Wright State Headlines
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Jan 20
Wright State University explains cost savings/furlough days, workload and uniform healthcare benefits to union leadership
Wright State University values its faculty partners and strives to provide them with top-tier salary and healthcare benefits. Continue reading
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Jan 18
Wright State University Foundation launches Students First Fund
All Wright State students, faculty and staff with a creative concept to promote student success are welcome to apply for a Students First Fund grant. Continue reading
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Jan 17 Statement from Wright State President Cheryl B. Schrader
Wright State General Counsel Larry Chan informed the union we are willing to open negotiations for the 2020 contract at their convenience. Continue reading
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Jan 17
Engineering chair Joseph Slater played leadership role at American Institute of Aerospace and Astronautics forum
Joseph Slater helped organized 101 sessions at the five-day forum, during which 479 papers were presented. Continue reading
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Jan 17
If you ask me…
Research by Tony Gibson, a Ph.D. psychology student, and Nathan Bowling, professor of psychology, will be published in the European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Continue reading
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Special Collections and Archives
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
Preserving history
Wright State University launches $6.5 million fundraising campaign to create a new home for priceless archives
Discover Your Story: The Campaign for the Wright State University Archives Center will provide a new home for the university’s world-renowned Special Collections and Archives. Continue reading
