Around Campus

Women’s Center and Women’s Studies sponsor scholar-in-residence

Photo of Jennifer McWeeny, Ph.D.

Wright State students in the women’s studies program will be getting a visitor to their lectures this week, and the general public will be treated… Continue reading

Pre-College Programs to host 11th Annual Miami Valley Camp Fair

Photo of a student with a craft bug.

The event allows parents to learn about the many summer opportunities available around the Miami Valley. Continue reading

New framework for teaching science to students to be presented at Wright State

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Science classes have long been built on memorizing facts. And there are a staggering amount—facts on everything from the solar system to geology to anatomy to plant life to microorganisms. Continue reading

Honors program draws crowds for Titanic speaker

Photo of Ballard with a young boy holding a Titanic book.

The speaker was none other than Robert Ballard, Ph.D., the deep-sea explorer famous for his 1985 discovery of the R.M.S. Titanic’s wreckage. Continue reading

Senior art students put their work on the block at the Student Union’s Atrium

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All artists dream of hanging their work in a gallery, of hosting an opening for patrons and admirers. Continue reading

Students primp for Mr. WSU pageant

Photo of the 2011 Mr. WSU winner with the sisters of Delta Zeta.

The Wright State University chapter of the Delta Zeta sorority is getting ready to crown the king of the Raiders. Continue reading

Theatre major a semi-finalist in national singing competition

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Samantha Helmstetter will perform this weekend in Wright State’s production of “Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.” Continue reading

Public history symposium to feature Wright brothers’ relative

Photo of Amanda Wright Lane with Wright brothers reenactors.

The event gives community members from around the Dayton area an opportunity to explore the region’s fascinating past. Continue reading

Wright State named one of nation’s top disability-friendly schools

Photo of physicaly disabled Wright State students talking in a classroom.

Wright State has been named among America’s top disability-friendly universities in a new nationally distributed book designed to help disabled high school students select a college. Continue reading

Wright State giving strong effort in RecycleMania competition

Photo of student Dan Baker recycling some paper in Allyn Hall.

Each week Wright State University recycles about 16,700 pounds of paper, glass, aluminum and plastic—approximately the same weight as eight Volkswagen Beetles. Continue reading