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| Motto | Ad docendum, Investigandum, Serviendum (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Teaching, Research, Service |
| Type | Publicresearch university |
| Established | 1967; 58 years ago (1967) |
Parent institution | University System of Ohio |
| Accreditation | HLC |
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| Endowment | $95.5 million (2020)[1] |
| President | Susan Edwards |
| Provost | Amy Thompson |
Academic staff | 1,139[2] |
Administrative staff | 1,108[2] |
| Students | 10,264 (Dayton)[3] 11,469 (all campuses)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 7,415 (Dayton)[3] 8,619 (all campuses)[3] |
| Postgraduates | 2,849 (Dayton)[3] 2,850 (all campuses)[3] |
| Location | , United States 39°47′06″N84°03′32″W / 39.785°N 84.059°W /39.785; -84.059 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Green and Gold[4] |
| Nickname | Raiders |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I –Horizon League |
| Mascot | Gray Wolf, Raiderpersonified as Rowdy Raider |
| Website | wright |
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Wright State University is apublicresearch university inFairborn, Ohio, United States. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus ofMiami University andOhio State University, it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation pioneersOrville and Wilbur Wright, who were residents of nearbyDayton. The university offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and isclassified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[5] It is a member of theUniversity System of Ohio. Its athletic teams, theWright State Raiders, compete inDivision I of theNCAA as members of theHorizon League. In addition to the main campus, the university also operates a regional campus nearCelina, Ohio, calledWright State University–Lake Campus.
Wright State University first opened in 1964 as a branch campus ofMiami University andOhio State University, occupying only a single building. Groundwork on forming the institution began in 1961 during a time when the region lacked a public university for higher education. A community-wide fundraising effort was conducted in 1962 to establish the university, and the campaign raised the $3 million needed inseed money.[6][7] Much of the land that the campus was built on was donated by theUnited States Air Force from excess acreage ofWright-Patterson Air Force Base.
TheOhio General Assembly passed legislation in 1965 that transformed the branch campus into a separate institution with its own Advisory Committee on November 5, 1965. It was anticipated the campus would achieve full independent status by 1967 with its rapidly increasing enrollment of full-time students, projected to reach 5,000 within two years. On October 1, 1967, the campus officially became Wright State University following a decision by the Ohio Board of Regents. The name honors theWright brothers, well-known Dayton residents who are credited with inventing the world's first successfulairplane.[8][9] In 1969, a 173-acre (70 ha) branch campus opened on the shore ofGrand Lake St. Marys inCelina, Ohio.
Wright State University celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017, creating a website to highlight milestones and events throughout the university's history.[10] The celebration culminated at Homecoming on September 30 – October 1, 2017.[11] That same year, the university officially becametobacco-free on its Dayton and Lake campuses.[12]
Wright State's faculty, which areunionized and represented by theAmerican Association of University Professors (AAUP), went onstrike in 2019 following two years of failed contract negotiations.[13] The faculty were joined by various groups, including other labor unions, community members, and a student-led labor rights group called Students for Faculty. An agreement was reached the following month, ending the strike,[14] but its length of twenty days was the longest in Ohio history among higher education institutions and one of the longest in US history[15][16]
Susan Edwards became university's president on January 1, 2020.[17] Previous university presidents were Brage Golding (1966–1973), Robert J. Kegerreis (1973–1985), Paige E. Mulhollan (1985–1994), Harley E. Flack (1994–1998), Kim Goldenberg (1998–2006), David R. Hopkins (2007–2017), andCheryl B. Schrader (2017–2019). Curtis L. McCray was the interim president from March 17 through June 30, 2017, holding the position following Hopkins' early retirement on March 17, 2017.[18] Schrader was Wright State's seventh president—and first female president—from mid 2017 until she stepped down at the end of 2019 midway through her five-year appointment.[19][20]
During the 2008 United States presidential campaign, Republican nomineeJohn McCain announced his selection ofSarah Palin as his running mate and choice forvice president on August 29, 2008, at Wright State.[21][22][23][24] The campaign winnerBarack Obama held a major rally at Wright State during the campaign as well.[25][26]
On September 23, 2015, theCommission on Presidential Debates named Wright State the host for the first2016 United States presidential debate, which was scheduled for September 26, 2016[27] at theNutter Center.[28] On July 19, 2016, Wright State University backed out of the debate, citing inability to cover the cost of security.[29]
| Academic rankings | |
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| National | |
| Forbes[30] | 198 |
| U.S. News & World Report[31] | 230-301 |
| Washington Monthly[33] | 246[32] |
| WSJ/College Pulse[34] | 601-800 |
| Global | |
| U.S. News & World Report[35] | 1060 |
The university is accredited by theHigher Learning Commission at the doctoral degree-granting level. Wright State is divided into seven colleges and three schools.
