Jan 22, 2015
Every year, the English Club holds its Valentine’s Day Fundraiser to help support its events and workshops throughout the year. This year’s event is set to take place on Friday, Feb. 13 in the Millett Hall atrium from 9 am to 4 pm.
The fundraiser offers an array of homemade treats and gifts donated by members of the English Club. There are various baked goods and sweets available for purchase, and one unique aspect of this event is the assortment of homemade valentines which can be customized...
Jan 22, 2015
Excerpt Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer Leslie Uggams will share her insights and talents with students of the Wright State University Musical Theatre Program today and tomorrow, January 22-23 in Dayton, Ohio. Uggams will become the first major …
Jan 22, 2015
Wright State history professor Christopher Oldstone-Moore will release a book on the history of facial hair.
Jan 21, 2015
Sarah Williams, a 2004 alumnus of the Urban Affairs program and recipient of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance certificate, recently attended the 2015 Alliance Management/Leadership Institute conference in Salt Lake City with 11 current students and the NLA program director, Dr. Jennifer Subban.
While there, she was awarded the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) of the Year award! Sarah is the executive director of Hannah’s Treasurer Chest and continues to support Wright State University’s...
Jan 21, 2015
The College of Liberal Arts will recognize faculty members who published books and albums in 2014.
Jan 20, 2015
William Elder Jr., a Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine student, will attend the State of the Union Address tonight as a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama.
Jan 20, 2015
Excerpt “Leslie Uggams embodies so much of what Wright State University’s theater department values,” said Joe Deer, WSU musical theater professor and director of the Musical Theatre Initiative who appeared with Uggams in “Anything Goes.” “Leslie is an incredible entertainer, …
Jan 16, 2015
Iraq war veteran Fred Hockney uses the study of philosophy at Wright State University to help unlock the mystery of his experience.
Jan 16, 2015
Joshua Mabra received his B.A. in Anthropology from Kenyon College in 2005. He began studying Arabic in 2002 and has studied the language in Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and Egypt. From 2005-2006, he worked as a journalist in Sudan, after which he moved to the U.K, where he received an M.A. in Islamic Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2007. In 2011, Joshua received an M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, and...
Jan 14, 2015
On Saturday, January 10th, nine Wright State history students and friends traveled to Springfield for a special tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Westcott House. There, they met with Chris Oldstone-Moore, Senior Lecturer of History, and their tour guide Kevin Rose, an architectural historian on the staff of the Turner Foundation. Rose discussed the expensive and complicated restoration of the house, its important role of the house in Wright's career and the history of American architecture. He also...