Wright State in the News

Excerpt Northmont Middle School teacher Joy McKarns, a 26-year veteran, is one of 20 teachers nationwide to receive The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator Award. The awards recognize educators who are using the classroom to inspire innovation, creativity, problem … Continue reading →

Excerpt Police Sgt. Jay Phares has been named the 2018 Miami Township Officer of the Year. Phares, a 29-year veteran of the department, was selected by his peers for the award announced earlier this month, according to the township. Phares … Continue reading →

Excerpt The Business Enterprise Center (BEC) at Wright State University-Lake Campus has announced a full slate of non-credit business classes for Summer Semester 2019. To access the full spring schedule go to: https://lake.wright.edu/connect/business-enterprise-center. Upcoming classes in June include the following workshops: Starting … Continue reading →

This retrospective salute to Julia Reichert, organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University, celebrates one of the most distinguished bodies of work in American independent film and one of our most accomplished documentarians. A … Continue reading →

Excerpt Festival of Flight, a new community festival celebrating flight and highlighting the importance of the Miami Valley’s aviation heritage, will hold its inaugural event this fall. The free all-day festival will take place on the grounds behind the Wright … Continue reading →

Excerpt Caroline Cao is a professor of biomedical, industrial and human factors engineering at Wright State University. Now, she’s furthering her path down the local startup scene, after receiving funding to support her prototype development. Her company, Endo Guidance Technologies LLC, was … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State University has named the next chairman of its board of trustees. At the university’s board meeting May 3, it was announced Sean Fitzpatrick will be the university’s next chairman of the board of trustees. Fitzpatrick is the managing director of … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State University has partnered with a local technology company to further its accessibility for students with physical disabilities. The university has added three Obi dining robots to its services, which are designed, developed and manufactured by DESiN LLC in … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State University is integrating a local company’s technology to help students with disabilities be more independent at mealtimes. Locally invented and manufactured Obi was created by University of Dayton engineering graduate Jon Dekar, who made the first all-wood … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State will avoid state fiscal watch, state documents show, but school leaders warned the university has work to do before it’s financially in the clear. “We still have a lot of work left to do, but that’s certainly … Continue reading →