Wright State in the News

Excerpt She struck gold in her career following graduation from Wright State University — real gold. Elizabeth Freeman is a geologist looking for gold at an underground mine in Alaska. Shortly after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in earth and … Continue reading →

Excerpt Tucked away in an unassuming gray filing cabinet in Bridget Federspiel’s history classroom at Stivers School for the Arts are the wartime memories of more than 550 U.S. military veterans. Federspiel and her students have spent more than 12 … Continue reading →

Excerpt A lawyer for Wright State University has been given a top honor by the United Way of Greater Cincinnati. Mike Manzler, WSU associate general counsel, was recently awarded the 2018 Ruth W. and Robert I. Westheimer Award for Continuous … Continue reading →

Excerpt After a two-year budget shortfall, Wright State University is projecting a surplus for 2018. In a letter sent to the Wright State community, President Cheryl Schrader stated the university is “righting our financial ship,” and is predicting a $7.2 million budget surplus when … Continue reading →

Excerpt Wright State University student Hannah Tokasz is a Disney fanatic. She spent more than six months working at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, through a college internship program. She got the chance to drive “Monorail Green,” which became … Continue reading →

Excerpt The day of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, his father drove to Logan Hunt’s school in rural eastern Ohio and pulled his son out of his third-grade class. The two went home, sat together on the couch … Continue reading →

Guest column by Wright State University President Cheryl B. Schrader A recent statewide poll of likely voters affirmed that a large majority of Ohioans recognize and appreciate the high-impact, high-value benefits of our state’s system of public universities. Commissioned by … Continue reading →

One college degree is nice. Two are even nicer. Continue reading →

Clare Butcher from the information technology program is valedictorian and will attend Wright State’s College of Business… Continue reading →

Excerpt Ohio’s 14 public universities, including Wright State University, are launching a statewide communication campaign designed to raise awareness of the value of public higher education and spur efforts to close the state’s increasingly alarming higher education attainment gap. To … Continue reading →