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Welcome to the Wright State University Press Release Database! Here are the 10 most recent press releases posted:
Innovative Wright State class uses art and music to help teach science and mathematics The art students take a simple math concept, contour mapping, and use it to create a mask using the contours of a face. The music students apply this same contour mapping concept to illustrate how music rises and falls as the sound of the instruments fade in and out during a song. “It’s a visual replication of what they hear, which gets the students to listen more deeply to a piece,” said Bill Jobert, a Wright State bassoon instructor and assistant director of bands.
(11/06/2009)
Art exhibit features works by Cliff Clay, Choctaw Indian and African American artist An art exhibit of acrylics and watercolors by Cliff Clay, a Choctaw Indian and African American artist, is on view through Nov. 13 in Wright State Student Union Art Gallery. (11/05/2009)
600 Choose Ohio First scholars to be recognized as tomorrow’s workforce The inaugural class of Choose Ohio First scholars—nearly 600 students from eight colleges and universities in the Dayton region—will be recognized by Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut, Jim Leftwich, president and CEO of the Dayton Development Coalition and others, at a 2:00 p.m. ceremony Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Dayton Convention Center. U.S. Air Force Col. Bradley D. Spacy, commander of the 88th Air Base Wing and Installation at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, will give the keynote address. (11/04/2009)
Public health care forum at Wright State University offers chance to ask questions, share opinions From the H1N1 pandemic to insurance reform, few topics today inspire so much passion or raise so many questions as health care.
To help people make sense of these complicated issues, the Wright State University Student Government is sponsoring a health care forum entitled "Your Money, Your Health: A Discussion about Health Care," on Monday, November 9. The forum, which is free and open to the public, will run from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Student Union atrium on campus. (11/03/2009)
What you can do to control credit card debt: tips from Wright State finance expert There are several things consumers can do to cope with the maze of credit card changes now under way by giants of the industry like Visa, MasterCard and Discover, according to William Wood, a Wright State University Raj Soin College of Business faculty member and expert in financial services. (11/02/2009)
Wright State Nursing Institute partners to create "Living Laboratory" home A high-tech home that will serve as an educational facility for nurses and other healthcare providers as well as students will open in November at Bethany Village in Centerville, as part of a new collaboration between Graceworks Lutheran Services and the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio (NIWCO). This will be the first time a family of simulated models, monitored remotely by faculty through robots, will occupy a “Living Laboratory” for nursing instruction at a senior living community.
(11/02/2009)
Wright State Presidential Lecturer to discuss relationship of art, science and culture on Nov. 5 The relationship among art, science and culture is the topic for the Wright State University Presidential Lecture Series on Thursday, Nov. 5, with JD Talasek, director of cultural programs for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), as the guest speaker. The 7 p.m. event, free to the public, will be held in the Schuster Concert Hall of the Wright State Creative Arts Center. (10/30/2009)
Wright State art exhibit focuses on Darwin’s theory of evolution How five different artists react to Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution is the theme for a Nov. 1−Jan. 10 exhibition at Wright State University’s Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries in the Creative Arts Center. (10/30/2009)
Iran-U.S. relations forum set as Wright State Celebrates International Education Week An international forum on “Iran-U.S. Relations” that will cover such issues as the 30th anniversary of the U.S. embassy hostage crisis, petroleum concerns, nuclear confrontation and the security of Israel will highlight International Education Week at Wright State University Nov. 2−6. (10/28/2009)
Wright State University Cameos of Caring recognizes 14 exceptional nurses The wisdom, caring and professionalism of 14 outstanding nurses from the Dayton region was honored by area heath care providers during the Wright State University-Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health’s ninth annual Cameos of Caring awards gala on Saturday, Oct. 24. (10/28/2009)
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