Monthly Archives: June 2017

#SMDay: Spot on social

About 250 university professionals and students use Wright State’s social media channels to support recruitment, retention, alumni engagement, donor support and reputation management. Continue reading →

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Wright State swimming and diving group meets fundraising goal

Successful fundraising efforts by former swimmers and friends mean the Wright State swimming and diving teams will compete during the 2017-18 season. Continue reading →

Posted in Around Campus, Home news sidebar, News, Student Union |

Lifeguarding job leads to medical school

Justin Kelley is pursuing a M.D./M.P.H. dual degree at the Boonshoft School of Medicine to prepare for a medical career in health policy and management. Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Alumni, Alumni Association, Alumni Profile, Biology, Home news sidebar, Honors Program, Medical Students, Medicine, News, Physician Leadership Development Program, Science & Mathematics, Student Profile |

Wright State Honors students researching year-round

Megan Neumann, a junior biological sciences major, is one of numerous Wright State Honors students spending the summer conducting research. Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Biology, Home news sidebar, Honors Program, News, Research, Science & Mathematics, Student Profile |

Travel scholarship helped medical school graduate aid refugees

Christopher Champlin traveled to Greece to work with Emergency Response Centre International, a NGO that provides assistance to refugees from Turkey. Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Alumni, Alumni Association, BSOM alumni, Community Service, Giving, Home news sidebar, Medical Students, Medicine, News |

Wright State’s Tunnel of Oppression honored by Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education

The Tunnel of Oppression is an eye-opening experience designed to help first-year students at Wright State University appreciate diversity and fight discrimination. Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Faculty & Staff, Home news sidebar, News, Student Success, Student Union |

Forbes interviews Wright State expert about Erlich Bachman’s facial hair on HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’

Christopher Oldstone-Moore

Excerpt To learn more about Bachman’s facial hair I turned to Christopher R. Oldstone-Moore, author of Of Beards And Men, The Revealing History of Facial Hair and senior lecturer at Wright State University. I asked him if he could discern … Continue reading →

Posted in Wright State in the News |

Katherine Myers discusses how Wright State works with students with a range of disabilities

Katherine Leigh Myers is Assistive Technology Specialist for the Office of Disability Services at Wright State University, where she works with students with a wide range of physical and learning disabilities to help them overcome the many challenges they face … Continue reading →

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Getting with the program

College of Education and Human Services launches Program Evaluation certification program

The College of Education and Human Services offers a graduate-level program to train students as certified program evaluators who can work in education, government, business and for nonprofits. Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Education & Leadership, Graduate, Health, Education, & Human Services, Home news sidebar, News |

Wright State art students’ work on display at Dayton Art Institute part of DDN feature story

Excerpt Each year, the Dayton Art Institute offers four regional college art majors a chance at something big — to exhibit their artwork as a Yeck College Artist Fellow at the prestigious venue. This year’s scholarship winners were Eva Lewis … Continue reading →

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