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Early Career Achievement

President's Award for Excellence

Part of the series: Faculty Awards for Excellence 2012

Photo of Sherrill Smith, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.L., C.N.E., assistant professor in the College of Nursing and Health.

According to her colleagues with the College of Nursing and Health (CoNH), Sherrill Smith, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.L., C.N.E., excels in all areas of teaching, service, and scholarship far beyond the standard of what is often observed with new faculty. Continue reading

Wright State communication student gains experience in Attorney General’s Office

Photo of members of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's staff including Wright State student and intern Gervonna Bolding.

With an ever-growing scope of media-related opportunities, choosing a career can be a daunting task for mass communication majors. Continue reading

Pre-college camps winding down, campers still wound up, learning

Photo of Matthew Gregson at work in the Creative Sewing class.

The Office of Pre-College Programs offered a wide variety of week-long learning opportunities for K–12 students “camping” at Wright State University this summer. Continue reading

First String

Guitar playing a passion for clinical researcher
Photo of Alan Dine playing the guitar

Alan Dine’s research career began with an internal medicine physician studying cardiac function measurement using echo, Doppler, and EKG. Continue reading

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week to feature Lake Campus expert

Photo of Chuck Ciampaglio, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Geology/Paleontology-WSU Lake Campus and Jim Sharits, VP production Technifex rinsing dirt from the tooth of a preshistoric megalodon shark .

It’s crunch time for prehistoric shark expert Chuck Ciampaglio. Continue reading

Leadership gained, fears lost for Wright State ROTC cadets

Photo of Derek Oda being instructed by a drill sergeant during his first day at the Leader’s Training Course.

On the front lines of battle, trying to steer a platoon of young soldiers on hazardous terrain while dodging whizzing bullets can create… Continue reading

Warrior-Saint

Wright State graduate is the first Sikh in two decades to serve in the U.S. Army
Photo of U.S. Army Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan

When Captain Tejdeep Singh Rattan, ’01 and ’05, became a U.S. Army officer on March 22, 2010, he made American military history as the first Sikh officer to serve in the Army in more than two decades. Continue reading

National Air and Space Museum internship is Wright State student’s dream job

Photo of Elizabeth Dardis in the National Air and Space Museum's Garber facility

Between having a father who’s an aeronautical engineer and attending a university named for the Wright brothers, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Dardis seems almost destined to follow a path linked to aviation. Continue reading

Lake engineering program proving a ‘perfect fit’ for students, industry

Photo of Ruby Mawasha, Jordon Coffman, John Neifert and Jared Runyon working on their battle bot Crimson Chaos.

Asked to describe his Lake Campus engineering students, Ruby Mawasha offered an anecdote that speaks volumes. Continue reading

Programming the Patient

Photo of someone controling patient simulators.

At all levels of their education, Wright State nursing students use high-tech simulators to practice caring for patients. Continue reading