FALL 1997

VOLUME 3 NO. 1

Executive Editor Barry O. Johnson, Assistant Vice President for Public Relations Managing Editor Denise Thomas, Associate Director, Office of Public Relations Editor Connie Steele, Office of Public Relations Alumni Editor Molly Brown-Boulay, Interim Director, Office of Alumni Relations Copy Editor Ron Wukeson, Office of Public Relations Photo Editor Stephanie James Ely, Office of Public Relations Design Theresa Almond, Office of Public Relations Photography Scott Kissell, University Media Services Editorial Board Betsy Brown, President, WSU Alumni Association; Molly Brown-Boulay; Jack Fistler, Vice President for University Advancement; Barry O. Johnson; Connie Steele; Denise Thomas, Mark Willis Contributing Writers John Bennet, Peter Brancher, Alex Culpepper, Stephanie James Ely, Barry O. Johnson, Connie Steele, Denise Thomas, Mark Willis Community is published twice a year by the Office of Public Relations, Division of University Advancement, with the support of the Wright State University Alumni Association. It is also posted on WSU's web site at www.wright.edu/news_events. Distribution is to Wright State alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the university. Submit information, comments, and letters to Community editor, Office of Public Relations, 231 Allyn Hall, Wright State University, Dayton OH 45434-0001 or e-mail csteele@wright.edu.

Founders' Day: WSU Turns 30 On October 1, 1967, Wright State was officially chartered as an independent state university. To celebrate this historic day, WSU's presidents took part in a Founders' Day celebration and reflected on the university's founding and growth. Back to the Future Fruit fly labs in a farmhouse kitchen. Theatre productions in Allyn Hall's lobby. For those first students and faculty who took a chance on a brand new university, it was a time not to be missed. Professor emeritus of English Peter Bracher looks back on the early days of Wright State. Chaplain Bobbie Predmore: The Irreverent Reverend Compassion tempered with candor, a down-to-earth style shaped by a deep respect for children. Tying it all together-a robust sense of humor. Since 1975, Bobbie Predmore (70 B.S.Ed.) has been helping families cope with the many life dramas played out every day at Children's Medical Center. Uncovering a Culture Underground Students in Robert Riordan's field school archeology class have been digging up the past of a culture that flourished in Ohio more than 2,000 years ago. The school is the longest-running field course in Ohio, resulting in the most intensive study to date of prehistoric hilltop enclosures. University News Development News Alumnotes Athletics New head coach Ed Shilling has spent a basketball lifetime preparing for an opportunity like this. Basketball Schedules