Academics

Wright State lighting design graduate earns prestigious fellowship

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Greg Scott

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
Posted on June 24, 2024 by Kris Sproles

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

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Bob Mihalek

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
Posted on June 20, 2024 by Bob Mihalek

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

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Kevin Tucker

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
Posted on June 17, 2024 by Kevin Tucker

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
Posted on June 14, 2024 by Kris Sproles

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

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Kris Sproles

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 →

Three Wright State alumni reflect on longtime bonds, mental health landscape

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Dennis Bova

Kelly Barcelo, Eric Henderson and Amy Van Dyke bonded as psychology students at Wright State and still work in the mental health field in Dayton today. Continue reading →

Wright State, Air Force Research Laboratory collaborate on novel cognitive performance research project

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Bob Mihalek

Wright State researcher Sherif Elbasiouny and Justin Estepp, a Ph.D. in engineering student, are collaborating on a novel cognitive performance research project for the Air Force Research Laboratory. Continue reading →