Academics

Wright State University Foundation welcomes new trustees

Doug Hull, a three-time Wright State graduate, and Julie Jacobs were appointed to the Wright State University Foundation board. Continue reading

Wright State staff leaders, faculty member honored for excellence by SOCHE

Kurt Holden, Josh Ricker and Amanda Spencer were honored by the Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education with 2023-2024 Excellence Awards. Continue reading

Wright State lighting design graduate earns prestigious fellowship

Jessica Ann Drayton, who earned a B.F.A. in Theatre Design and Technology from Wright State, received a prestigious entertainment lighting design fellowship. Continue reading

Go big and go home

Wright State University alumna has navigated a military career on one of the Air Force’s largest and most historic planes

Elizabeth Bergh, a captain in the Air Force and a Wright State alum, is stationed at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and works as an instructor radar navigator on the B-52 Stratofortress. Continue reading

Wright State’s graduate engineering programs ranked as among the best in nation by U.S. News for 2024

Seven graduate engineering programs offered by Wright State’s College of Engineering and Computer Science are ranked by U.S. News and World Report as among the best in the nation for 2024. Continue reading

Wright State University launches aviation degree

Wright State's new aviation program addresses critical pilot shortage

Students can prepare for careers as flight instructors or airline pilots and technical positions in the aviation industry through new aviation degree programs at Wright State University. Continue reading

Wright State graduates and faculty well represented at Ohio Athletic Trainers’ Association Awards ceremony

Wright State University graduates and faculty recently swept the major categories in this year’s Ohio Athletic Trainers’ Association Awards ceremony. Continue reading

Agricultural enthusiast

After traveling to Australia, Lake Campus student Katelyn Kinsella is digging into an agriculture degree

Katelyn Kinsella, an agriculture major at Wright State’s Lake Campus, is a leader in the Ohio Future Farmers of America and traveled to Australia to learn about that country’s agriculture practices. Continue reading

Keep climbing

Wright State alumnus’ Air Force ROTC experience prepared him to excite and inspire

For the past two years, Maj. Jake “Primo” Impellizzeri has performed dangerous and gravity-defying maneuvers in over 80 airshows per year as a pilot for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. Continue reading

Students in Field School in Archaeology excavate campus woods hope to find evidence of Wright State’s past

Wright State’s Field School in Archaeology hopes to scrape the surface to learn more about the people who lived in the woods before the university was built. Continue reading