Wright State Headlines
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May 3
Wright State nursing, social work students experience challenges of poverty in simulation
Nursing and social work students played roles to help them better understand the challenges their future patients or clients may experience during the Community Action Poverty Simulation. Continue reading
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May 2
Immortal exhibition
Students in the Studies in Literary Theory course created a Vampire Exhibition as their final project and culminating experience for the class. Continue reading
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May 2
Wright State golf team headed to San Diego Regional in NCAA tournament
The Wright State University men’s golf team is headed to the NCAA Championship for the seventh time in program history after earning a spot in the San Diego Regional. The Raiders learned their destination on May 1 as part of the live selection show on the Golf Channel. Continue reading
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May 1
118 students receive medical degrees during Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine graduation
After four or more years of intense study and specialized training, 118 medical students received their medical degrees from Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine during a graduation ceremony on April 28. Continue reading
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Series: 2024 Alumni Achievement AwardsApr 30
Lake Campus alum’s success a family affair
As the recipient of the Lake Campus 2024 Outstanding Alumnus Award, Luke VanTilburg gave the commencement address at its spring commencement ceremony on April 25. Continue reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
John Legend to welcome Wright State Class of 2016 at Freshman Convocation
The Springfield native is a critically acclaimed, multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter known for his dedicated work as a philanthropist and social activist. Continue reading
Wright State among Ohio universities making semester switch
((Excerpt)) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Students at four Ohio universities will be doing something they aren’t accustomed to doing: starting fall classes in August. Ohio State University, Ohio University, University of Cincinnati and Wright State University are the last four … Continue reading
Wright State changes payment plan for semesters
((Excerpt)) Wright State is also adjusting its payment plan to allow students to make four payments during a semester, instead of three payments they made under the quarter calendar. Along with a $40 fee for using the service, students will … Continue reading
Move-in Day set for August 23
On Thursday, Aug. 23, about 1,300 new Wright State University students will move into their quarters on campus. Continue reading
Stein Galleries to feature work by Texas artist James Sullivan
Sullivan’s intensely alluring works reflect the solitude of the human condition. Continue reading
Saving Face
When Jennifer Whitestone used her education and research experience to treat a burn victim, it changed her life as well
Total Contact Inc. is more than a business to founder Jennifer Whitestone: it’s a mission. Whitestone made the leap from federal employee with job security to startup business owner after using her biomedical engineering skills to help someone who had … Continue reading
Earth Angels
These three alumni work to create a culture of environmental responsibility–on campus and beyond
green machinist A year after the Cuyahoga River caught fire, Earth Day was born. 1970. It was the first wave of the environmental movement, and high school senior Linda Ramey was riding it. Since then, Ramey has made a colorful … Continue reading
Fuel Efficient
Stephen Hightower builds petroleum-distribution business into a national powerhouse
When Stephen Hightower applied for a sales position at Armco Steel after graduating from high school, he had good reason to think he would get the job. After all, he had been heavily involved in his family’s cleaning business—interfacing with … Continue reading
The New Recruits
Students answer the call for next generation of air force scientists
Justin Estepp describes himself as “just a bench engineer.” But with a small army of student research assistants at his side in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing complex at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Estepp is grinding … Continue reading
A Greentree Grows on Campus
Entrepreneur, alumnus gives back in the classroom
On the first day of class, adjunct instructor Travis Greenwood reveals details of each student’s personal life. He knows that one student has three dogs. He knows that another spent last summer traveling through Europe. He also knows that a … Continue reading
