Wright State Headlines
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Dec 20
Wright State to launch mobile street medicine project for underserved patients in Dayton
Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine will collaborate with Premier Health to provide health care services to people with substance use disorders through a mobile community-based health care, or street medicine, model. Continue reading
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Dec 19
Top 10 Wright State Newsroom videos of 2024
The Wright State Newsroom shared once-in-a-lifetime moments with students, faculty and staff while making joyful connections with alumni during 2024. Continue reading
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Dec 18
2025 Alumni Achievement Awards celebrate distinguished Wright State community members
The Wright State University Alumni Association recognized the accomplishments of Wright State alumni and friends with its 2025 Alumni Achievement Awards. Continue reading
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Dec 17
Wright State alum partners with alma mater to brew a Raider-branded beer
Fans can now enjoy Wright State University-branded beer while cheering on the Raiders. Continue reading
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Dec 17
Expanded agreement provides Air Force researchers more access to work on Wright State’s campus
Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base now have access to work throughout Wright State University’s campus. Continue reading
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Disability Services
Push Girls star to appear at Wright State
Excerpt Tiphany Adams, who became a paraplegic at the age of 17 after being hit by a drunk driver, nevertheless pursued her dreams and became an actress, model, ability advocate, fitness enthusiast, speaker and star on the Sundance Channel docu-series … Continue reading
Sundance Channel’s ‘Push Girls’ star Tiphany Adams to visit Wright State
The Wright State community can meet Tiphany Adams and view an episode of “Push Girls” on March 10 in the Student Union Apollo Room. Continue reading
Wright State names new disability services director
Excerpt Wright State University has named Thomas Webb its new director of disability services — a highly-regarded position at the campus that is known nationally and internationally as a pioneer in accessibility. Webb comes to Wright State from the University … Continue reading
New director of Disability Services is on the job
Thomas Webb, a veteran disability services advocate focused on equal opportunity for all students, started this week as the new director of the Office of Disability Services. Continue reading
Video—Superman doctor comes to aid of local Wright State student
Excerpt The doctor who took Superman, Christopher Reeve, off a ventilator in 2003 has now become a 20-year old college student’s personal Superman. This summer, Daniel Darkow became the first patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy to receive a Diaphragm Pacing … Continue reading
Raiderthon dance marathon is story of the year
The Top Ten Wright State Newsroom stories for 2013
We begin 2014 with a tip of the hat to the best feel-good story of 2013. Continue reading
Wright State celebrates grand opening of new Welcome Center
With the Sep. 4 grand opening of the new Welcome Center, Wright State University’s Dayton Campus is poised to leave a great first impression. Continue reading
Jeff Vernooy played key roles in making Wright State more accessible to those with disabilities
Excerpt Jeffrey Vernooy, who died Monday at 61, was the driving force behind many of the programs that make Wright State University one of the top disability-friendly schools in the nation, colleagues said Tuesday. A “tremendous role model,” Vernooy spent … Continue reading
Jeffrey Vernooy, director of disability services, passes away
Jeffrey Vernooy, who tirelessly advocated for students with disabilities and was the architect of the campus support structure for them as longtime director of the Wright State University Office of Disability Services… Continue reading
Wright State psychologist to help teachers in Bolivia better understand disabilities
In Bolivia, they are called “second patio children”—kids with disabilities who are kept out of sight by their families, away from the main patio… Continue reading
