Student Life

Asian/Hispanic/Native American Center
Asian/Hispanic/Native American Center (AHNA Center) supports academic, social, and cultural needs of Asian, Hispanic, and Native American students, faculty, and staff at Wright State. The Center hosts a plethora of cultural activities during the Asian, Hispanic, and Native American Heritage Months. All of these events promote the rich diversity of the campus and Dayton-area community. These activities include, but are not limited to:

• Lecture series
• Film series
• Art exhibitions
• Cultural performances
• Annual award ceremony

Several scholarships are offered to the student population served by the Center. The AHNA Center also serves as a “home away from home” for the Asian Student Association (ASA), Latinos Involved in Further Education (L.I.F.E.), and Association of Native American Students (ANAS).

AHNA Center is located 154 Millett Hall.

Visit Asian/Hispanic/Native American Center Website →

Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center
Bolinga Center provides a variety of special programs, activities, and student services.  The center celebrates diverse African and African American cultural identities by supporting (to name a few):

• Annual award/recognition programs
• Black History Month program
• Speaker series
• Cultural events like Kwanzaa Feast
• Student mentoring program and tutorial services
• Film series
• Student organizations

Bolinga Center is located 140 Millett Hall. 

Visit Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center Website →

Women’s Center
The Women’s Center offers community, programs, resources, and advocacy for women and men on campus. The Center actively seeks to create a supportive and inclusive environment for all people. Students visit the Center, a safe place, to make connections, access resources, and to explore and express their views. 

The Women’s Center offers many programs and services of specific interest to transfer students. The Center’s educational speakers, films, and events are excellent orientations to WSU campus life. Transfer students have benefitted from meeting other students during Women’s Center Wind Downs (which occurs every Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. that classes are in session).

Two student organizations—Mothers Offering Mothers Support and the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance—are housed in the Women’s Center. They provide great opportunities to meet friends and get involved on campus. The Center also provides over 1,000 referrals a year about a wide variety of issues. 

The Women’s Center annually sponsors leadership and student parent scholarships. Applications are available in January and due March 1.

Visit Women’s Center Website →

Student Services

Career Services
Career Services (located in E334 Student Union) is committed to helping students and alumni with career readiness and job search strategies. Career Services also hosts numerous employment fairs for specific colleges. 

Examples of how you can take advantage of Career Services include:

• Career and major options investigation with a career advisor
• Career assessments
• Interpretation of career assessment results
• Career exploration course
• Résumé development assistance
• Co-op and internship resources
• Employment outlook data
• Graduate school resources
• Job search assistance:
  • Résumés and cover letter development
  • Interview skills
  • Mock interviews

Visit Career Services Website →

Commuter Lounge in the Student Union Atrium is a great example of the work of the Commuter Student Association. The Commuter Lounge is a great place to study, socialize, eat lunch, and watch TV. The lounge has lockers, TV, microwave and refrigerator, study space, and Wi-Fi Internet access.

The Commuter Student Association also hosts a couple of friendly events in study lounges around campus. These opportunities provide commuter students with information about events on campus and finals survival guides. 

The Commuter Student Association website provides information about off-campus housing and roommate connections as well.

Visit Commuter Student Association Website →

Counseling & Wellness Services
Stress or personal problems can lead you to feeling confused, anxious, overwhelmed, and/or depressed. Counseling & Wellness Services offers a warm, relaxed, and confidential place to talk. Meeting with a therapist can be helpful in finding new ways to look at problems. Often talking with a staff member can be an important step in:

• Relieving stress
• Identifying strategies for addressing your concerns

Therapy is offered in group, individual, couple, and/or family modalities. In addition to therapy, the Center also provides consultation, psycho-educational seminars, and psychological assessment (on a limited basis). 

Some examples of issues that may be addressed with the Counseling & Wellness Services staff include:

• Relationship problems
• Adjustment issues
• Academic problems
• Family conflict
• Alcohol/Drug use
• Sexual/Physical abuse
• Issues of oppression
• Stress
• Identity issues
• Grief issues
• Eating disorders
• Depression
• Panic/Anxiety (test, etc.)
• Career indecision

Visit Counseling & Wellness Services Website →

Disability Services
The Office of Disability Services offers various services, programs, and activities for students with disabilities. With the assistance of the Disability Services, students with disabilities, both learning and physical, develop independence to the fullest extent possible. Their services could be academic, physical, vocational, and personal. Approximately 500 students with physical and/or learning disabilities participate in the programs offered by Disability Services. 

