Monthly Archives: August 2012

Human Relations (Classified)

President's Awards for Excellence

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Photo of Mary Zurawka, administrative specialist, Department of Criminal Justice

Mary Zurawka has been an administrative assistant for the Criminal Justice Program since 2006. Continue reading

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Leadership (Classified)

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of James Storm, painter, Physical Plant

As one of two painters on the Dayton Campus’s south zone, James “Jimmy” Storm stays busy maintaining the wall surfaces of more than two dozen buildings. Continue reading

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Human Relations (Unclassified)

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of Daisy Stieger office manager and staff advisor for the Department of Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering.

Daisy Stieger serves as office manager and staff advisor for the Department of Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering, where she has worked for the last 15 years. Continue reading

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Spirit of Innovation

President's Awards for Excellence

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Photo of Aaron Skira, associate director, Department of Financial Aid

As associate director of financial aid, Aaron Skira looks for creative ways to make the aid process easier, less stressful, and more attainable for all Wright State students. Continue reading

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Small-town girl launches English career at Wright State

Photo of Wright State student Elise Hartzell

When 17-year-old Elise Hartzell was making pizzas or running the register at the Morning Star Convenience Store in the tiny northwest Ohio village of Melrose, she daydreamed of becoming a college English professor. Continue reading

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Wright State engineering Ph.D. wins Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in Automotive Engineering

((Excerpt)) An employee of Ford Motor Company since 2005, Dr. Li currently is research engineer in Research and Advanced Engineering. His research interests include response surface based optimization, MDO, CAE model verification and validation and optimization tool development for vehicle … Continue reading

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President Hopkins: Wright State will be “relentless” in building an entrepreneurial university

Photo of Wright State President David R. Hopkins at the sixth annual Regional Summit

During a gathering of the region’s top business leaders, Wright State President David R. Hopkins announced that the school plans to transform itself into an entrepreneurial university and will be relentless in doing so. Continue reading

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Air Force’s Summer-at-the-Edge fires up Wright State students

Photo of Wright State students showing their project at the Summer-at-the-Edge Open House

More than 100 high school and college students tackled more than 30 research projects this summer in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Summer-at-the-Edge internship program. Continue reading

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Service (Unclassified)

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of Beverly Grunden, statistical consultant in the Statistical Consulting Center.

Beverly Grunden has served Wright State as a statistical scientist and consultant in the Statistical Consulting Center (SCC) since completing her master’s degree in applied statistics at Wright State in 2001 Continue reading

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Leadership (Unclassified)

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of Javan Conley, senior project manager in Engineering and Construction

As a senior project manager for the Engineering and Construction Department, Javan Conley provides the leadership necessary to navigate all the challenges that come… Continue reading

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