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Wright State’s Shannon family travel to Netherlands to witness an annual Dutch Christmas Eve tribute to World War II liberators.
Excerpt Wright State University’s Department of English Language and Literatures is relaunching a literary magazine, Mad River Review, says Dennis Loranger, lecturer in English and music. Dennis will also serve as the relaunched magazine’s editor. “Literary magazines tend to rise …
DIGITAL PEDAGOGIES
All members of the Wright State community are invited to attend the Pop-Up Colloquium on Digital Pedagogies taking place Friday, February the 20 th, from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm, in 401 Millett Hall. This exciting colloquium will feature examples of assignments designed to take advantage of innovative
French Club Cooking Class: How to make Macaroons!
On February 20th, the French Club organized a cooking class at the Rockafield Alumni Kitchen with "Macaroon Chef" and French student, Xavier Mellor. Students and professors learned how to make delicious chocolate and hazelnut filled macaroons. Everybody also had a chance to taste different flavors
A trip to her native Tanzania to shadow doctors and nurses produced lifelong memories for Wright State University pre-med student Aliane Kubwimana.
Arabic Cooking Class
On January 28th, Arabic professor Amira Orr took her Arabic 1020 class to the Rockafield Alumni Center kitchen to teach her students about Middle Eastern food. They made Kofta (Middle Eastern meat balls), Hummus (chick peas dip), Lebna (cheese), salad, Taheena (sesame seed paste), Pita Bread and
Philosophy professor Erik Banks published book on Austrian physicist Ernst Mach, American psychologist William James and British philosopher Bertrand Russell.
Arabic Program First Immersion Day
The Arabic program will celebrate its first Immersion Day on Tuesday, March 24 th from 8:30 am-1:30 pm. This year, the theme is “Visiting the Classical Arabic Past”. Activities will be centered around the “1001 Nights” and include plays presented by the students, explorations of Levantive Arabic
German-Americans:The silent minority
According to "The Economist" newspaper,"German-Americans are America’s largest single ethnic group (if you divide Hispanics into Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, etc). In 2013, according to the Census bureau, 46m Americans claimed German ancestry: more than the number who traced their roots to

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