Monthly Archives: July 2011

CareSource Foundation doles out $150K

((Excerpt)) The CareSource Foundation recently awarded a $150,000 signature grant to the Montgomery County Ohio College Promise Program. Through the College Promise Program, students are paired with mentors to improve or uphold school attendance, grades and behavior. Students who fulfill … Continue reading →

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Researcher gets major funding to investigate premature births

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Jim Hannah
Photo of Wright State research Thomas Brown.

Preterm babies are born earlier than 37 weeks into a normal 40-week pregnancy, however exactly what causes premature births has long baffled experts. Continue reading →

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Saluting Dayton’s 2010-11 Theater Season

((Excerpt)) Splendid collaborations, promising new works, compelling dramas and knockout regional and local premieres impressively accented Dayton’s strong, refreshingly progressive 2010-11 theater season. I attended nearly 70 shows over the past 12 months, and unsurprisingly, the triumphs outweighed the troubled. … Continue reading →

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Wright State students enter shark tank

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Seth Bauguess
Photo of Wright State student intern Jon Nonnenmacher at the Newport Aquarium.

Wright State university students Chris Buck and Jon Nonnenmacher might just have the coolest internship you’ve ever heard of. Continue reading →

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Green and gold add to day of red, white and blue

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Seth Bauguess
Photo of the Wright Alumni Association float during the Fairborn July 4th parade.

The Wright State Alumni Association provided the float, and the cheerleaders and Emerald Jazz dance team provided plenty of spirit… Continue reading →

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Why are the Walls Screaming? WYSO features Wright State artist

((Excerpt)) Why Are the Walls Screaming?” is the title of an art show up now in the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery. The artist, Wright State student Tony Powers, is a synesthete. (sin-uh s-theet) That means, when Powers hears a … Continue reading →

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Mainous named dean of Wright State University-Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Cory MacPherson

Rosalie O’Dell Mainous, Ph.D., APRN, NNP-BC, associate dean for graduate programs and research at the University of Louisville, has been named dean of Wright State University-Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health, effective August 15. Continue reading →

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Former WSU star enjoying Germany

DaShaun Wood commits for two more seasons despite NBA offers.

((Excerpt)) DaShaun Wood arrived in Germany, and it felt more like home. “It’s way more Americanized,” said Wood, the former Wright State basketball standout who left Italy for Germany last summer. “More people speak English, and they just have a … Continue reading →

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WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine’s eCAM program offers substance abuse treatment for people with disabilities statewide

$1.2 million grant to provide substance abuse treatment via computer to disabled and returning veterans throughout Ohio
Posted on July 1, 2011 by Cindy Young

For years he tried to fight his addiction, but as the only deaf person in his community there was no treatment available for him in his hometown. Continue reading →

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Wright State business college a boost to region

If you think the academy is light-years away from the “real world,” you must abandon those notions when walking into the office of Berkwood Farmer, dean of the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University. DaytonBusinessJournals.com Farmer’s office … Continue reading →

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