Nursing, Kinesiology, & Health Sciences

State grant to provide hands-on training opportunities for engineering, medical laboratory and nursing students at Wright State

Wright State will use a grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education to purchase equipment to help students prepare for careers in advanced manufacturing, medical laboratory sciences, nursing and athletic training. Continue reading

Grant to help Wright State transform undergraduate nursing curriculum

The Department of Nursing will redesign its B.S.N. curriculum to ensure Wright State nursing students have developed important leadership skills and are practice-ready when they graduate. Continue reading

Wright State hosts health and physical education workshop

Educators, alumni and teacher candidates shared innovations and ideas for quality health education and physical education during a workshop in the Wright State Nutter Center. Continue reading

Staying alive

Wright State is the first location in the region to host an innovative CPR training kiosk

Located in the Student Union Atrium, the mobile CPR kiosk provides hands-only training in CPR to the public in five minutes or less. Continue reading

Reaching goals

Michelle Rings, a senior nursing major at Wright State, turned a summer internship into her first nursing job at the Cleveland Clinic. Continue reading

Department of Nursing to welcome Melissa Wilson as new chair

Melissa Wilson, a nurse scientist and civilian executive officer to the vice director of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing, was named chair of nursing at Wright State. Continue reading

Career Services kicks off the semester with Employer Speaker Series

The Employer Speaker Series will feature speakers and recruiters from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Amazon, the Cleveland Clinic and the Dayton VA Medical Center. Continue reading

Wright State online graduate programs ranked among best nationally

U.S. News & World Report has named Wright State’s online graduate programs in engineering, business and nursing as among the best in the nation for 2023. Continue reading

More than 1,150 students to graduate at Wright State’s fall commencement ceremonies

Wright State will hold fall commencement ceremonies for graduate students on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. and for undergraduate students on Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. in the Wright State Nutter Center. Continue reading

Science of exercise

Wright State athlete and physical education graduate student Abigail Halsey studies how aerobic exercise can benefit children with autism. Continue reading