The S.M.A.R.T. program was started in May 1993 with a small grant funded through the WSU Alumni Foundation.

The program is a peer-mentoring model coordinated by the nursing students. The student coordinators hold office hours for "drop-in” mentoring.

Some of the S.M.A.R.T. services include: tutoring, support groups, assistance with class scheduling, book loans, and information about other Wright State University student services.

Department of Community Health
Co-Director: Cameron Chumlea Ph.D.

Wright State University School of Medicine accepts 12 outstanding minority college students each year to participate in summer research opportunities in biomedical sciences. S.T.R.E.A.M.S will select twelve college students from throughout the nation for this 10-12 week summer program, which gives the students the opportunity to conduct laboratory research under the guidance of medical school faculty mentors. The program is designed to encourage members of underrepresented groups to pursue careers in biomedical research.

The S.T.R.E.A.M.S program is funded by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The program offers free campus housing and a monthly stipend of $1,224/month.

S.T.R.E.A.M.S participants will be organized into three general interdisciplinary areas: cellular mechanisms, endocrinology/hypertension and cardiovascular epidemiology. The students will spend about 80 percent of their time conducting biomedical research in Wright State laboratories and working closely with medical school faculty. In addition, they will read papers from biomedical literature, make scientific presentations, and explore the social and ethical implications of scientific research.

Coordinator:  Cindy Oakley, CECS Academic Affairs Coordinator
CECS Student Success Center – 280 Joshi Research Center
(937) 775-5272

A Peer Mentoring Program (PMP)  for CECS freshmen entering the college directly from high school is offered through the CECS  Student Success Center and is headquartered in 280 Joshi Research Center.  

Started in 2012, the program is open to every new CECS freshmen beginning day one of New Student Summer Orientation.  The program draws upon approximately 40 upperclassmen who volunteer to serve as mentors.   CECS Peer Mentors understand that their service to the incoming students is invaluable and gain leadership skills by participating. 

The CECS Peer Mentors promote utilization of college’s success initiatives and guide freshmen students to seek out these resources early on and often.  Mentors provide friendship as well as informal social networks that strengthen bonds and community spirit among engineering and computer science students.   Mentors and their mentees attend informal pizza luncheons, meet and greet events, and PMP Fun Night activities which promote a relaxed social atmosphere and opportunity for informative exchange.