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Jul 9, 2014
Prof. Drew Swanson's 2nd book, A Golden Weed: Tobacco and Environment in the Piedmont South (Yale UP, 2014), explores the social, environmental, cultural, and racial history of the Piedmont.  Prof. Swanson argues that tobacco, which was ultimately damaging to the environment, actually made agrarian and financial sense for the southern planters.  Prof. Swanson teaches courses in environmental and U.S. history at WSU.
Jul 9, 2014
Dr. Maan Jiang Broadstock, Instructor of Chinese at Wright State University, was the Lead Teacher of  the University of Virginia's summer 2014 STARTALK Student Chinese Academy for Virginia high school students. She is pictured teaching Taichi fan. Click on this link to see the UVA students' program and read this article from their local newspaper. Wright State University offers Chinese language and culture courses from beginning to advanced. All Fall semester 2014 students can enroll in ML...
Jul 8, 2014
Wright State staff member Jared Shank honored by state organization for his work with transfer students.
Jul 8, 2014
Fueled by the fervor of the World Cup, students in the LEAP Intensive English Program organize soccer game at Mulholland Field.
Jul 7, 2014
Newspaper columnist Dale Huffman will deliver the fifth annual “Living Legends of the Dayton Daily News Archives” lecture at Wright State July 18.
Jul 1, 2014
Dr. Pascale Abadie completed her PhD in the department of Romance Languages at the University of Cincinnati in March 2014.  Her dissertation, “Vers de nouveaux horizons dans la littérature Subsaharienne de Mariama Bâ à nos jours” studied how Sub-Saharan women authors have been writing since the 70s, it was with Mariama Bâ and her novel "So long a letter" that African women's literature finally became recognized as a genre. Bâ’s novel, published in 1979, has inspired many women to write about...
Jun 27, 2014
Nearly 200 people from all across the country are singing their hearts out this week at Camp A Cappella at Wright State.
Jun 20, 2014
Dr. Marie Thompson, an associate professor in the Department of Communication, most recent paper was published in “Women & Language” an international, interdisciplinary research periodical, titled “Military Sexual Trauma: Bridging the Chasm between Trauma and Support”. Dr. Thompson is passionate about her research of sexual and reproductive health, and healing in the aftermath of war by examining how stories take up space in the body. In interviews, moments of deep listening, with returned...
Jun 18, 2014
Wright State staff member Craig This goes beyond his day job to make a difference in the lives of students, faculty and staff on campus.
Jun 13, 2014
Best-selling author and screenwriter Antwone Fisher tells foster youth that no matter how difficult life may become, they can achieve their dreams.

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