Monthly Archives: October 2013

Architect spotlight: Wright State Enrollment Services Center

Excerpt The Wright State University Student Enrollment Center consolidates two related yet distinct functions: a welcome and orientation center for new students and their families, and an advising center for currently enrolled students. While each center required distinct entries, spaces … Continue reading

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Ohio colleges get $3.5 million to boost STEM grads

Excerpt Eleven colleges and universities in Ohio will split a $3.5 million grant to help them boost the number of minority graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The funding from the National Science Foundation creates an … Continue reading

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Wright State takes deeper look at ‘Oklahoma!’

Excerpt Rodgers and Hammerstein’s legendary “Oklahoma!,” the 1943 tale of romance, jealousy, land and statehood, revolutionized Broadway by taking musical theater to new heights of story, song and dance. It will be presented at Wright State University beginning Thursday. Based … Continue reading

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Local man explores hip-hop as form of education

Excerpt Exploring how hip-hop music can be an alternate form of education and how it is both culturally relevant and empowering to urban youth has been the focus of research by a former Middletown resident who was recognized by his … Continue reading

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Ahead of the curve

Master of human anatomy instruction program poised to meet growing need

The pending implementation of the controversial healthcare reform law may have shut down federal government, but it stirred Larry Ream to action. Continue reading

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President Hopkins applauds campus community, announces new strategic plan

Wright State’s campus community took a bow at the Student Union today during a “Day of Celebration,” an event that included unveiling the university’s revised strategic plan. Continue reading

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Wright State professor warns Dr. Phil, viewers, of romance scams

One of Mary Leal’s students recently asked her a question about internet romance scams. Sore subject. Continue reading

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Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine chapter of Student National Medical Association to host Region V Fall Conference

Conference is Oct. 18-20 at White Hall on campus of Wright State University

The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) will host the 2013 SNMA Region V Fall Conference… Continue reading

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Recovery is helped by exercise, nutrition

Pros help breast cancer patients find motivation to heal

For someone undergoing treatment for breast cancer, the mere thought of exercising can increase their already extreme fatigue. And even thinking about eating, with the level of nausea they’re feeling, can make their stomach turn. Yet studies have shown, that … Continue reading

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Rock Steady: Wright State geology student to present at national conference

As a young girl, Elizabeth Freeman would carve up creekbeds looking for fossils. Continue reading

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