Around Campus

Workforce development, globalization to highlight Wright State University’s Regional Summit on Aug. 15

Wright State President David R. Hopkins

Annual Regional Summit is expected to draw business leaders, educators, government officials and others to the Wright State Nutter Center. Continue reading

Wright State Physicians to offer educational session about forefoot injuries

Foot X-ray

Wright State Physicians podiatrist Gregory L. Barbour will discuss “Forefoot Injuries” during a free educational session on Aug. 19. Continue reading

Summer-at-the-Edge open house to showcase students’ high-tech, high-flying achievements

Discover Lab students

The Summer-at-the-Edge program offers highly sought-after internships that give undergraduate engineering students the freedom to solve problems or meet challenges facing the military. Continue reading

Support for Wright-Patt, other federal sites in Ohio at critical juncture

Photo of Dr. Hopkins

Excerpt The Dayton region is getting traction in aerospace and people across the country are starting to pay attention to what is happening here. “But we have to be relentless,” says Wright State University President David Hopkins, a co-chair of the Wright-Patt 2020 committee. … Continue reading

Wright State Research Institute continues growth with new talent

WSRI's Michael Deis

Wright State Research Institute continues to attract talent staff, including the former director of the Sensors Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory. Continue reading

Military expedition

Army Guard student Ben McCullough pursuing career in intelligence analysis
Ben McCullough

Ben McCullough hopes to turn a master’s degree in international and comparative politics into a job with the Pentagon or a U.S. intelligence agency. Continue reading

Painting the town

Wright State grad Megan Smallwood creates street mural for Dayton neighborhood
Megan Smallwood with the mural

Wright State fine arts graduate Megan Smallwood spent nearly a year working with volunteers to paint a large colorful mural in an east Dayton neighborhood. Continue reading

Going Up: New elevator signs to encourage priority for students with disabilities

Megan Gillespie

Student Government designs signs encouraging the community to give priority elevator access to people with disabilities, the elderly, pregnant women and people with small children. Continue reading

CUPA taps political veteran, Dayton business expert to take center to ‘the next level’

He’s a politically savvy professional with big ideas and the networking skills and contacts to bring in new work. Continue reading