Author Archives: Kris Sproles

Working for others

Wright State alumnus is empowering people with disabilities to gain independence and employment

Wright State alumnus Kaleb Matteson helps people with disabilities to gain independence and employment as a job developer at United Rehabilitation Services. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Alumni, Career Services, Health, Education, & Human Services, Home news sidebar, Military & Veterans, News, Social Work, Social Work & Human Services, Undergraduate |

Operation Move-In to welcome over 2,300 residential students to Wright State’s Dayton Campus

Wright State University will welcome new and returning residential students to the Dayton Campus with a full schedule of traditional and new activities during Operation Move-In Aug. 21-24. Continue reading

Posted in Around Campus, Enrollment Management, Home news sidebar, News, Residence Life & Housing |

Wright State University and Premier Health – Nursing and Health Careers Camp encourages high school students to build skills and learn about health care careers

More than 40 high school students from around Ohio learned to stop a bleeding wound,  perform CPR, and other basics of a day in the life of a healthcare professional at Wright State University and Premier Health’s Nursing and Health Careers Camp.   Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Enrollment Management, Health, Education, & Human Services, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, News, Nursing, Videos |

Shopping spree

New Wright State alumni receive school supplies to kick off their teaching careers

More than 50 recent Wright State graduates who secured teaching positions at area schools received free classroom supplies at a special event at Crayons to Classrooms on July 30. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Career Services, Education & Leadership, Health, Education, & Human Services, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, News, Teacher Education, Videos |

Exposing biotechnology

Wright State partnerships help local high school students learn about biomanufacturing

Local high school students learned about biotechnology research and careers at the Dayton bioManufacturing Awareness and Discovery Experience (DaytonMADE) camp at Wright State this summer. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Enrollment Management, Home news sidebar, Medicine, News, Research, Science & Mathematics |

Ready to soar

Wright State’s new aviation program will take flight this fall

Students can now prepare for careers as flight instructors or airline pilots through a new aviation degree at Wright State University. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Aviation, Health, Education, & Human Services, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, News, Videos |

College-bound

Incoming first-year students take advantage of Wright State’s new student orientation sessions

Orientation is designed to connect first-year and transfer students with resources and tools to be successful and help them feel at home at Wright State. Continue reading

Posted in Around Campus, Enrollment Management, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, News, Videos |

Wright State emergency medicine residents practice search and rescue techniques to understand patient experiences

About two dozen emergency medicine residents from Wright State University and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base participated in a hands-on outdoor learning experience. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Around Campus, Emergency Medicine, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, Medical Residents, Medicine, News, Videos |

Wright State athletics sees a record increase in youth basketball and soccer camp participation

Wright State University youth athletic camps are seeing a huge increase in participants this year. Continue reading

Posted in Around Campus, Athletics, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, News, Videos |

Go big and go home

Wright State University alumna has navigated a military career on one of the Air Force’s largest and most historic planes

Elizabeth Bergh, a captain in the Air Force and a Wright State alum, is stationed at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and works as an instructor radar navigator on the B-52 Stratofortress. Continue reading

Posted in Academics, Air Force ROTC, Alumni, Home news sidebar, Homepage Photos and Video, Liberal Arts, Military & Veterans, News, Social Sciences and International Studies, Videos |