Wright State Headlines
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Jun 20
Wright State University launches Strategic Plan 2030 to advance student success, enhance role as regional economic driver
Wright State launched a new five-year Strategic Plan that advances student success, strengthens collaborative partnerships and enhances its role as a driver of economic vitality in the region. Continue reading
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Jun 20
Pete and Pam Julian create scholarships to help current and future generations of Wright State students
Pete and Pam Julian included Wright State in their estate plan, creating endowed scholarships in athletics, business, nursing and fine and performing arts. Continue reading
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Jun 10
Wright State University launches new undergraduate scholarship for active-duty military
Active-duty military members, activated Guard members and reservists can pursue a bachelor’s degree at Wright State with support from the university’s new Active Duty Military Undergraduate Scholarship. Continue reading
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Jun 9
Wright State alum Nicole Scherzinger wins first Tony Award for starring role in ‘Sunset Boulevard’
Nicole Scherzinger, who studied musical theatre and acting at Wright State, received the Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical for “Sunset Boulevard.” Continue reading
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Jun 6
Wright State media highlights, June 1–6
Wright State made headlines this week with national and regional media coverage highlighting a historic NCAA upset, expert insight on consumer behavior, a new academic partnership in health care and an internship program preparing students for Ohio’s semiconductor industry. Continue reading
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Fine and Performing Arts
World-renowned percussionist to perform April 2
The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the newly renovated Schuster Hall of the Creative Arts Center on Wright State’s Dayton campus. Continue reading
Theatre students rock controversial hit musical
Wright State continues its 2011-12 theatre season with the rock musical “RENT.” Continue reading
Wright State professors’ first film added to National Film Registry
Julia Reichert and Jim Klein’s 1971 documentary Growing Up Female has been selected to join the list of landmark works of American cinema. Continue reading
Music Department’s Cha the subject of second Korean documentary
A hero in his native South Korea for being a master violinist and the current record holder for wheelchair track and field and marathon… Continue reading
Kick off the holiday season with a Dayton tradition
The Holidays in the Heartland concert has been a Miami Valley tradition for over 15 years. Continue reading
“Welcome to the ’60s”
Wright State theatre department presents “Hairspray”
Wright State theatre department presents “Hairspray.” Continue reading
Wright State, DPO performance of Bernstein’s MASS heard on Dayton Public Radio
…a production that boasted nearly 200 of Dayton’s most talented performers, including more than 100 Wright State students and faculty. Continue reading
MASSive Undertaking
Wright State collaborates with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Last spring, audiences got a once-in-a lifetime chance to see the most complex and controversial work of composer Leonard Bernstein in a production that boasted nearly 200 of Dayton’s most talented performers, including more than 100 Wright State students and … Continue reading
Mastering the Art of Learning
The word “retire” is simply not in Anna Gee Blackwell’s vocabulary. Blackwell graduated from Wright State in 2005 at age 76 with a master’s degree in piano performance. While at Wright State, she served as an accompanist for the Paul … Continue reading
