Wright State Headlines
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Nov 22
Wright State’s Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures adds director, plans to grow
New director and faculty have big plans for Wright State University’s Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures. Continue reading
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Nov 21
Wright State departments create powerful collaboration researching threats to expectant mothers, babies
A collaboration between Wright State’s departments of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology connects scientific research and clinical practice with patients. Continue reading
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Nov 20
Wright State nursing students to offer Stop the Bleed training in Wilmington
Wright State University nursing students will train residents in Wilmington how to staunch the flow of blood in an emergency on Nov. 22. Continue reading
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Nov 19
Joyful connections
Wright State alumna Krissy O’Malley brings happiness to the elderly through interactive music and memories with her new business. Continue reading
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Nov 15
Wright State’s MBA program ranked among the best for entrepreneurs by Princeton Review
Wright State’s Master of Business Administration was ranked the top program in Ohio, 43rd nationally and eighth in the Midwest in the Princeton Review’s top graduate programs for entrepreneurs for 2025. Continue reading
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Author Archives: Kim Patton
Strolling down memory lane
Retired Wright State professor Gary Barlow helps preserve the university’s priceless history with his gift to the Archives Center
In appreciation of his gift to the Discover Your Story campaign, one of the rooms in the Archives Center will be named the Dr. Gary Barlow Conference Room. Continue reading
Empowering student success
Dayton Power and Light Company Foundation provides $50,000 grant to support Wright State students in engineering and the arts
A $50,000 Power Grant from the Dayton Power and Light Company Foundation will support ArtsGala, programming in the Creative Arts Center and engineering workforce development. Continue reading
Wright State University Foundation launches Students First Fund
New grants program will support student success initiatives
All Wright State students, faculty and staff with a creative concept to promote student success are welcome to apply for a Students First Fund grant. Continue reading
Saving our history
Linda Black-Kurek ’78 fulfills her passion for the Dayton community and her alma mater by supporting the new Wright State University Archives Center
The exhibit gallery in the future Archives Center will be named the Linda Black-Kurek Family Foundation Exhibit Gallery where rotating exhibitions will showcase the depth of the collections. Continue reading
Leading the way
Student government and Wright State alumni join forces to endow scholarship for student leaders
The Student Government Association and alumni helped create the Student Government Endowed Scholarship, the first endowed scholarship established by a student organization at Wright State. Continue reading
Bringing history to life
Wright State University launches $6.5 million fundraising campaign to create a new home for priceless archives
Discover Your Story will transform the former corporate headquarters of the Wright-Patt Credit Union at 2455 Presidential Drive into the new home of Special Collections and Archives. Continue reading
Making a difference
Cynthia Jones ’05 will donate her home to fund scholarship for Wright State students
Cynthia Jones will create a scholarship for Wright State students with financial need who are either African American or have a disability. Continue reading
Helping students succeed
Wright State graduate Doug Rasor and his wife, Barbara, create scholarship fund for engineering and computer science students
Doug Rasor and his wife, Barbara, hope their newly created scholarship will impact the lives of students, just as theirs was by a scholarship Doug received as a student at Wright State. Continue reading
Music of the night
Wright State graduate Kate Mueller performs in the North American tour of “The Phantom of the Opera”
For Kate Mueller, a 2015 graduate of Wright State’s acting and musical theatre program, being part of “The Phantom of the Opera” ensemble is a dream come true. Continue reading
Wright State grad Ann Weisgarber to give keynote at annual Public History Symposium
The seventh annual Public History Symposium takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Discovery Room of the Student Union. Continue reading
