Monthly Archives: February 2021

Virtual WSUNER ‘Learn Local’ Conference expected to draw educators March 5-6

Social justice, educational technologies and bringing calmness to the classroom will be the focus of the virtual WSUNER “Learn Local” Conference. Continue reading

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

Engineering faculty member Joy Gockel honored by professional society for minerals, metals and materials

Joy Gockel will receive a TMS 2021 Structural Materials Division Young Leaders Professional Development Award from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS). Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Alumni, Engineering & Computer Science, Home news sidebar, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, News |

DBJ: Wright State University to launch its first new college in more than 30 years this fall

First announced in February 2020, the new college will house undergraduate and graduate programs within the fields of nursing, professional psychology, teacher education, kinesiology and health, social work, human services and leadership studies in education and organizations. Continue reading

Posted in Wright State in the News |

Wright State’s M.B.A. program attracting students from afar, taking distance learning to whole new level

The COVID-19 pandemic is driving interest from out-of-area students in the M.B.A. program offered by the Raj Soin College of Business. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Business, Coronavirus, Graduate, Home news sidebar, MBA, News, Online Education |

Wright State industrial and systems engineering students win first place in Great Lakes technical paper competition

The students were honored for their paper “Putting a Smile on Redesigning: A Dental Facility Layout Problem.” Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering, Engineering & Computer Science, Home news sidebar, News |

Pedal power

Wright State music education alumnus Mike Bisig finds a new kind of rhythm with an indoor bicycle park

Wright State graduate Mike Bisig moved from a career teaching music to operating an indoor bike park in downtown Dayton. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Alumni, Alumni Association, Alumni Profile, Fine and Performing Arts, Graduate, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, Liberal Arts, News, Videos |

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Wright State junior Joey Larkin combines motion pictures studies with videography at a Dayton television station

Through the Wright State Motion Pictures Program and a job on “Living Dayton,” Joey Larkin is training to become a documentary filmmaker. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Fine and Performing Arts, Homepage Photos and Video, Liberal Arts, News, Student Profile, Videos |

Wright State basketball teams ready for 2021 Horizon League tournament

The Wright State basketball teams will host quarterfinal games at the Nutter Center on March 2. Continue reading

Posted in Athletics, Home news sidebar, News |

DBJ: CEO of one of Dayton’s largest woman-owned companies joins Wright State’s board

Dawn Conway, CEO of Boost Engagement LLC, was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to serve an eight-year term on WSU’s board, effective Feb. 22. She succeeds Grace Ramos, former commissioner of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, whose term ended June 30, 2020. Continue reading

Posted in Wright State in the News |

Dawn Conway appointed to Wright State Board of Trustees

Dawn Conway, the president and CEO of Boost Engagement in Dayton, was appointed for a term ending June 30, 2029, on the Wright State Board of Trustees. Continue reading

Posted in Home news sidebar, News |