Alumni News
Originally founded as a branch campus of The Ohio State University and Miami University, Wright State became an independent institution in 1967.
Sheila Skimmerhorn, a two-time Wright State graduate, was the first student to register for classes at the university in 1964.
Kailah Ware, who graduated from Wright State with a degree in motion pictures, created “One Degree of Separation,” a mix-media art installation celebrating Cincinnati.
The special Homecoming Week features a golf cart parade, chili cook-off, bonfire, dining-in-the-dark event and a reunion of Wright State’s founding classes.
Alumna Brooke Moore is one of at least 17 Wright State graduates working in television broadcasting newsrooms in the Dayton area.
A number of Wright State alumni and students received awards from the Ohio Valley Regional National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for videos they produced during class projects.
Two-time Wright State graduate Tiffani Angus writes fantasy and science fiction stories, while teaching at Anglia Ruskin University.
President Schrader also has future meetings scheduled with Jo Alice Blondin, president of Clark State Community College, and Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, president of Central State University.
As Wright State reaches the half-century mark, incoming President Cheryl B. Schrader is at the controls, pledging to help take the university to the next level.
About 250 university professionals and students use Wright State’s social media channels to support recruitment, retention, alumni engagement, donor support and reputation management.
