Liberal Arts

ArtsFair Photo Gallery

Photo of a boy playing bongo drums.

Wright State presented its first ArtsFair, a family-oriented morning of arts on campus. Continue reading

Draw on the Walls photo gallery

Photo of a hand drawing a heart.

Student expressed their creativity on 600 feet of blank gallery walls. Continue reading

Draw on the walls this Friday

A student sketches a large dragon on the walls at the Stein Galleries

Did you ever want to draw on the walls as a kid? Continue reading

Wright State, DPO performance of Bernstein’s MASS heard on Dayton Public Radio

Photo of Bernstein's MASS performance

…a production that boasted nearly 200 of Dayton’s most talented performers, including more than 100 Wright State students and faculty. Continue reading

Math, motorcycles: English prof’s journey

Scott Geisel

If you had met Wright State University English professor Scott Geisel while he was in high school… Continue reading

“Death of a Salesman” opens theatre season

Photo ot the Death of a Salesman script cover.

This tragedy by playwright Arthur Miller is often regarded as the greatest American drama. Continue reading

Whites of Their Eyes

Wright State professor pens historical account of Battle of Bunker Hill

A school library book on the Civil War whetted his appetite at age 6. A painting he saw at age 7 in a Boston museum depicting a Revolutionary War battle clinched it. Paul Lockhart was hooked on American history. Today, … Continue reading

Learning the Ropes

Internships equal real-world thrills, experience

College internships evoke images of brewing coffee, making copies, and performing other trivial tasks. For interns from Wright State University, not so much. Raiders across the country are participating in exciting internships such as working in Congress, feeding sharks, or … 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

Alumni Profile: Sweet Charity

St. Vincent de Paul a career highlight for Leigh Sempeles
photo of Leigh Sempeles

It pulls at her heart. A family walks into a homeless shelter and for the first time must spend the night with strangers under a strange roof, thinking darkly about the future. Their faces are rouged with the look of … Continue reading