Author Archives: Kim Patton

Wright State University receives grant from Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation for adaptive recreation

Wright State University has received a $13,000 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to purchase 15 new wheelchairs for adaptive recreation… Continue reading

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CSIC sets new record

Faculty and staff giving campaign generates over $550,000

As 2012 came to a close, Wright State’s Campus Scholarship and Innovation Campaign (CSIC) became the most successful in the university’s history… Continue reading

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Wright State students recognized for co-curricular excellence

(L-R) Photo of Honors Director Susan Carrafiello, Wright State President David R. Hopkins, commendation award winner for writing excellence Lara Donnelly and Honors Associate Director Alex Wenning.

Wright State University President David R. Hopkins presented Presidential Commendations for Excellence in Co-Curricular Activities to students Wednesday, June 6, at the Rockafield House on campus. Continue reading

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Campus Scholarship and Innovation Campaign cooks up a “recipe for success”

Following a record-breaking year in 2011, unit chairs for this year’s Campus Scholarship & Innovation Campaign (CSIC) hope they can whip up similar results. Continue reading

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Wright State University Foundation Board welcomes new trustees

William Pohlman named chair

The Wright State University Foundation has appointed six new trustees to its board… Continue reading

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A Daughter’s Love: Wright State graduate Judy Wyatt funds Patient-Centered Medical Home for People Living with Dementia

Larry Lawhorne and Judy Wyatt

Judy Wyatt has always had a special bond with her mother, Stella. “My mother and I were born on the same day,” Wyatt recalled… Continue reading

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Wright State names executive director of alumni relations

Greg Scharer, senior director for alumni relations and development at Ohio University, has been named executive director of alumni relations at Wright State University Continue reading

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Wright State graduate Ann Weisgarber shortlisted for Ohioana Book Award

Photo of Ann Weisgarber

Wright State University alumna and award-winning author Ann Weisgarber is one of six finalists… Continue reading

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Everyday Miracles

In a country ravaged by HIV and AIDS, The Luke Commission brings health care and hope to the people of Swaziland
photo of the VanderWal family

On a dark and foggy night in the Swaziland bush, The Luke Commission is on a quest—a quest to find a young mother and her two children, ages 5 and 6. The family had been at The Luke Commission’s clinic earlier in the day, where all three had tested positive for HIV. Continue reading

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For the Love of Art

Wright State graduate combines her passions for photography and teaching
photo of Sally Struthers

When Sally Struthers came to Wright State University in 1977 as a first-year student, she had never even heard of the field of art history. “I had no idea what I was going to major in,” Struthers recalled. She thought … Continue reading

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