Magazine

Fantastic voyage

Caroline Cao reaches stratosphere in higher education as an engineer and medical pioneer
Posted on April 11, 2019 by Jim Hannah

Wright State professor Caroline Cao is an expert in the design and evaluation of enabling technology, such as haptics, navigational aids, and surgical simulation, for minimally invasive surgery. Continue reading →

Dynamic Duo

Wright State University’s first female president and provost share their thoughts on being women leaders in higher education and their hopes for Wright State’s future
Posted on April 10, 2019 by Kim Patton

President Cheryl B. Schrader and Provost Susan Edwards are blazing trails at Wright State. Continue reading →

ArtsGala at 20

Wright State’s premier arts event and fundraiser celebrates 20th year in April
Posted on April 9, 2019 by Nicole L. Craw

Since 2000, ArtsGala has raised more than $2.7 million in arts scholarships, equaling 765 individual scholarships provided for students Continue reading →

Serving up accessibility

New technology promises a better dining experience for students with disabilities
Posted on April 9, 2019 by Kim Patton

A grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation could revolutionize how Wright State University students with disabilities eat their meals. Continue reading →

The Birth of Wright State

Snippets from the early years
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

Ohio Gov. James Rhodes’s efforts in the early 1960s to place public higher education facilities within 30 miles of every Ohioan led to the birth of Wright State University. At the time, Dayton was a high-technology center with a special … Continue reading →

Proud to Wear the Green and Gold

By Susan (Barr) Gayle
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

My grandfather was born “on campus” on June 29, 1895, in the original Rockafield House, which his parents rented from Mr. Rockafield. My grandfather owned land on both sides of Airway Road (now Colonel Glenn Highway), mostly on the south … Continue reading →

Difference Makers

Significant contributions to Wright State and humanity
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

In 1970, Wright State was one of the first schools to create an Office of Disability Services. That was three years before Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act required any university receiving federal money to make its programs accessible to persons … Continue reading →

Opportunities in the Forest

By Gary Leroy
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

“Trees, lots of trees.” That was my first impression of Wright State University. On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1973, my mother took me for a ride to see the little university I had only heard about from … Continue reading →

It’s Hard to Beat a Life in the Academy

By Mary Kenton
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

As I often say, I was on campus the first day Wright State held classes, but I did not become a student myself until 1969. I didn’t want to quit my quite good day job at Dayton Power and Light … Continue reading →

What’s In A Name?

Campus buildings, and who they were named for
Posted on September 25, 2017 by Wright State Media Team

Allyn Hall Stanley Charles Allyn Former NCR President     Boonshoft School of Medicine Oscar Boonshoft Engineer, philanthropist   Brehm Laboratory John E. Brehm Original wright state landowner   Matthew O. Diggs III Laboratory for Life Science Research Matthew O. Diggs … Continue reading →