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Media coverage of Tom Hanks Motion Pictures Center dedication

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April 20, 2016

Coverage of the dedication of the Tom Hanks Motion Pictures Center at Wright State University included more than 680 articles and television reports from around the country. Here’s a sample of the coverage:

Associated Press: Actor helps dedicate Tom Hanks Motion Pictures Center

USA Today: Tom Hanks dedicates college’s renovated center

Dayton Business Journal: Tom Hanks and Wright State: A partnership years in the making

WYSO Public Radio: Actor-director Hanks at Wright State for dedication of motion pictures center

Dayton Daily News: Tom Hanks helps launch new Center of Motion Pictures at Wright State

Dayton Business Journal: Tom Hanks dedicates new arts center in his name at Wright State University

WDTN 2 News: Tom Hanks dedicates Wright State’s renovated center

Dayton.com: Tom Hanks dedicates Wright State’s motion pictures center

Dayton.com: Tom Hanks visits Wright brothers landmark

WRGT ABC 22: Tom Hanks makes “Big” impact on Wright State

WRGT ABC 22: Tom Hanks leaves mark on Wright State students

WHIO News Center 7: Tom Hanks cuts the ribbon for the Center for Motion Pictures at Wright State

Dayton Business Journal: Inside the new Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures

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