Wright State Headlines
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Jul 9
Wright State Police Department honored for excellence in community policing
The Wright State Police Department was named the July Agency of the Month by the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police and the Law Enforcement Foundation. Continue reading
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Jul 8
Wright State ranked among top universities worldwide for third consecutive year
Wright State University was ranked in the top 6.7% out of 21,462 universities worldwide in the 2025 edition of the outcome-based Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings. Continue reading
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Jul 7
Profitable pitch
Wright State entrepreneurship graduate Peyton Hoff used his $6,000 Wright Venture competition prize money to launch Absolute Roofing Services, which has grown into a thriving business. Continue reading
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Jul 3
Wright State alum Lindsay Aitchison fulfills childhood space-agency dream
Wright State engineering alum Lindsay Aitchison received the 2025 College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies Outstanding Alumni Award. Continue reading
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Jul 2
Wright State business professor, alumnus honored by regional technology organizations
Technology First honored Amir Zadeh, professor of management information systems, as the 2024 Tech Educator of the Year and recognized grad Brandon Hubley with the Award of Excellence in the Student Project category. Continue reading
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Health, Education, & Human Services
Wright State grad Jessica Edwards goes the distance for Edison State
Jessica Edwards, who is director of distance learning at Edison State, was named the college’s spring 2020 employee of the semester. Continue reading
Kind mind
Nikki Puckett says her late mother was the driving force in her nursing career
Nikki Puckett is pursuing an online bachelor’s degree in nursing from Wright State after making a promise to her dying mother. Continue reading
Call to action
Wright State students and alumni support scholarships to promote equity and inclusion
Wright State’s George Floyd Memorial Scholarship and Retain the 9 Scholarship help support students from underrepresented populations. Continue reading
On the right path
Jill Kingston ’01 opens nonprofit to care for babies exposed to addictive substances
After fostering two babies born exposed to addictive substances, Wright State grad Jill Kingston realized there had to be a better way to care for these children and their families. Continue reading
Running toward the danger
Two Boonshoft School of Medicine students rush to help communities in New Orleans and New York amid pandemic response
Wright State medical students Juliet Corcillo and Kyle Henneke ’14 found ways to make a difference in the first few months of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Wright State to hold virtual commencement ceremony for spring graduates on Oct. 24
Wright State will hold a virtual commencement ceremony on Oct. 24 to celebrate Dayton Campus spring 2020 graduates and Lake Campus summer 2019 through spring 2020 graduates. Continue reading
La Fleur Small and Tammy Kahrig appointed to interim vice provost positions
La Fleur Small was named interim vice provost for faculty affairs, and Tammy Kahrig was named interim vice provost for curriculum, instruction, assessment and institutional accreditation. Continue reading
Wright State alumni named Ohio Teacher of the Year finalists
Joy McKarns ’93 is an eighth-grade language arts teacher at Northmont Middle School, and Tom Jenkins ’97, ’99 teaches eighth-grade science and STEM at Greenon Junior/Senior High School. Continue reading
Tables of content
The Charles and Renate Frydman Educational Resource Center at Wright State University moved to the second floor of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library. Continue reading
Going the distance
Wright State nursing alum Renee Quallen spearheads wellness and fitness for children in Clinton County
Wright State nursing grad Renee Quallen established 26th Mile Clinton County, a wellness and fitness program modeled after the Flying Pig program. Continue reading
