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Wright State professor emeritus Julia Reichert and former motion pictures faculty member Steven Bognar talked about their Oscar-winning documentary film \u201cAmerican Factory\u201d with students and faculty in the Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures. (Photo by Erin Pence)<\/p><\/div>\n

From Oscar-winning directors to chicken farmers helping to educate and feed their community, the Wright State University Newsroom met some amazing people and covered exciting events in 2020.<\/p>\n

This list takes you behind the curtain for our favorite videos from the past 12 months:<\/p>\n

Watch: Wright State motion pictures program celebrates Oscar with Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Fresh off winning their first Oscar, professor emeritus Julia Reichert and former motion pictures faculty member Steven Bognar returned to Wright State to celebrate with students and faculty during a special gathering at the Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures Feb 13.<\/p>\n

Watch: Behind the curtain<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Weeks of communication and collaboration between cast and crew brought “Peter and the Starcatcher” to life on stage.<\/p>\n

Watch: Sign of love<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

When Wright State University students walk from their dorms to campus this fall, they were reminded that love lives here.<\/p>\n

Watch: In the bag<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Wright State violin student Katie West was runner-up in a national grocery bagging championship.<\/p>\n

Watch: Eggcellent delivery<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Three hundred chickens make up most of the work and the soundtrack at Happy Wife Acres, a farm in Fairborn owned by Wright State alumni John and Andrea Hancock.<\/p>\n

Watch: Family tree<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Wright State community and the public may soon get easy access to “Burly,” a 200-year-old bur oak tree in the campus woods.<\/p>\n

Watch: Nearly 1,400 households throng to Wright State for mass food distribution by The Foodbank<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

A mass food distribution at the Wright State University Nutter Center for those in need drew nearly 1,400 households, with traffic choking nearby roadways and sending a river of vehicles snaking through the parking lot.<\/p>\n

Watch: Unity rock<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Labib Rouhana, associate professor of biological sciences, wanted to acknowledge the suffering that African American students and co-workers have been living with and to inform the campus community that \u201cwe\u2019re not looking away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch: Black voices light up the night<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Black Student Union held a peaceful event with dozens of Wright State students in attendance. Participants were required to wear masks and follow physical distancing guidelines.<\/p>\n

Watch: Community servants<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Wright State employees gave back to the community by volunteering throughout Raider Country at six area nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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