Wright State Headlines
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Jul 14
Neurosurgeon earns Wright State’s Distinguished Alumni Award
Neurosurgeon Nicholas C. Bambakidis received the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the Wright State University Alumni Association. Continue reading
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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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Health, Education, & Human Services
100 percent of School of Professional Psychology students win internship placements
Student interns will provide a range of mental health services in medical hospitals, university counseling centers, Veterans Administration medical centers and federal prisons. Continue reading
Decade of progress
Women in Science Giving Circle celebrates 10 years of supporting women in STEMM
To help remove barriers to women in STEMM, the Women in Science Giving Circle has raised more than $154,000 for scholarships and grants. Continue reading
Weekly online Faculty Senate lecture series launches with a talk on the coronavirus
The weekly SiP (Shelter in Place) Lecture Series will feature talks on timely topics by Wright State faculty experts. Continue reading
Lake Campus nursing program loans hospital beds to help with coronavirus pandemic
Wright State Lake Campus nursing program loaned hospital beds to Mercer Health, while the Criminal Justice Police Academy will donate protective gloves to Mercer Health and the Wapakoneta Police Department. Continue reading
Wright State’s largest class of nursing students on fast track to fight coronavirus
Wright State nursing students who graduate in May 2020 will be able to begin working in health care settings with temporary licenses. Continue reading
Remote delivery planned for most summer classes
Nearly all summer semester courses offered by Wright State University will be provided by remote delivery only. Continue reading
Wright State donates hundreds of boxes of personal protective equipment to hospitals
College of Nursing and Health donates PPE to help protect local health care workers from the coronavirus. Continue reading
Fitness force
Kara Donbrock takes the lead on offering virtual workouts from Campus Recreation
Kara Donbrock and others in Wright State’s Campus Recreation are posting workout videos that students, faculty and staff can do from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Wright State coronavirus (COVID-19) UPDATE
In an effort to minimize the circumstances whereby individuals can interact and therefore transmit disease, the Dayton Campus and Lake Campus will move to limited on-campus staffing effective Wednesday, March 18. Continue reading
Over the top
Renee Dollenmayer, a rehabilitation services major, is the definition of “involved” at Wright State. Continue reading
