theatre will produce Andrew Lloyd Webber’s megamusical “The Phantom of the Opera” as part of its 2011-12 season. W. Stuart McDowell, chair of theater, dance and motion pictures, said the long-running Broadway smash will be part … Continue reading

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WSU blog to document Dayton history

((excerpt)) DAYTON — Dayton history buffs can interact with a Wright State University Libraries newspaper archive preservation project through a blog now at www.libraries.wright.edu/special. DaytonDailyNews.com

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University foundations post big gains

((excerpt)) Wright State University & Foundation, 471, $63.8 million in 2010, up .5 percent from $63.5 million in 2009; Read more: University foundations post big gains | Dayton Business Journal

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GOP has Statehouse clout to change collective bargaining

((excerpt)) Rudy Fichtenbaum, a Wright State University economics professor and treasurer of the American Association of University Professors national bargaining group, said the proposed legislation would put Ohio’s universities at a disadvantage when trying to attract top talent to develop … Continue reading

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Ex-neighbor haunted by memories of children’s screams

((excerpt)) Ridge — then an 18-year-old premed student at Wright State University — was concerned about the little girl, who was about 3 years old, whose screams she heard often. DaytonDailyNews.com

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Baseball Picked to Finish First in Horizon League Preseason Poll

Wright State Head Baseball Coach Rob Cooper

The Wright State baseball team has been picked to win the 2011 Horizon League title… Continue reading

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