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Video—Wright State delays late registration fee

Wright State University is delaying a registration late fee due to last week’s weather. According to a post on Wright State’s Facebook page, the $100 late registration fee will not be assessed until Jan. 15 because the university was closed … Continue reading →

Q&A: Michael Bridges talks his first job, working out and wearing polyester suits

Excerpt Michael Bridges fits that traditional definition of a go-getter and a family man. The president of Fairborn-based Peerless Technologies Corp. — who was born in Cincinnati and whose family moved to the Dayton area when he was in first grade — still … Continue reading →

Wright State-Lake Campus student honored with award

Excerpt Tiffany Bienz, a student at Wright State University-Lake Campus, received the 2013 Outstanding Business Student in the Nation award. This is the 14th year that a Lake Campus student has been honored with this award. Bienz is pursuing a … Continue reading →

Video—Wright Brothers Collection featured on C-SPAN

Excerpt C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles take American History TV on the road. Throughout the weekend of Dec. 21–23 we featured the history of Dayton, Ohio. Hosted by our Time Warner Cable partners, we visited the Wright Brother’s Aviation Center and the … Continue reading →

Wright State creates new public advocate role

Excerpt Wright State University has created a new position for ombudsman and named a longtime educator to the role. The school has newly created the ombudsman position — an advocate to direct students and faculty and staff in the university … Continue reading →

Wright State named a top college for teacher education

Excerpt Wright State has been named a top college for teacher education by a national organization that has become a leader in providing educational information to libraries, high schools and career centers across the country. The online College Database ranked … Continue reading →

Positive happenings around downtown Dayton (A recap)

Excerpt 1. Wright State said it’s coming back to downtown Wright State University’s long-vacant building downtown could come back to life in the coming years, and that would mean a lot more traffic downtown. The school received money to clean … Continue reading →

Ohio school helps create med program in Saudi Arabia

Excerpt DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – A southwest Ohio university is helping develop a medical program in Saudi Arabia. Wright State University in Dayton is being given a $5.5 million grant from Qassim University to help create Saudi Arabia’s first Doctor … Continue reading →

Versailles native new ag coordinator at Wright State Lake Campus

Excerpt A Darke County native and fifth-generation farmer is the new agriculture program coordinator at Wright State University-Lake Campus. Greg McGlinch, Versailles, starts the new, full-time position Monday. He will step down from the nutrient management specialist position at the … Continue reading →

OPINION: College can fulfill dreams

Excerpt Every day we hear their stories. The young woman who wants to prove wrong all of the doubters who said she would become just another statistic from the drug-infested, crime-ridden neighborhood where she grew up. The former college dropout … Continue reading →