Nov 18, 2014
Interview with WSU English Alumnus and Newly Published Author
I was born and raised in Ohio and currently live in the village of Alpha with my wife and three children. Despite my love for travel, I’ve stayed close to home. I studied English at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, for both my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. During my time as an MA student, I discovered my love for teaching. Right now I continue to teach and go to school as a PhD student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Nov 15, 2014
Q: How would you describe your job and what a typical day is like for you?
Nov 14, 2014
Jamie Jaggers, a senior majoring in Crime and Justice Studies, is completing her internship with the United States Probation Office. One of the interesting parts of her internship, shown in the photo, involved a recent meeting with the Judges to prepare for the specialized Federal Reentry Court session.
Crime and Justice Studies majors are required to complete an internship through one of three departments: Political Science, Sociology/Anthropology or Urban Affairs and Geography. Jamie...
Nov 14, 2014
Headlined by a visit from Selingo and his seminar, “A World Unbound: The Changing Nature of Higher Education and Internationalization,” the week’s events promote the benefits of global education.
Nov 14, 2014
Wright State Theatre continues its 40th season with a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet” Nov. 14–23.
Nov 13, 2014
The department of Modern Languages invited all faculty, students and staff to the sixth presentation in its lecture series, "(De) Humanizing Narratives of Terrorism in Spanish and Peruvian Films" by Dr. Melissa Doran, on November 12, 2014. Dr. Doran is an Instructor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages at Wright State. She discussed narratives of humanization and dehumanization as encountered in Helena Taberna’s film Yoyes (2001) and Fabrizio Aguilar’s film Paloma de Papel (2003...
Nov 11, 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Yuliya Walsh on the publication of her first book, "Forms Of Address In Contemporary Ukrainian Newspapers"!
Dr. Yuliya is an adjunct instructor of Russian in the Department of Modern Languages.
Click here for the book
Nov 11, 2014
Dr. Maan Broadstock recently gave a presentation at The STARTALK 2014 Fall Conference at the Hyatt Regency, Indianapolis, Indiana. STARTALK is a national program that provides critical language education for students K-16, professional development for critical language teachers, and resources for the world language teaching and learning field. Dr. Broadstock served as the lead teacher for the University of Virginia STARTALK Student Program in June, 2014, and the program team was selected to...
Nov 11, 2014
The twelfth annual Wright State French Immersion Day took place again in the Student Union on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. In attendance were 192 upper level high school French students from eighteen area high schools: Sycamore, Jonathan Alder, Anna, Dublin Scioto, St Peter’s, Allen East, Miami East, Urbana, Van Wert, Colerain, Mt Vernon, Milford, William-Mason, Northwestern, West Liberty-Salem, Arlington, Carroll and Kettering-Fairmont.
All participating students signed a pledge to speak only...
Nov 11, 2014
The Department of Modern Languages participated in the Fall Raiders Open house. This event was well attended and was hosted at the Student Union on Saturday, November 8, 2014.
Professors Daddah, Halling, Du, Garrido and Orr were on deck to provide information and talk to new students about the various Modern Languages programs. Students learned about majors and minors, study abroad/ambassadors programs and much more.
This event was extremely successful, fun and informative!