People of Wright State

Military expedition

Over 500 military veterans interviewed by Wright State alum Bridget Federspiel as part of history project

Bridget Federspiel works with both high school students and Wright State student veterans to interview U.S. veterans for the Library of Congress. Continue reading

Doubling down

2018 Wright State grad Julia Gomez-Cambronero combines her love of theater and Spanish for double degrees

2018 Wright State graduate Julia Gomez-Cambronero’s Spanish heritage influences her theatre performances. Continue reading

Museum material

Wright State art students to display work at Dayton Art Institute as part of prestigious Yeck fellowship program

Wright State students Matthew Helton, Nanci Payne and Nancy Shuler will have their artwork displayed at the Dayton Art Institute from May 10 through Aug. 19. Continue reading

Active voice

Wright State professional psychology student Eleanor Tripp helped found Dayton Indivisible for All

Activism came early to Eleanor Tripp, a third-year student at the Wright State School of Professional Psychology. Continue reading

Photo finish

Megan Valle’s three-year memory wall of snapshots captures her journey at Wright State

Megan Valle, a senior musical theatre major, documented her time at Wright State by taking a photograph every day. Continue reading

Music of the night

Wright State graduate Kate Mueller performs in the North American tour of “The Phantom of the Opera”

For Kate Mueller, a 2015 graduate of Wright State’s acting and musical theatre program, being part of “The Phantom of the Opera” ensemble is a dream come true. Continue reading

Shore thing

New lakeside apartments at Wright State’s Lake Campus big hit with students

Katelyn Richardson, a sophomore at the Lake Campus, wants to get her bachelor’s degree in nursing and then her master’s so she can become a nurse practitioner. Continue reading

Foreign service

Two-time Wright State graduate Kathryn Chaney helps prep military personnel and other government employees for embassy assignments in Europe.

Kathryn Chaney weaves together her passion for travel, work experiences and two degrees from Wright State to thrive at the Defense Institute of Security Cooperation Studies. Continue reading

Journal joy

Research by Wright State senior Marquise Crosby accepted for publication in prestigious science journal

Marquise Crosby, a senior biochemistry and molecular biology major, works as a lab assistant at Wright-Patterson in the Soft Matter Branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. Continue reading

Axle ability

Wright State engineering student R.J. McCoy helps design new axle line at Navistar

Wright State mechanical engineering student R.J. McCoy plays a major role in producing trucks during an internship at Navistar in Springfield. Continue reading