It's important to register with Disability Services if you had any previous accommodations in college. It's also important for students who were on an IEP in high school to register as well.

Visit Disability Services Website →

Health Services
Student Health Services (located in 051 Student Union, basement of Student Union) offers services to maintain and promote your health. 

Some of the services offered by Student Health Services are:

• Blood testing, pregnancy testing, physicals, exams, allergy injection, immunizations
• Student health insurance management
• Treatment of acute illness and injury
• Maintenance of your medical records

All residential and international students are required to submit their complete medical history form before enrolling at Wright State. 

Visit Health Services Website →

Mini University
Mini University is a child development center on Wright State campus. The center offers quality early care and education for children 6 weeks to 12 years old. All the programs at Mini University meet the standards of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE), and the Ohio Department of Education. Thus, you know your child is receiving good care and education while you’re attending classes.

Visit Mini University Website →

Parking & Transportation
Parking & Transportation is responsible for issuing parking permits and operating the campus shuttle service. Motorist assistance is also available to students who require a battery jump, air for tires, or gas. 

In order to park your car on campus, you will need to order a parking permit (either as a resident or commuter). Once you become a Wright State student, simply visit wings.wright.edu to order your permit. 

Visit Parking & Transportation Website →

Student Support Services
The Office of Student Support Services provides students with the information and resources necessary to be successful. They offer assistance with the resolution of individual questions and concerns. The office also serves as an advocate for students, functioning as an information and referral point. 

In addition, the Student Support Services is available to assist parents with individual questions and concerns. 

Visit Student Support Services Website →

Academics

Distance Learning
In Wright State's distance learning classes, students and teacher communicate with each other online. Activities in virtual classrooms sometimes supplement and replace activities in face-to-face classes.

• Blended, Hybrid, or Mixed-Mode classes strengthen traditional classroom learning with online resources, discussions, and activities. Some online activities are required to complete the course and are done through a web-course management system. Students still attend some on-campus class sessions; however, this type of in-class attendance is reduced from a traditional course. Most of these classes follow the conventional start/finish schedule.

• Web-Only classes can be taken entirely online from home, school, office, etc. Faculty members use a web-course management system to administer course content, discussions, interactions, and resources. Attendance in a physical classroom is minimal to none. Most web-only classes follow the conventional start/finish schedule.

Visit Distance Learning Website →

Catalog (Undergraduate)
Undergraduate catalog is available online. You can look up majors, admission and general education requirements, and course descriptions. 

Visit Catalog (Undergraduate) Website →

Honors Program
University Honors Program welcomes transfer students. To be eligible as a transfer student, you must meet the following criteria:

• Have at least a 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) from another institution
• Provide a faculty recommendation from another institution

Students who do not meet the above requirements should contact the Honors Program to petition for admission. 

Visit Honors Program Website →

Math Learning Center
Math gurus are here to help you. The Math Learning Center helps students become more confident and proficient learners of math. Individualized peer-tutoring format is used to get your math questions answered! You’ll feel comfortable here because all the assistances are offered to meet your unique needs.

Visit Math Learning Center Website →

Tutoring Center
If you are having difficulty with your class, it’s good to know where the Tutoring Center is. 

The Tutoring Center (located in 023R Dunbar Library) strives to locate a tutor for any course offered at Wright State. You can sign up for tutoring to pass a course and/or improve your grade. 

The Tutoring Appointment Costs: Freshman students (determined by credit hours) receive an hour of free tutoring every week for every class they are enrolled in. 

Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, Transfers with more than 45 quarter/30 semester hours, and Graduate Students

• Tutoring during the academic year is $6.00/hour (unless you are sponsored through one of the following offices: Athletics, Bolinga Center, Disability Services, Veterans Affairs, or Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation). Please visit these individual offices for more information.