Wright State offers 106 bachelor's degrees in the following colleges: the Raj Soin College of Business,[36] the College of Health, Education and Human Services,[37] the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences,[38] the College of Liberal Arts,[39] and the College of Science and Mathematics.[40] The Lake Campus also offers a limited number of complete bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as 15 associate degrees.[41]
Wright State offers 136 graduate programs (including doctoral programs) through the Wright State University Graduate School,[42] the Boonshoft School of Medicine,[43] and the School of Professional Psychology.[44] The Lake Campus also offers a limited number of graduate programs.
The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine was established in 1973.[45] It is accredited by theLiaison Committee on Medical Education. In the 2018–19 academic year, the school had 480M.D. students, 51Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) students, 30M.B.A. students with a concentration inhealth care management, and 71M.S. in Pharmacology and Toxicology students.[46] The school adopted its current name in 2005 in honor of the Oscar Boonshoft family, major donors to the medical school.[45]
Wright State University offersAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) andArmy ROTC programs on campus, known as Detachment 643 and the Raider Battalion, respectively. The Air Force ROTC program contains the cross town schools of theUniversity of Dayton,Cedarville University, andSinclair Community College.
Kno.e.sis center was founded in 2007. In 2009, the Ohio Department of Higher Education established more than 50 Centers of Excellence representing key industrial areas with potential future growth.[47] Kno.e.sis at the Wright State University was one of the selections in the area of Bio-Health Innovations.[48][49] Research at the center focuses on multidisciplinary areas such as Web 3.0 (Semantic Web,Semantic Sensor Web),Network Science,Social Data Analysis,Machine Learning,Data Mining,Bioinformatics,Natural Language Processing,Visualization,Cloud Computing,High Performance Computing.[50][51][52]
In recent years, Kno.e.sis has had near 80–100 researchers including 15 faculty and over 60 funded graduate (primarily PhD) students.[53] Kno.e.sis researchers overtime have contributions in the areas related to Computer Science with focus on topics inWorld Wide Web, includingSemantic web,Social Data Analysis,Semantic Sensor Web, andLinked Open Data. Furthermore, they have been a part of developing technical specifications and guidelines forW3C, until 2013.
In the fall of 2009, Wright State University's three departments of Art, Music, and Theatre, Dance, & Motion Pictures inaugurated a new initiative of collaborative artistic and educational endeavor, called CELIA (Collaboration, Education, Leadership, and Innovation in the Arts). One of the first of these projects was theAcademy Award-nominated documentaryThe Last Truck, produced for HBO and broadcast on Labor Day, 2008. The film documented the closing of a major GM truck plant in Moraine, Ohio.[citation needed] In May 2011, the departments of Music and Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures collaborated with theDayton Philharmonic a full-stage production of theMass byLeonard Bernstein at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center in Dayton.[54]
On October 20, 2011, CELIA was designated an Ohio Center of Excellence by Jim Petro, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents at a press conference on the campus of Wright State University, in whichTom Hanks congratulated the Wright State University arts programs via a video message.[55]
Wright State University has severalfraternities and sororities.
TheWright State Raiders are the athletics teams of Wright State University. The school participates in fifteen sports at the Division I level of the NCAA, and are members of theHorizon League. The school's mascot is Rowdy Raider, a wolf.
Wright State University has a system of underground tunnels that connect 20 out of 22 buildings together. Initially installed between the first two buildings on campus in 1964 and 1965 for construction maintenance access, staff and students also started using the tunnels.[56] As a result, Wright State has been top ranked for wheelchair accessibility on campus.[57][58][59][60]
Cheryl Schrader, who became the seventh president of Wright State University in July 2017, will vacate the position. The president of Wright State University is ending her term prematurely.
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