Wright State Headlines
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Feb 12
Wright State’s Homecoming shines bright ‘Under the Stars’
Wright State University’s Homecoming events transported alumni, students, faculty and staff to the great outdoors with its “Under the Stars, Every Star Tells a Story” theme. Continue reading
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Feb 10
Wright State dance students to premiere original works at Emerging Choreographers Concert Feb. 14–16
The Emerging Choreographers Concert will feature new choreographic works from 15 Wright State dance students that push the boundaries of creativity and artistic expression. Continue reading
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Feb 7
New Career Hub offers centralized professional services for Wright State students and alumni
Wright State University students and alumni can now receive career advice, prepare for interviews, meet with potential employers and get free headshots at the Career Hub, a one-of-a-kind, centralized space in the Student Union. Continue reading
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Feb 4
Wright State’s Health Professions Day offers a healthy dose of career opportunities
Wright State’s annual Health Professions Day on Feb. 17 offers high school and college students the chance to learn about academic and career paths in health care. Continue reading
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Feb 3
Pumped up
Wright State Army and Air Force ROTC cadets have a new space to train on campus as they prepare for leadership positions in the military. Continue reading
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Giving
Grand slam
Wright State practice room named for alum Marilee King, stickler for making sons hone piano skills on baby grand
Practice room in the Creative Arts Center honors Marilee King, who graduated from Wright State University in 1969 and who instilled a strong work ethic in her three sons. Continue reading
Accounting principles
Maggie Houston caps teaching career with scholarship designed to help nontraditional female accounting students at Wright State
Even in retirement, long-time accountancy instructor Maggie Houston continues to place the welfare of her students above all else. Continue reading
Lake Campus breaks ground for Agriculture and Water Quality Center
The center will provide classroom space for the growing agriculture program; a research and laboratory area for applied learning and research on agricultural and water quality issues; and a facility for community meetings. Continue reading
Dog days
Wright State’s Sarah and Ash McGinley give Marco the pit bull new ‘leash’ on life
Wright State couple Ash and Sarah McGinleys rescued Marco, a pit bull, from an adoption center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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M.D./Ph.D. student studies neurosurgery in Uganda
Phil Walker II, a first-year medical student in the Boonshoft School of Medicine, spent his spring break in March studying neurosurgery with a team from Duke University. Continue reading
Medical student hopes to inspire more Latina doctors
The underrepresented minority scholarship helps make Astrid Medina’s dream of becoming a doctor possible. Continue reading
Scholarships help medical student pursue dream of research
Sabrina Metzger, an M.D./Ph.D. student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, is searching for targeted treatments for myotonia congenita. Continue reading
Medical students volunteer internationally through scholarship
B. Laurel Elder Memorial Scholarship helps many Boonshoft School of Medicine students travel to foreign countries to volunteer in underserved areas. Continue reading
Lifting the burden
Wright State nursing grad helps single mother earn her B.S.N.
Joyce Rutherford-Donner ’82, who knows the struggles of balancing school with the responsibilities of being a single mother, helps current Wright State nursing students who face the same challenges. Continue reading
CSIC celebrates Wright State’s 50th anniversary
2017 campaign launches on March 9
Faculty, staff and retirees may choose among 1,900 scholarships and programs during the annual Campus Scholarship and Innovation Campaign “50 Years: See the Change. Be the Impact.” Continue reading
