The sights, sounds, glitz and glamour of Wright State University\u2019s Homecoming events transported students, faculty, staff and alumni all the way back to the roaring \u201920s.<\/p>\n
The annual chili cookoff, both a men\u2019s and a women\u2019s basketball game, the Alumni Achievement Awards, Paint and Sip and a Homecoming Dance highlighted Wright State\u2019s packed Homecoming week<\/a> on the Dayton Campus Feb. 14\u201317. Homecoming Week was organized by the Wright State Alumni Association, Wright State University and Wright State student organizations.<\/p>\n \u201cI like coming back for Homecoming and seeing friends,\u201d said Dexter Bailey, a 2005 Wright State graduate who attended the Homecoming Kickoff event in the Student Union Atrium on Feb. 14.<\/p>\n Organizers say homecoming is about connections\u2014to one another and to Wright State. This year’s events were a chance to celebrate the Raider spirit that connects us all.<\/p>\n \u201cI actually like the events that we have going on,\u201d said Brandon Orr, a first-year mechanical engineering major. \u201cI\u2019ve never been more social than I am right now.\u201d<\/p>\n It is the second year since Wright State pivoted Homecoming Week from the fall to the Spring Semester, aligning it with Wright State men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball games while also allowing more student organizations to participate in activities.<\/p>\n \u201cWright State is a really big basketball school,\u201d said Homecoming queen Alexi Ricker, a senior organizational leadership major. \u201cIf we\u2019re going to celebrate we\u2019re going to celebrate right and go to a basketball game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The sights and sounds and the glitz and glamour of Wright State University\u2019s Homecoming events transported students, faculty, staff and alumni all the way back to the roaring \u201920s. Continue reading