Wright State Headlines
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Jun 17
Wright State grad to pursue physician assistant degree at Yale
After graduating from Wright State in May, Kelly Hunt is ready to take the next step in achieving her lifelong goal of working in the health care field. Continue reading
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Jun 14
Wright State trustees approve 2019-20 tuition rates
Tuition for the next cohort of students arriving in the fall under the Wright Guarantee program will be $4,741 per semester. Continue reading
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Jun 13
Boonshoft School of Medicine names new librarian
Joanna Anderson joins Wright State after serving as distance education librarian at East Tennessee State University. Continue reading
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Jun 12
Wright State’s partner Dayton Regional STEM School cuts ribbon on major expansion that includes unique gaming research lab
The expansion project features the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory (GRILL). Continue reading
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Jun 11
Bill Bigham named interim vice president for advancement
Rebecca Cole, vice president for advancement and president of the Wright State University Foundation, will retire after a highly successful career on July 1. Continue reading
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Special Collections and Archives
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
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 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
Historical event
Campaign to create new home for Wright State University Archives and Special Collections off to a strong start
The Discover Your Story campaign will raise funds for a new home for Wright State’s world-renowned Special Collections and Archives and its 1,000 collections. Continue reading
