Wright State in the News

WSU officials recommend 3.5 percent tuition hike

((Excerpt)) FAIRBORN – Top Wright State University leaders recommended a $273 tuition increase Thursday making the school the first public university in the region to move to raise tuition to help offset budget cuts. Raising tuition to the proposed 3.5 … Continue reading →

WSU Model UN team receives accolades

((Excerpt)) FAIRBORN — For the 32 year in a row, Wright State Model United Nations students can celebrate the accomplishments they achieved at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City several weeks ago. The Wright State team … Continue reading →

WSU’s ‘42nd Street’ runs through May 29

((Excerpt)) FAIRBORN — There are more than 10 reasons to catch Wright State University Theatre’s production of the musical “42nd Street” before it closes on Sunday, May 29. Just a couple dozen of the dancing feet alone add up to … Continue reading →

What’s Likely Behind this Busy, Deadly Tornado Season

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((Excerpt)) Tuesday night’s storm spawned at least two confirmed tornadoes in the Miami Valley. We were live on the air, and broke into programming, even with some shows on popular season finales. Wright State Mass Media lecturer, Dave Baxter, explains … Continue reading →

Dayton film professionals buck motion picture industry downturn

((Excerpt)) Wright State University’s motion pictures program averages 50 to 60 students, said W. Stuart McDowell, chairman of the school’s Department of Theater Arts, Dance and Motion Pictures. “Not too many of them are out flinging burgers in their mid-30s … Continue reading →

Go Into Your Dance!

((Excerpt)) Wright State University supplies a breezy and joyful production of the tuneful tap dance extravaganza “42nd Street,” Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble, Harry Warren and Al Dublin’s hokey yet engaging Depression-era love letter to musical theater based on the 1933 … Continue reading →

FilmDayton fest: topical subjects, focus on writing

((Excerpt)) WYSO-FM (91.3) general manger Neenah Ellis and reporter/deputy operations director Juliet Fromholt will host the “Screenless Screening,” which will include sound-rich documentaries and features by Ira Glass, the Kitchen Sister, Scott Carrier of Hearing Voices, Jad Abumrad and Robert … Continue reading →

Poll shows confidence in economy

((Excerpt)) Thomas Traynor, professor of economics at Wright State University, agrees the economy is in a better place than it was at the same time last year. Beginning late last year, employment in the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists … Continue reading →

Mental Illness in Kids: The Surprising Warning Signs

“Most parents want to believe that their kids are doing okay,” says psychiatrist William M. Klykylo, MD, professor and director of the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. “But … Continue reading →

Small Business center lends helping hand in Dayton

((Excerpt)) Yoba Frozen Yogurt launched on the right foot with the help of the Small Business Development Center at Wright State. The center gave the yogurt shop, which opened in November in The Greene in Beavercreek, a free boost in … Continue reading →