Author Archives: Bob Mihalek

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Health care professionals receive immersive training through Wright State’s National Disaster Health Consortium

Health care professionals receive immersive training in disaster response through program offered by the College of Nursing and Health. Continue reading

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Why and when men grow beards

Christopher Oldstone-Moore

For everyone with a hirsute family member, a bearded patriarch, a fuzzy metro-sexual, here’s a great gift, a not-entirely-serious account of why and when men grow facial hair. It’s called “Of Beards And Men,” by Christopher Oldstone-Moore. It’s a history … Continue reading

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Salt barn seen as model for future cost-sharing

Excerpt A new $3 million facility at Wright State University is seen as a possible model for future cooperative ventures between state-supported universities, state agencies and local governments. The two-acre complex at 3800 University Blvd. includes several service buildings and … Continue reading

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Lake Campus offering a four-year bachelor degree in nursing

Lynn Frank, director of the nursing program at Wright State’s Lake Campus, discusses the campus’ new four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Watch the interview with WLIO.

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Three questions with … Seth Gordon, Wright State Veterans and Military Center

Excerpt Maybe the first thing to know about Seth Gordon, director of Wright State University’s Veteran and Military Center, is that he’s not a veteran. Maybe the second thing to know is: It doesn’t really matter. Gordon, 44, has worked with … Continue reading

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Wright State opens the ReyRey Cafe

The first student-operated café at Wright State was celebrated with a grand opening ceremony on Dec. 2. Sponsored by the Reynolds and Reynolds Foundation, ReyRey Café is housed in Rike Hall, home of the Raj Soin College of Business. Watch the report from … Continue reading

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Nursing professors honored for research on bath salts and pregnancy

Wright State nursing faculty members honored for providing vital information to health care professionals about the effects bath salts can have on pregnant women and their babies. Continue reading

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Wright State students give back

Excerpt Wright State University students had the opportunity to reflect on what they are thankful for regarding their education and donate Raiderbucks to one of the 1,600 foundations found on campus as part of its Giving Tuesday event. Organizers hoped … Continue reading

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‘Of Beards and Men’

Christopher Oldstone-Moore

Excerpt Dewey would have been a sympathetic audience for “Of Beards and Men,” a finely detailed, borderline obsessive history by Christopher Oldstone-Moore, who spends more than 300 pages arguing that there’s very little on which facial hair might not come … Continue reading

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Multicultural Dayton: Mai Nguyen, from Vietnam to Wright State University

Excerpt Mai Nguyen knows what it’s like to adapt to a different world. Born in Ho Chi Minh City when it was still known as Saigon, Nguyen came to America as an international student at Syracuse University, where she met … Continue reading

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