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2000
First ArtsGala held.
College of Business Administration renamed the Raj Soin College of Business in honor of local entrepreneur and philanthropist.
WSU receives $7.2 million contract from DoD to study Gulf War Syndrome.
WSU receives WorldMark 4800 computer from NCR valued at $1.2 million and the largest of its kind in the Midwest.
School of Medicine establishes Center for Brain Research.
Theatre Department's world debut of 1903: Wings of Dreams, part of a Dayton trilogy produced by the department.
Enrollment nears 15,500. |
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2001
WSU's first capital campaign, Tomorrow Takes Flight, kicks off. For third straight year, more valedictorians from Miami Valley choose WSU to begin their college careers than any other college in the nation. University sponsors first Quest for Community conference, a statewide conference on diversity and inclusiveness in higher education.
WSU's Wright Brothers Collection invited to Paris Air Show.
WSU community comes together
to remember the victims of
September 11.
Doug Cooper, Wilmington High School science teacher and WSU grad, named Ohio Teacher of the Year.
WSU sponsors first annual Cameos of Caring awards ceremony, honoring dedication and service of area nurses.
Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog recommends Wright State for its "high level of individual attention from faculty." |
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2004
WSU awarded $11 million as the lead institution to create the Wright Center of Innovation for Advanced Data Management and Analysis (later renamed daytaOhio), part of Governor Taft's Third Frontier Initiative. Includes $32 million match from industry and government.
Research and sponsored programs funding increased 9 percent in 2003-2004 to $50,462,293 for 570 awards, the highest in university history. Wright State continues to rank third among state universities in Ohio in federal research dollars.
Matching awards from the Ohio Board of Regents and LexisNexis nets $1.46 million to fund the LexisNexis Eminent Scholar in Advanced Data Management and Analysis.
Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio founded.
Piqua fourth grade teacher Kathy Rank becomes the fourth WSU grad to be named Ohio Teacher of the Year.
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2005
The university receives its largest private gift to date, $28.5 million, enabling the newly named Boonshoft School of Medicine to expand facilities, fund scholarships, accelerate research, and develop innovative programs in global health and geriatric medicine.
Students win national accounting competition for record fifth time in 13 years; no other college has won more than twice.
Setzer Pavilion/Mills-Morgan Center opens.
Enrollment totals 17,074. |
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