Wright State in the News

Lake Campus Agriculture Students Tour Costa Rica

((Excerpt)) Agriculture students from Wright State Lake Campus recently traveled to Costa Rica on their December break under the direction of Dr. Greg Homan, Associate Professor of Agriculture and Leadership.  According to Homan, “The goal of the trip was to … Continue reading

Web site to help combat “brain drain,” encourage college students to stay in area

((Excerpt)) The site will allow area businesses, agencies and organizations to post internship openings in one centralized area. Those postings will then automatically be added to career services websites for several area colleges. Partner colleges and universities include Urbana University, … Continue reading

Reality show in town tomorrow for auditions

((Excerpt)) A reality TV show might be what you need to live out your biggest dreams. MTV’s MADE will hold a casting call in rooms 163 A and 163 B of Wright State University’s Student Union from 11 a.m. to … Continue reading

Officers train for life or death situations

((Excerpt)) Law enforcement officers from across Ohio converged at Calamityville this week to learn critical skills that could save them in life and death situations. The National Center for Medical Readiness presented the “Self Aid/Buddy Aid for the Law Enforcement … Continue reading

New med school exec says hospitals, Wright-Patt will help efforts

((Excerpt)) DAYTON — The region’s clinical and basic science research capabilities, as well as the presence of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, are all key to helping Dayton become a neuroscience standout, a key neuroscience recruit to the area said Monday. … Continue reading

Son’s question sparks film about Ohio streams

((Excerpt)) Mayor, a graduate of the motion pictures program at Wright State University who runs his own film production company called the Message Shop, has been working as an independent and educational producer since 2002. His work has been broadcast … Continue reading

MoversandShakers 2011

((Excerpt)) eBook Guru Driven by zeal to improve service, academic librarian Sue Polanka dove into investigating technologies that would serve library users. Before long, this head of reference and instruction at Wright State University Libraries was blogging about ebooks and … Continue reading

Wright State hires neurology chair

((Excerpt)) The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine has chosen Dr. Kenneth Gaines to chair its newly formed neurology department. Gaines will take the reins May 1. In addition, he will serve as a neurology professor within the medical … Continue reading

Set new goals and love your job again

((Excerpt)) Losing passion for your job can have several negative outcomes, says Todd Dewett, associate professor of management at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Loss of interest in and enthusiasm for working as an innovative team or department is … Continue reading

More job growth forecast in Q1, Q2

Second quarter should be especially strong, WSU economist says

((Excerpt)) The Dayton metro area will see continued job growth through the first half of this year, according to a recently released forecast from Wright State University. The forecast predicts a total gain of nearly 5,000 jobs by the end … Continue reading