Wright State Headlines
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Apr 20
Wright State student-athletes help build Fairborn home for family seeking homeownership
More than 160 Wright State student-athletes and coaches volunteered to help build parts of a new Habitat for Humanity home during a special event organized by the Athletics Department. Continue reading
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Apr 16
Professional performance begins here
Wright State theatre students Skye Hodgkin and Evelyn Vordtriede are gaining real-world experience with the Human Race Theatre Company, highlighting how the university prepares them for professional performance. Continue reading
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Apr 16
Wright State’s ArtsGala celebrates the power of artistic growth while supporting student scholarships
ArtsGala’s celebrated student work across theatre, dance, film, music and visual arts, while raising scholarship support for Wright State artists. Continue reading
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Apr 15
Wright State’s Model United Nations team wins top honor, continuing 46-year tradition of national recognition
Wright State’s Model United Nations program earned an Outstanding Delegation Award — the highest team honor — at the 2026 National Model U.N. Conference, continuing its tradition of excellence. Continue reading
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Apr 14
Wright State students will compete for startup funds in annual Wright Venture entrepreneurial competition
Five Wright State students will pitch original business ideas to a panel of experts during Wright Venture, the annual entrepreneurial competition hosted by the Raj Soin College of Business. Continue reading
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Alumni
Alumni Association to celebrate 50th anniversary of supporting Wright State
A small group of volunteers founded the Wright State Alumni Association in 1971, bringing together graduates by coordinating activities and services to enrich the community. Continue reading
Cover story
A Wright State alumna worked with youth from Montgomery County’s juvenile justice system to turn a massive blank canvas into a foot-traffic-stopping mural inside the Dayton Mall. Continue reading
Rhythm section
Wright State public history students help develop exhibit at National Afro-American Museum
Graduate public history students at Wright State organized the exhibit “Rhythm of Revolution: The Transformative Power of Black Art 1619 to the Present.” Continue reading
Wright State alumna, faculty member lend Spanish skills at community vaccination clinic
Two members of the Wright State community volunteered to help those in need at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic. Continue reading
Wright State graduate student Kara Combs receives top national award from Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
Kara Combs received the James W. Barany Student Award for Excellence for bringing distinction to industrial engineering at Wright State. Continue reading
Trauma toolbox
Wright State alumnus Ryan Garrison helps military veterans and first responders heal as president of Valor Therapeutics
Organizational leadership graduate Ryan Garrison provides music and art therapy to help veterans and first responders who have posttraumatic stress injuries. Continue reading
Wright State business students capture IT award using data analytics to predict pet adoption
The student applied their analytical skills to create a solution for a Kaggle Data Analytics Challenge Competition. Continue reading
11 people with Wright State ties named to Dayton Business Journal’s ‘Forty Under 40’
“Forty Under 40” honorees include Andrew Beauchamp, chair of economics, and Nick Warrington, director of events and community engagement for the College of Liberal Arts and a 2012 Wright State graduate. Continue reading
Diver striver
Wright State education and diving alumnus J.R. Geraci uses his degree to support career twists and turns
J.R. Geraci has dived into most everything in his life: college, water on the swim team and into business as the owner of the Beavercreek Pizza Dive. Continue reading
Wright State film alumna Nicole Riegel making directorial debut with ‘Holler’
“Holler,” the new film by 2009 motion pictures graduate Nicole Riegel, is being released nationwide in June by IFC Films. Continue reading
