Wright State Headlines
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Dec 20 2024
Wright State to launch mobile street medicine project for underserved patients in Dayton
Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine will collaborate with Premier Health to provide health care services to people with substance use disorders through a mobile community-based health care, or street medicine, model. Continue reading
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Dec 19 2024
Top 10 Wright State Newsroom videos of 2024
The Wright State Newsroom shared once-in-a-lifetime moments with students, faculty and staff while making joyful connections with alumni during 2024. Continue reading
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Dec 18 2024
2025 Alumni Achievement Awards celebrate distinguished Wright State community members
The Wright State University Alumni Association recognized the accomplishments of Wright State alumni and friends with its 2025 Alumni Achievement Awards. Continue reading
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Dec 17 2024
Wright State alum partners with alma mater to brew a Raider-branded beer
Fans can now enjoy Wright State University-branded beer while cheering on the Raiders. Continue reading
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Dec 17 2024
Expanded agreement provides Air Force researchers more access to work on Wright State’s campus
Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base now have access to work throughout Wright State University’s campus. Continue reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Langston Hughes exhibit begins
((Excerpt)) “Langston Hughes contributed greatly tothe African American literary tradition and his works continue to be relevant, significant, and important,” said Jones, who also works in the Department of English Language and Literatures’ African and African American Studies Program at … Continue reading
Wright State campus to host emerging world leaders
More leaders and diplomats from around the globe will be making trips to Wright State in the future through a prestigious State Department program. Continue reading
The Elephant in the Living Room
Wright State alumnus takes on exotic animals in documentary film
John Adkins came to Wright State with a vague idea that he would like a career in film or video. He didn’t realize he would graduate with an enduring passion for documentary filmmaking. Or that he would go on to … Continue reading
Everyday Miracles
In a country ravaged by HIV and AIDS, The Luke Commission brings health care and hope to the people of Swaziland
On a dark and foggy night in the Swaziland bush, The Luke Commission is on a quest—a quest to find a young mother and her two children, ages 5 and 6. The family had been at The Luke Commission’s clinic earlier in the day, where all three had tested positive for HIV. Continue reading
Family Affair
Booming high-tech research company a Wright State 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
Wright State couple combines medicine and finance
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
For the Love of Art
Wright State graduate combines her passions for photography and teaching
When Sally Struthers came to Wright State University in 1977 as a first-year student, she had never even heard of the field of art history. “I had no idea what I was going to major in,” Struthers recalled. She thought … Continue reading
Educator for Life
The phone rang one day and M. Alice Callier was shocked by the voice on the other end of the line—a student she had taught 47 years earlier. The former student called to see how Callier was doing and to … Continue reading
Secret Agent Man
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer ’86 shares his personal story of the war on terror from the front lines of Afghanistan
Tony Shaffer’s journey from Wright State University has been one filled with top-secret missions, bureaucratic roadblocks, and the honor of serving his country. “Wright State prepared me very well to go forth and do things,” said Shaffer, who graduated in … Continue reading
Consulting, Scrappy Style
With her own unique approach and dogged determination, Kimberly Wiefling ’84 helps people and corporations achieve what they once thought was impossible.
In one of her many speaking engagements, Kimberly Wiefling ’84 holds a rubber chicken at shoulder height, releases it, and lets it drop to the floor. “What caused the chicken to drop?” she asks the audience. Some say gravity. Others … Continue reading
