Monthly Archives: April 2012

Calamityville to host national AFRL Engineering Challenge Competition

Three service academies and 17 universities will compete to build and demonstrate device to scale 60 ft. wall

Students from 17 universities and three service academies will design, fabricate and demonstrate a system to scale buildings or mountain faces under a variety of conditions. Continue reading

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Dayton area sees 2 years of job growth

((Excerpt)) The Dayton area has added jobs for two consecutive years, the first time that has happened in more than a decade, according to academic researchers. Area employment has grown from about 363,500 people in 2010 to about 370,700 employed … Continue reading

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Follow the Phantom: Auditions

Follow the Phantom logo

Meet Casey Jordan, the junior musical theatre major tackling the title role in Wright State’s production of “The Phantom of the Opera.” Continue reading

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Be part of the most dynamic Quest yet

Photo of Magdalen

This year’s Quest features a wide variety of activities, speakers and entertainment… Continue reading

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The CW: starring student Brandy Zapata

Photo of Wright State student Brandy Zapata.

She’s an actor, dancer and a student leader, and now she’s on TV as the CW Star. Continue reading

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Film professors’ work now part of Duke University archives

Photo of the four founders of New Day Films

The pioneering films of Julia Reichert and Jim Klein are part of a collection added to Duke’s Archive of Documentary Arts. Continue reading

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Wright State interns help March of Dimes

Students outnumber staff; three of four are from Wright State
Photo of Wright State students Bethany Hudson and Melissa DeButz.

Wright State interns are helping keep the wheels turning on the March of Dimes’ annual fundraising campaigns in the Dayton area. Continue reading

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Wright State student employee ‘resets the bar,’ wins university and state awards

Photo of Ashley Leasure and Wright State President David R. Hopkins

Ashley Leasure has worked in the Wright State University Department of Music as a student worker for just two years, but the impression she will leave will last long after that. Continue reading

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Take a trip down Wright State’s memory lane at Blast from the Past

Photo of Jim Brown from 1997

The event will feature some of Wright State’s first students, faculty and staff sharing their memories of the campus’ early days. Continue reading

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WSU gets $3.5M from state to create high-paying research jobs

((Excerpt)) BEAVERCREEK — A consortium of the Wright State Research Institute and area companies will create 50 full-time jobs with an average wage of about $90,000 a year to work with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to study human performance. The … Continue reading

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