Wright State in the News

DDN story: Scene75 expanding out of market, investing in partnership with RSCoB professional business institute

Excerpt Scene75 has also partnered with Wright State University and created a professional business institute. Last week, more than 20 high school students from around Ohio participated in the week-long “business camp” to look at challenges facing Scene 75. Professors, Wright … Continue reading →

Journal-News Q&A: New Wright State president looks toward the future, new era

Excerpt Q: What’s your first month on the job been like? Schrader: The first month brought some amazing facts every day – on how integral Wright State is to this community, on the educational opportunities and access it provides, and on … Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News reports on new leader of Wright State’s clinical trials alliance

Excerpt Robert L. Mott Jr. has been named medical director of the Wright State University and Premier Health Clinical Trials Research Alliance. Mott is a board-certified preventive medicine physician and retired U.S. Army colonel with 22 years of experience in … Continue reading →

Dayton Business Journal: Wright State names new budget architect

Excerpt Wright State University’s new president is bringing aboard a top financial officer from her former Missouri school. The school has hired Walter Branson as its new vice president for finance and operations and chief business officer, overseeing all of … Continue reading →

DDN story: Wright State saved more money than expected last year

Excerpt Wright State University’s finances look better than projected, but the school has already fell behind its goal of boosting reserves in the upcoming year despite more than $30 million in cuts. Wright State ended fiscal year 2017 with about … Continue reading →

WYSO features Wright State grad student Robert Sabwami

Excerpt In this installment from our series Just Ask: Talking About Disability, we hear from 41-year-old Robert Sabwami, who recalls his experience growing up in Kenya with a visual impairment. In this story produced by WYSO’s April Laissle, he says his journey … Continue reading →

DDN story: Wright State named one of ‘Best Midwestern’ colleges by review

Excerpt Wright State University was ranked one of the “Best Midwestern” colleges as were the University of Dayton and Miami University. Around 658 colleges were honored in different regions of the U.S. and in other parts of the world, according … Continue reading →

Wright State history professor featured in Athens-Banner Herald

Drew Swanson in office

Few know that one of the nation’s first gold rushes took place in Georgia during the first half of the 19th century. Continue reading →

Dayton Daily News reports on Wright State’s new associate VP of international affairs

Excerpt Wright State University has hired a new associate vice president in charge of international affairs for the school. William Holmes will start at WSU on Aug. 14, the school announced today. Holmes comes from Central Michigan University where he … Continue reading →

Wright State mass communication alumna promoted to evening news co-anchor

Excerpt 2 NEWS Today Anchor Brooke Moore will join Mark Allan as co-anchor on WDTN, the NBC affiliate in Dayton. Moore graduated from Wright State University in 2010 with a degree in mass communication. Many have been waking up to … Continue reading →