Wright State Headlines
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Feb 10
Wright State baseball to take on Dayton Flyers at Day Air Ballpark April 15
The Wright State University baseball team will face the University of Dayton on April 15 at Day Air Ballpark, the home of the High-A Dayton Dragons. Continue reading
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Feb 9
Wright State joins selective U.S. Space Command Academic Engagement Enterprise
Wright State University joins a select group of institutions nationwide in U.S. Space Command’s Academic Engagement Enterprise, creating new opportunities for student involvement in space research and workforce development. Continue reading
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Feb 4
Glowing grad
Alumna Erin Holland is using her Wright State education to help share advertising history as director of education and engagement at the American Sign Museum. Continue reading
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Jan 29
Wright State’s Homecoming Week features block party-inspired events Feb. 4–7 on the Dayton Campus
Basketball games, the Alumni Achievement Awards, Trivia Night, a chili cookoff and salsa dancing will highlight Wright State’s packed Homecoming Week on the Dayton Campus Feb. 4–7. Continue reading
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Jan 29
Wright State music professor honored with Ohio’s top music education service award
Shelley Jagow, professor of music and director of bands, will receive the Ohio Music Education Association’s Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her long-standing service and leadership in music education. Continue reading
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Liberal Arts
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
Math, motorcycles: English prof’s journey
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
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
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
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
Contemporary painter Susanna Coffey exhibiting at Wright State
Paintings by the New York artist will be on display in the Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries from Sept. 11 to Oct. 9. Continue reading
