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Film star Tom Hanks offered his congratulations by video on Thursday, Oct. 20, when several arts programs at Wright State University were designated an Ohio Center of Excellence by the state Board of Regents.
The departments of art, art history, music, theater, dance and motion pictures are partners in WSU’s collective CELIA (Collaborative Education, Leadership & Innovation in the Arts), which has now been declared an Ohio Center for Excellence in Cultural and Societal Transformation.
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