Wright State Headlines
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May 16
Hey, Alexa, tell me about your co-creator’s Wright State alumni award
Joe Jessup, a senior software development manager at Amazon Web Services, received the 2025 Raj Soin College of Business Outstanding Alumnus Award. Continue reading
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May 15
Images of war inspire powerful conversations in Wright State dialogue series
Wright State’s Veteran and Military Center brought together student veterans, service members and military families for a discussion series that used images of war to explore personal military experiences. Continue reading
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May 14
Former Wright State Trustee Dawn Conway named interim dean of Raj Soin College of Business
Dawn Conway, who served on the Wright State University Board of Trustees from 2021 to April 2025, is the president and CEO of Boost Engagement. Continue reading
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May 12
Marty Sexton appointed dean of Wright State’s College of Health, Education and Human Services
Marty Sexton previously served as acting dean and associate dean of Wright State’s College of Health, Education and Human Services. Continue reading
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May 12
Eye in the sky
Wright State’s Police Department adds new innovative drone technology to enhance campus safety. Continue reading
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Author Archives: Wright State Media Team
Dayton Daily News guest column: Populism on the menu, no matter who wins this election
Experts like myself are often asked what a Biden or Trump victory will mean for American politics. Everyone will have a victory narrative for sure. But my answer is about something that greatly troubles me: populism. Continue reading
Dayton Daily News guest column: Sorry, Ohio. You are not the bellwether you use to be.
As a political scientist who watched Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, I had an interesting revelation: Michigan was the new Ohio. I was wrong, of course — it’s Wisconsin. Continue reading
Wright State University files civil lawsuit against WSARC
Wright State filed a civil lawsuit against the Wright State Applied Research Corporation to prevent it from ignoring its obligations to Wright State and Ohio taxpayers. Continue reading
Dayton Daily News guest column: Wright State’s Sean Wilson
IDEAS: “Trump’s only mode of public communication is ‘selling,’ not debating”
It’s difficult for a political scientist to critique the debates so far. You don’t need to say anything more than what my mother said to me: she was revolted. But people like me are cursed with seeing beyond the obvious. Continue reading
Dayton Daily News: There’s a shortage of local rural doctors. Wright State program aims to help.
A Greenville residency program for new doctors is aimed at getting more family medicine practitioners to set up practice in rural areas. Continue reading
Wright State political science professor writes guest column for Dayton Daily News
IDEAS: Debates will inflict shock, but they won’t change the ‘menu’
In presidential elections people tend to focus upon image and loyalties, not what political scientists call “the policy state.” But make no mistake about it, this year, major policy shift is on the menu. Continue reading
In Raiders we trust
The Wright State Alumni Association announces the 2020 Alumni Achievement Award winners
This year’s honorees are Steven Bognar ’86; Steven Adams, ’87, ’89; Joey Monda ’12; Carol Graff; and James Helton ’04. Continue reading
Alumni notes
Three outstanding alumni featured in the fall 2020 Wright State University Magazine. Continue reading
A hell of a ration
Donald McKinney Wallace, WWI, and the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918
When Donald McKinney Wallace enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 1918, he did not expect to spend most of his term of service in the hospital quarantined in his barracks with the Spanish flu. Continue reading
Double major doctor-in-training
Brittany Urwin is one of hundreds of Wright State students who have benefited from a scholarship funded by a local business or corporation. Continue reading
