Wright State Headlines
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Apr 23
Junior Teresa Rapking named Wright State Student Employee of the Year
Teresa Rapking majors in early childhood education and works as a student assistant in the Office of the Registrar. Continue reading
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Apr 23
Medical student wins Mahoning Valley Medical Society Foundation scholarship
Rachael Herriman, a fourth-year student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, has nurtured a love for pediatrics. Continue reading
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Apr 23
Engineering student Rachel Evans wins prestigious fellowship from Ohio Space Grant Consortium
Mechanical engineering student Rachel Evans will pursue a master’s degree in the College of Engineering and Computer Science thanks to an Ohio Space Grant Consortium fellowship. Continue reading
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Apr 22
The Wall
Students in Communicating Through Chronic Illness and End of Life course set up Wall to inspire others to think about what they want to do before they die. Continue reading
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Apr 22
Overcoming the impossible
At Wright State, Olivia Kilby, a senior political science and liberal studies major, discovered she can accomplish great things in her life. Continue reading
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Libraries
Strolling down memory lane
Retired Wright State professor Gary Barlow helps preserve the university’s priceless history with his gift to the Archives Center
In appreciation of his gift to the Discover Your Story campaign, one of the rooms in the Archives Center will be named the Dr. Gary Barlow Conference Room. Continue reading
Quiet study and group rooms now available in Dunbar Library
Users can reserve private study rooms available to individuals and groups in two-hour time blocks during Dunbar Library’s regular hours. Continue reading
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
