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Wright State Physicians building opens, new services available

Photo of the new Wright State Physicians building

Wright State Physicians (WSP), the region’s largest multi-specialty group, has opened its new building in the developing northeast corridor of Wright State’s Dayton campus… Continue reading

Outstanding Collaborative Unit

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of the Department of Laboratory Animal Resources staff

The Department of Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) serves Wright State University by providing collaborative support to all investigators using animals in research, teaching, or testing. Continue reading

Outstanding Unit

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of the Counseling and Wellness Services staff

Counseling and Wellness Services (CWS) provides mental health counseling and support, as well as crisis intervention, for all Wright State students. In addition, CWS staff members provide consultation and education services for the university community. Wright State serves a diverse … Continue reading

Human Relations (Classified)

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of Mary Zurawka, administrative specialist, Department of Criminal Justice

Mary Zurawka has been an administrative assistant for the Criminal Justice Program since 2006. Continue reading

Leadership (Classified)

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of James Storm, painter, Physical Plant

As one of two painters on the Dayton Campus’s south zone, James “Jimmy” Storm stays busy maintaining the wall surfaces of more than two dozen buildings. Continue reading

Human Relations (Unclassified)

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of Daisy Stieger office manager and staff advisor for the Department of Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering.

Daisy Stieger serves as office manager and staff advisor for the Department of Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering, where she has worked for the last 15 years. Continue reading

Spirit of Innovation

President's Awards for Excellence

Part of the series: President's Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of Aaron Skira, associate director, Department of Financial Aid

As associate director of financial aid, Aaron Skira looks for creative ways to make the aid process easier, less stressful, and more attainable for all Wright State students. Continue reading

Small-town girl launches English career at Wright State

Photo of Wright State student Elise Hartzell

When 17-year-old Elise Hartzell was making pizzas or running the register at the Morning Star Convenience Store in the tiny northwest Ohio village of Melrose, she daydreamed of becoming a college English professor. Continue reading

President Hopkins: Wright State will be “relentless” in building an entrepreneurial university

Photo of Wright State President David R. Hopkins at the sixth annual Regional Summit

During a gathering of the region’s top business leaders, Wright State President David R. Hopkins announced that the school plans to transform itself into an entrepreneurial university and will be relentless in doing so. Continue reading

Air Force’s Summer-at-the-Edge fires up Wright State students

Photo of Wright State students showing their project at the Summer-at-the-Edge Open House

More than 100 high school and college students tackled more than 30 research projects this summer in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Summer-at-the-Edge internship program. Continue reading