Wright State Headlines
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Mar 6
Calorie competition
Starting March 3, Wright State University students, employees and partners kicked off the annual Spring Food Drive competition to support the Raider Food Pantry. Continue reading
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Mar 4
Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine receives $1.5 million estate gift for scholarships
A gift from the late Mary L. Marshall Sidorsky, M.D., will support scholarships for medical students at Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine. Continue reading
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Feb 27
Pancakes for patients
Wright State Miracle Makers held a fundraiser to promote Raiderthon and raise funds for Dayton Children’s Hospital. Continue reading
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Feb 26
Theatre alum invited to write new musical for Wright State fine and performing arts students
The School of Fine and Performing Arts invited alum Ronvé O’Daniel to create an original musical that current Wright State theatre students will perform in 2026. Continue reading
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Feb 24
Wright State students to present research at international cybersecurity conference
Wright State students will showcase their research at the inaugural IEEE International Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Cyberinfrastructure for IoT and Microelectronics. Continue reading
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Academics
Neuroscience minded
Lake Campus nursing alumna Kayle Heckler finds inspiration in treating stroke patients
In addition to her successful nursing career, Kayle Heckler teaches the critical care nursing course at Lake Campus. Continue reading
Explore Wright State’s graduate programs at Virtual Open House Feb. 7–11
The Virtual Open House will feature program-specific events for more than 30 graduate degree programs over the course of the week. Continue reading
Direct authority
Shaun Patrick Tubbs turns a ‘short’ stay at Wright State into an acting and directing career
Acting alumnus Shaun Patrick Tubbs is the visiting guest director of Wright State Theatre’s production of “Sweat,” which runs from Feb. 10-20 in the Festival Playhouse. Continue reading
Scholarship seekers
More than two dozen high school students competed for scholarships to Wright State at the Business Scholarship Challenge. Continue reading
Peer Mentoring Programs help new students navigate and succeed at Wright State
Peer Mentoring Programs connect students with a peer coach who is trained on Wright State resources and knows when to connect students to a success coach, advisor or student advocate. Continue reading
Wright State’s IHE, business online programs among nation’s best for 2022, says U.S. News and World Report
Wright State’s ranked graduate programs include Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, MBA, Information Systems, and Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Continue reading
Neuroengineering research of Wright State faculty member Sherif Elbasiouny receives $2.72 million NIH grant to continue study of ALS
The research project employs engineering and neuroscience techniques to study how neurons that control muscles degenerate in ALS. Continue reading
Data driven
Graduate engineering student and data intern Kaitlyn Ellison was awarded the prestigious Cacioppo Scholarship
Interning with a defense contractor, graduate industrial and human factors engineering student Kaitlyn Ellison digs up elusive data and makes it understandable. Continue reading
Paul Lockhart, Peggy Kelly named Faculty Fellows at the Center for Faculty Excellence
Peggy Kelly was named the Faculty Fellow for Pedagogy and Paul Lockhart is the Faculty Fellow for Scholarship. Continue reading
Wright State Physicians names David Dhanraj inaugural chief medical officer
David Dhanraj was also named associate dean for clinical affairs at the Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine. Continue reading
