Wright State Headlines
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Dec 18
Wright State recognizes Nursing Professor Kim Ringo for advancing international student success
Wright State nursing professor and alumna Kim Ringo received the 2025 International Education Award for her leadership and mentorship in supporting international nursing students. Continue reading
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Dec 18
Wright State honors graduating students for distinguished doctoral dissertations
December graduates Maram Almodhwahi and Morgan Highlander were recognized for exceptional research with Wright State’s Trustees’ Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Awards. Continue reading
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Dec 17
Top 10 Newsroom videos of 2025
The Wright State Newsroom was pumped up this year and met some amazing Raiders who were showing off their WOW factor in 2025. Continue reading
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Dec 16
Museum-quality replica of historic Hawthorn Hill donated to Wright State
Wright State University is now the permanent home of a large, handcrafted replica of Hawthorn Hill, the historic Dayton residence of Orville Wright. Continue reading
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Dec 16
Wright State celebrates more than 1,000 graduates at fall 2025 commencement
More than 1,000 students celebrated the culmination of years of hard work during Wright State University’s fall 2025 commencement ceremonies. Continue reading
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Liberal Arts
Foreign service
Wright State alum Joshua Cummins gets inside peek at workings of Persian Gulf nation of Qatar
Joshua Cummins, who has degrees in history and international and comparative politics from Wright State, received first-hand lessons on the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar during a fellowship. Continue reading
‘Desire’ to turn up heat at Wright State
Excerpt The kindness of strangers will once again propel the haunting, heartbreaking potency of Tennessee Williams’ 1948 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “A Streetcar Named Desire” as Wright State University presents the landmark play beginning Thursday in the Festival Playhouse. Set in … Continue reading
Wright State Theatre presents the classic ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
Wright State Theatre’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 7 in the Festival Playhouse in the Creative Arts Center. Continue reading
‘Jeopardy!’ watch party set for Wright State’s Emily Bingham
The Wright State Alumni Association invites students, alumni and “Jeopardy!” fans to attend the watch party on Feb. 2. Continue reading
Wright State well represented at Sundance Film Festival
Graduates of Wright State’s Motion Pictures program worked on several films featured at the Sundance Film Festival. Continue reading
Sultans of Swing will examine links between baseball, jazz and fiction
Series begins with a lecture on “Sports and the Absent History of the Harlem Renaissance” on Jan. 29 and a panel discussion on “Women and African-Americans in Baseball History” on Feb. 10. Continue reading
Ready for the spotlight
Wright State acting major Heather Cooperman competed in prestigious acting competition in New York
Wright State acting major Heather Cooperman competes in prestigious acting competition in New York. Continue reading
Wright State medical student prepares to lead national SNMA organization
As president-elect of the Student National Medical Association, Christen Johnson has spent much of the year promoting mental health awareness and leadership development. Continue reading
Poetry in motion
Wright State grad students Sonora Humphreys and Sebastian Williams help edit ‘The Emily Dickinson Journal’
Wright State graduate students Sonora Humphreys and Sebastian Williams help edit ‘The Emily Dickinson Journal’ out of the Department of English Language and Literatures. Continue reading
After a close shave, the beardless status quo returns to politics
Christopher Oldstone-Moore, senior lecturer of history, wrote about why politicians usually do not wear beards in the Wall Street Journal. His commentary begins: “America’s highest-ranking facial hair has fallen to the razor. In November Paul Ryan made headlines when he quit … Continue reading
