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Paying it Forward: Broadway songwriting legend Stephen Schwartz comes to Wright State as its First Distinguished Visiting Artist

Excerpt Renowned Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz said he loves taking a familiar story or character that his audience already knows and “spinning it” in a new direction. That’s what he did with the witches in “Wizard of Oz” when he … Continue reading

Q&A: Sundaram Narayanan, provost of Wright State University

Excerpt Sundaram Narayanan has been a rising star since arriving at Wright State University in 1994, and now he says he’s ready to take the school into the future. Narayanan, who helped create and lead the Wright State Research Institute, … Continue reading

First Four group rallies support for Wright State basketball game

Excerpt As the NCAA First Four event in Dayton wraps up, the chair of the Local Organizing Committee is encouraging the community to continue to support basketball locally. J.P. Nauseef, chair of the local organizing committee (LOC), a group of … Continue reading

Video—Kappa Delta Dance-A-Thon

Sorority sisters, from Kappa Delta at Wright State University, are hosting a dance-a-thon to raise money for children whom are victims of child abuse. Watch the video from “Living Dayton” on WDTN.com.

Wright State’s annual ArtsGala is April 6

Excerpt Attendees at the Wright State University ArtsGala on April 6 will find themselves cocooned in a magical world of music, theater and the arts as they move from one area to the next. The university’s Creative Arts Center will … Continue reading

“Wicked” composer comes to Wright State

Excerpt Renowned Broadway and film composer Stephen Schwartz comes to town this week to interact with students at Wright State University. The two-day visit marks the initiation of a new annual Distinguished Visiting Artist Series. While on campus, Schwartz and … Continue reading

Libraries throughout the region offering special exhibits, presentations about historic flood

Excerpt Wright State University’s Special Collections & Archives Department at its Paul Laurence Dunbar Library has shown great commitment to preserving flood history, Manuszak said. “We’ve created a traveling exhibit on the flood that organizations can borrow for free for … Continue reading

New program helps students with Asperger’s adjust at Wright State

Excerpt As diagnoses and awareness of the syndrome spread in the mid-2000s, Wright State began offering a simple Asperger’s support group. Outreach to high schools attracted more and more Asperger’s students — of the 100 attending Wright State today, 41 … Continue reading

Wright State filmmaker examines Midwest’s economic slump

Exceprt At Weston Art Gallery, Russell Johnson’s film installation “American Pacemaker” examines the ongoing economic slump in the Midwest in a multi-channel, multi-screen digital film installation. Johnson, who lives in Wyoming, said the long commute to Wright State, where he … Continue reading

Wright State online program grabs national ranking

Excerpt One of Wright State University’s online programs is getting national recognition with a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report. Wright State’s master’s of education in curriculum and instruction was ranked No. 15 in the nation among online graduate education … Continue reading