Wright State Headlines
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Feb 20
Raider Roundup
Raider Roundup is a pep rally before the most anticipated basketball game of the year. Continue reading
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Feb 20
See all Wright State has to offer at Raider Open House Feb. 23
Raider Open House on Saturday, Feb. 23, gives prospective undergraduate students and their families a glimpse of all that Wright State University has to offer. Continue reading
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Feb 20
Medical students represent Boonshoft School of Medicine at Choosing Wisely Conference
The Choosing Wisely Conference was for rising medical students interested in serving in leadership roles in medicine. Continue reading
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Feb 19
Wright State’s Micki Hayes selected as drum major for prestigious national drum corps
Micki Hayes, who is majoring in music education with a focus on flute studies, will perform with the acclaimed Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps. Continue reading
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Feb 19
Empowering student success
A $50,000 Power Grant from the Dayton Power and Light Company Foundation will support ArtsGala, programming in the Creative Arts Center and engineering workforce development. Continue reading
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Libraries
Happy tails
A dozen furry guests visited Wright State University’s Dunbar Library Dec. 11 for Fuzz Therapy. Continue reading
Saving our history
Linda Black-Kurek ’78 fulfills her passion for the Dayton community and her alma mater by supporting the new Wright State University Archives Center
The exhibit gallery in the future Archives Center will be named the Linda Black-Kurek Family Foundation Exhibit Gallery where rotating exhibitions will showcase the depth of the collections. Continue reading
Historical handwriting
Wright State Archives giving the world online access to the diaries of Wright brothers’ father, Milton
Sixty years of diary entries by Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville, will be published online by Wright State’s Special Collections and Archives. Continue reading
Bringing history to life
Wright State University launches $6.5 million fundraising campaign to create a new home for priceless archives
Discover Your Story will transform the former corporate headquarters of the Wright-Patt Credit Union at 2455 Presidential Drive into the new home of Special Collections and Archives. Continue reading
Dissenting opinion
Wright State part of national effort to archive history of student activism and dissent
Wright State is participating in Project STAND, which will create an online clearinghouse of digital and analog papers, manuscripts, diaries, photographs and other content related to student activism and dissent. Continue reading
Propeller prescription
Wright State Archives’ historic 1912 Wright brothers propeller gets a makeover
Wright State’s Special Collections and Archives holds a successful fundraising campaign to preserve a 1912 Wright Flyer propeller. Continue reading
Wright State receives $13.5M in capital funding from the state
The projects supported by the state budget include renovations in Dunbar Library, repairs to the tunnels and an upgrade to the wireless and wired networks at the Dayton Campus. Continue reading
Wright State grad Ann Weisgarber to give keynote at annual Public History Symposium
The seventh annual Public History Symposium takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Discovery Room of the Student Union. Continue reading
Wright State’s archives receives one-of-a-kind bust of acclaimed poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar
The bust will be displayed along with exhibits of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s works at Wright State’s Special Collections and Archives during a reception and program on Feb. 21 beginning at 3:30 p.m. Continue reading
A place to shine
Wright State University graduates Rob and Ann Weisgarber help create a new home for university’s priceless archives
Wright State graduates Rob and Ann Weisgarber are among the first donors to support the campaign to build a new home for Special Collections and Archives. Continue reading
