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Wright State University has landed a $1.5 million grant from an alumna and her husband.
Shirley Berry and her husband John are donating the money for student success initiatives at Wright State, especially for programming and operations at the new Student Success Center, which opened its doors last year, the school said. Wright State is naming the 220-seat auditorium in the building the John and Shirley (’77) Berry Auditorium.
Read the article from the Dayton Business Journal.
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