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Driven by impactful research and doctoral training, Wright State University has retained its Carnegie Research 2 (R2) classification in the 2025 rankings.

Wright State is one of 139 universities nationally to receive a Research 2 designation under the Carnegie Foundation’s updated research activity designations for 2025.

Read more at the link below 🔗

Wright State Newsroom – Wright State retains Carnegie Research 2 classification, reinforcing national research impact « Wright State University Driven by impactful research and doctoral training, Wright State University has retained its Carnegie Research 2 (R2) classification in the 2025 rankings.

Congratulations to elementary education alumna Dana Franks, who was one of four local teachers recognized by Five Rivers MetroParks with a 2025-2026 OUTstanding Teacher Award. These annual awards are presented to local educators who use the natural world as a classroom and incorporate nature-based opportunities into their curriculum.

Dana Franks brings positive energy and enthusiasm about nature to her kindergarten classroom, encouraging her students to both value and be curious about the natural world. Franks is a kindergarten teacher and adjunct professor in the elementary education program at Wright State University.

MetroParks announces the 2025-2026 OUTstanding Teachers - Five Rivers MetroParks Five Rivers MetroParks has recognized four local teachers with 2025 OUTstanding Teacher Awards. These annual awards – which began in 2014 – are presented to local educators who use the natural world as a classroom and incorporate nature-based opportunities into their curriculum. “This year’s...

This May, over a dozen WSU students traveled to Tanzania to take part in a learning program in collaboration with long time Global Health University Partner The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS).

Highlights from our students' Tanzania experience:
• Hospital rounds at Muhimbili National Hospital
• Cultural experiences in Dar es Salaam
• Mikumi National Park safari & Maasai village tour
• Teaching PPE & handwashing techniques at a local primary school
• Visits to the U.S. Embassy, AMREF, and local orphanage

Interested in being a part of the 2027 Tanzania trip? Learn more at the link: https://bit.ly/4u0iQI8

On April 22, 2026, the students of SEES — Students for Earth and Environmental Sustainability — welcomed a new pollinator garden to campus. It’s populated with native flowers, a petrified log and rock path, a few Adirondack chairs for comfortable studying, and an oak tree fully invested in providing future shade.

The site is between the Russ Engineering Center and the Student Union, and it was formerly home to a community vegetable garden. The space is seeded with drought-resistant plants — milkweed, coneflower, decorative grasses — all designed to draw in butterflies and bees while giving students a reason to sit and study outside for a while.

Sustained student effort brings pollinator garden to campus Three years ago, a group of earth and environmental science student...

The 2026 Heartland College Learning Center Association Conference, set for May 18–19 at Wright State, drew approximately 100 educators and student support experts from 20 institutions in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

The conference gives Wright State a chance to spotlight how its Academic Success Centers take a holistic approach to student success.

Read more about the conference and Wright State's student success resources at the link 🔗

Wright State Newsroom – Wright State hosts regional conference to advance student success, retention and workforce readiness « Wright State University The Heartland College Learning Center Association Conference will bring together 100 academic experts from 20 institutions across the Midwest.

“Wright State changed my life. It shaped me in powerful ways. It gave me mentors who invested in me, it gave me professors who pushed me to think critically and experiences that really helped me find my voice and learn about me as a person. It helped me to build my confidence and sense of purpose.”—Tonya Mathis ’98, ’02

Tonya Mathis ’98, ’02 has spent her career opening doors — and holding them open for others. Read more about Mathis, Wright State University’s 2026 Tony Alexander Volunteer Service Award winner, at the link below.

Wright State Newsroom – Building belonging « Wright State University “Wright State changed my life. It shaped me in powerful ways. It gave me mentors who invested in me, it gave me professors who pushed me to think critically and experiences that really helped me find my voice and learn about me as a person. It helped me to build my confidence and sense of purpose....

Is your teen (rising high school junior or senior) interested in a future in healthcare? 🩺

Give them a hands-on head start at the Wright State University / Premier Health Nursing & Health Careers Camp this summer!

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Wright State University has been awarded a $2.5 million federal grant to develop new AI-focused curriculum, train educators to teach it and build advanced AI tools to power it — with the goal of expanding artificial intelligence literacy from rural schools through colleges and into the workforce.

The effort brings together faculty from two Wright State colleges: the College of Engineering and Computer Science will contribute technical expertise and experience teaching with AI, while the College of Health, Education and Human Services will focus on pedagogy and teacher preparation.

The project will teach educators how to use AI tools in their classrooms while building their understanding of core AI concepts. In addition to developing curriculum, the project will provide professional development for educators beginning this summer, helping them integrate AI tools into their classrooms while building a foundation in core AI concepts.

Read more at the link below 🔗

Wright State Newsroom – Wright State University leads $2.5 million federal initiative to bring AI education to rural Ohio « Wright State University From rural high schools to college classrooms, students will build AI skills for the workforce and teachers will gain the training to take them there

Getting into that back-to-school mood 🏫 🎒 ✏️

20 Volunteers from the WSU College of Health, Education, and Human Services spent a morning at The Dayton Regional STEM School helping teachers (including MANY alumni) get their classrooms set up for the school year.

Fun fact: The superintendent, elementary school principal, and high school principal of DRSS are all Wright State alumni! 🤘💚