Wright State Headlines
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Apr 25
Bottom Line, Wright State partnership aims to increase access to college
Wright State is partnering with Bottom Line, a nonprofit organization that partners with first-generation students from under-resourced backgrounds, to expand access to higher education to more students in the Dayton region. Continue reading
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Apr 25
Wright State’s nursing program celebrates 50th anniversary
Wright State’s nursing program prepares students to deliver excellent patient care, advocate for improved patient outcomes and help advance the nursing profession. Continue reading
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Apr 24
Wright State celebrates Student Success Champions
Recipients of the University Awards for Student Success Champions were recognized for exemplary service, collaboration, tutoring, leadership, advising and teaching. Continue reading
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Apr 23
Wright State gold team captures 2024 Horizon League team title, Flynn individual champion
The Wright State men’s golf team captured the 2024 Horizon League Championship as Andrew Flynn defeated teammate Timmy Hollenbeck on the second playoff hole to grab top individual honors. Continue reading
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Apr 23
118 medical students to graduate from Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine April 28
The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine will hold its spring 2024 graduation ceremony on Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. in the Wright State Nutter Center. 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
