Monthly Archives: July 2018

Checking in

Wright State’s Stuart McDowell pays a visit to Tom Hanks, reminisces about 2016 campus visit

Stuart McDowell, artistic director of the Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures Tom Hanks for his book on the Riverside Shakespeare Company. Continue reading

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DBJ Executive Profile: Wright State president marks end of first year, says it’s ‘critical’ time for university

Excerpt Cheryl Schrader marks her first completed year as the seventh president of Wright State University. In her first year, Schrader has spent considerable time cutting expenses and building up the university’s reserve fund. A surplus of over $7 million is expected at … Continue reading

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Fresh legs

Wright State freshmen hope to impact men’s basketball team

Grant Basile, Skyelar Potter and Malachi Smith have only been on Wright State University’s campus for a few weeks, but they are quickly finding their footing. Continue reading

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99 Raiders named to Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll

The Horizon League Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or above. Continue reading

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Shakespeare production featured plenty of Wright State talent

The Human Race Theatre’s production of “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]” featured Wright State talent behind the scenes and on the stage. Continue reading

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Wright State’s Global Public Health Brigade returns to Nicaragua

Wright State students returned to Nicaragua to work on with infrastructure projects to improve living conditions. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Biology, Community Service, Home news sidebar, News, Science & Mathematics, University Center for International Education |

Fairborn Daily Herald: Wright State student, XHS graduate starts company

Excerpt The idea struck him one day after spotting a billboard as he was driving home from work. When he came to learn that it cost businesses $425 a week to rent the sign space, he decided there should be … Continue reading

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Field operations

Wright State archaeology students find traces of town that was relocated following Great Dayton Flood of 1913

Students in the Field School in Archaeology excavate a field to learn more about life in Old Osborn, near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Continue reading

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Free kick

The University Center for International Education has hosted a live stream of the FIFA World Cup. Continue reading

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Wright State alumna, adjunct faculty member helps veterans tell their wartime memories

Excerpt Tucked away in an unassuming gray filing cabinet in Bridget Federspiel’s history classroom at Stivers School for the Arts are the wartime memories of more than 550 U.S. military veterans. Federspiel and her students have spent more than 12 … Continue reading

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