Wright State in the News

Dayton Daily News: Wright State receives praise for being disability-friendly

Photo of physicaly disabled Wright State students talking in a classroom.

Excerpt Wright State University is again receiving praise as a good campus for students with physical disabilities. The school was ranked the third best of 10 schools for students with disabilities by College Magazine this week, a quarterly publication written … Continue reading →

WCSM Radio: Wright State University-Lake Campus Literacy Drive

Excerpt Wright State University–Lake Campus faculty, staff and students participated in WSU-Lake Campus Annual Literacy Book Drive. This annual event sponsored by the Lake Campus Diversity Committee is a Lake Campus tradition. The three-week event started on January 22 and … Continue reading →

Beavercreek News-Current: Students First Fund grants program will support student success initiatives

Excerpt In an effort to bolster student success across Wright State University’s Dayton and Lake Campuses, the Wright State University Foundation has created the Students First Fund — a new grants program designed to support innovative ideas that assist students … Continue reading →

Collegemagazine.com: Wright State Top 3 Campus for Students with Physical Disabilities

Tom Webb outside Office of Disability Services

Service dogs feel welcomed by Wright State University. This university opened the first on-campus service dog park. Yup, the whole one-acre park remains exclusive to service dogs… Continue reading →

Dayton.com: Dayton celebrates Hannah Beachler’s historic Oscar win

Excerpt Hannah Beachler, a 2005 Wright State University graduate who was raised in Centerville, took home her first Academy Award Sunday night. Those who know her in Dayton were delighted, but not surprised. “She has her eyes on the prize, … Continue reading →

WHIO: Wright State graduate makes Oscar history

Hannah Beachler, a 2005 Wright State University graduate, is the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award in the category for Best Production Design… Continue reading →

Dayton.com: Wright State, Human Race remember musician and teacher Scot Woolley

The local, regional and national arts community is mourning the loss of Scot Woolley, a gifted musical director, arranger, composer, superb pianist, and impactful music professor and vocal coach who died Saturday, Jan. 26, having suffered a medical emergency while … Continue reading →

SOPP research cited by Dayton Daily News

Duke E. Ellis Human Development Institute

Research by Jeff Cigrang, associate professor in the Wright State School of Professional Psychology, and his doctoral students is cited in an article in the Dayton Daily News on the city of Dayton’s efforts to curb prostitution. Cigrang found that nearly all … Continue reading →

ABC 22: Wright State holds Draft Day for 10-year-old battling serious illness

Fans in the Nutter Center Thursday night were going wild for more than just the basketball game. JJ Hill is just 10 years old, but he’s signed on to be Wright State University’s newest golfer. While he’s a little younger … Continue reading →

Dayton.com: Wright State grad goes from ‘single mom working two jobs’ to Oscar nominee for ‘Black Panther’

A Wright State graduate might soon add an Oscar to her trophy case. Hannah Beachler, a Centerville-raised graduate of that university’s film and production design program, has been nominated for the Production Design Academy Award for her work on the … Continue reading →