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Gloria Pappaterra, who majors in political science and sign language at Wright State, is driven by a need to serve others.

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker is among the newest members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Ashley Velazquez, an assistant professor at the University of Washington-Bothell, gave a workshop on the Corpus and Repository of Writing (Crow) interface.

Students and instructors from around the world could be found on Wright State University’s campus June 23 to 28 singing their hearts out during Camp A Cappella.

Rahim Akrami, who graduated with master’s degrees in public administration and international and comparative politics, is serving a fellowship with the city of Dubuque, Iowa.

Shen Yao grew up in Xi’an, China, the home of the Terracotta Warriors. Shen considers himself lucky to have started learning English in the third grade, awakening dreams of becoming an English teacher.

Four Wright State students and a recent graduate received fellowships to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Institute, offered by the Yellow Springs Community Foundation.

Joey Monda, who received a B.F.A. in musical theatre from Wright State, is a co-producer of “Hadestown,” which won eight Tony Awards June 9 in New York City.

The nominations come during a very good year for Wright State theatre grads on Broadway.

The documentary “Second Chances: One Year in Ohio’s Drug Courts” follows the drug use and adjudication of 19 Ohioans.