Wright State in the News

500 low-income students offered help to pay for college

((Excerpt)) The goal is to help pay for as many as 500 students from low-income families to attend either Sinclair Community College or Wright State University within the next 10 years. The two colleges have pledged to help offset the … Continue reading →

Hopkins gives annual report at lake campus

((Excerpt)) CELINA — On Thursday morning, Wright State University president David. R Hopkins gave his Annual Report to the Community at Wright State University-Lake Campus. “If we work together and really plot the future, we can bring Ohio to a … Continue reading →

Wright State president has info for VW

((Excerpt)) Wright State University President David Hopkins had plenty of news for local community members when he spoke during a luncheon event held Thursday at Willow Bend Country Club. One priority of the Dayton-based university, he said, was collaboration with … Continue reading →

Daytonian’s film gets Leno look

((Excerpt)) Jenna Fischer, star of the smart comedy “A Little Help,” will talk about the film tonight, July 19, on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” “A Little Help,” which opens Friday, July 22, in New York, Los Angeles and … Continue reading →

Wright State to help create aerospace studies

((Excerpt)) Wright State University will work with other schools across Ohio to build an aerospace curriculum, state officials announced yesterday. The Wright State Research Institute will lead the $11.4 million initiative to bolster Ohio’s aerospace and defense workforce, according to … Continue reading →

Building the aerospace industry of tomorrow

((Excerpt)) FAIRBORN — Important names and faces in Ohio government, the defense industry and academia came together on Monday, July 18, to celebrate Wright State University’s role in an $11.4 million initiative to grow the state’s aerospace and defense workforce. … Continue reading →

Wright State to lead $11.4M statewide push to align degrees, jobs

Wright State University will spearhead the statewide project.

((Excerpt)) Wright State University will lead an $11.4 million statewide push to align degree programs and curriculum at Ohio’s public colleges with the needs of the aerospace and defense industry. The university will also embark on a ground breaking partnership … Continue reading →

WSU Announces Major Investment In Aerospace Industry

((Excerpt)) FAIRBORN, Ohio — Wright State University announced Monday a major investment for Ohio’s Aerospace Industry.Ohio will invest more than $11 million to get the Jobs of Tomorrow Aerospace programs, and WSU will lead the new initiative.Funding will increase the … Continue reading →

Governor wants colleges to ‘commercialize’ efforts

((Excerpt)) Earlier Monday, Wright State University took two big steps toward fulfilling Kasich’s goals for higher education, announcing a new research partnership and spearheading a statewide program to better serve Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and surrounding industries. State Sen. Bill … Continue reading →

School now Ohio’s first line of defense

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((Excerpt)) FAIRBORN, Ohio (WDTN) – Their mission is to prepare students for a job in what many think is the fastest-growing field in the Miami Valley, defense and aerospace. Impossible? Not to some. “Instead of they’re done and then they … Continue reading →