The Tutoring Center offers a supportive learning environment that allows you to gain self-confidence in your academic work. Their supplemental instruction service provides an opportunity to help you review course concepts and better prepare you for exams.  Supplemental instructions are offered for selective courses.

Visit Tutoring Center Website →

University Libraries
Learn more about the services and resources available for transfer students at the University Libraries.

Visit the University Libraries Website→

Writing Center
Let the Writing Center help you become a more confident, independent writer. The Center’s peer consultants can help you at any stage of the writing process with writing from any course. The Center can also help with scholarship essays and cover letters. 

Visit Writing Center Website→

Semester Conversion
Wright State Board of Trustees has approved the semester conversion in 2009. Wright State is currently preparing for moving to semesters in Fall 2012 term. 

Visit Semester Conversion Website →

Becoming a WSU Student

Undergraduate Admissions
You may also stop at Undergraduate Admissions (E148 Student Union) to pick up transfer information.

Don’t forget to tour the campus by making an appointment with Undergraduate Admissions.

Visit Undergraduate Admissions Website →

Bursar
The Office of the Bursar is responsible for billing and the collection of student account charges. Please visit the Bursar website to learn about payment options and direct deposit.

To access your student account, view electronic billing statements, and pay fees,

1. Log on to WINGS
2. Click on the WINGS Express icon
3. Select Student and Financial Aid
4. Select Student Fees, Student Health Insurance and Student Legal Services

The Office of the Bursar is located in Room E236 of the Student Union. The phone number is (937) 775-5650.

Visit Bursar Website →

Financial Aid
Financial aid for transfer students can be in the form of federal, state, and/or university funded financial aid. Financial aid for transfer students can be either grants, loans, or scholarships. 

The application used to determine eligibility for federal and/or state based aid is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The preferred method of filing the FAFSA is online for faster processing. The website to complete your FAFSA or to add Wright State’s school code (003078) to a processed FAFSA is www.fafsa.ed.gov. FAFSA information received by Wright State’s priority filing deadline date (February 15) may be considered for university-based financial aid. 

Make sure that your admission is completed, so that financial aid eligibility can be finalized.  Once it is processed, students will receive an email to their Wright State email account to check WINGS Express. Through WINGS Express, students can initiate their financial aid award and/or to complete requirements for their financial aid award. 

For additional information, visit our Financial Aid website or contact the Office of Financial Aid at (937) 775-5721 or toll free 1-877-978-3243. You can also email at financialaid@wright.edu.

Scholarships
Wright State offers scholarships for students with or without an associate degree. There are two deadlines to follow (February 15 for Transfer Competitive Scholarships, June 15 for Transfer Associate Degree Scholarships). Visit the Financial Aid website for the scholarship application and criteria.

An external scholarship is available through Ohio Transfer Council. The Ohio Transfer Council awards non-renewable $1,000 scholarships to eligible transfer students. For more information, visit the Ohio Transfer Council website at www.ohiotransfer.org.

Wright State Financial Aid also has a link to other external scholarships on its Financial Aid website.

Visit Financial Aid Website →

Housing/Residence Services
Wright State provides comprehensive styles of housing for different types of students.

We understand the value of your families and partners. We also feel what it’s like to be an adult student. So we offer a special place for all of you to live (it’s called the Village).

Apartment-style housing units are popular among transfer students as well as military students wishing to have their own room (but not sacrificing the social aspect of living on campus). 

Visit Housing/Residence Services Website →

Registrar
The Office of the Registrar is responsible for publishing class schedules, posting your transfer credits, accepting non-degree registration forms, processing your graduation application, and sending out your Wright State transcript.

The Registrar is also a place to find out withdrawal and refund deadlines, as well as other important dates to remember.

Visit Registrar Website →

Veterans Affairs
The Office of Veterans Affairs assists veterans in establishing GI Bill and other educational benefits. The office provides information to the veteran (or other eligible person) about the various requirements related to those benefits. Information is also available on services on and off campus. The office represents the interests of veterans in the campus community. 

If you are eligible, stop by the Office of Veterans Affairs (E244 Student Union) to begin your application process.

Visit Veterans Affairs Website →

Getting Involved

Campus Recreation
The Office of Campus Recreation is committed to providing quality recreational opportunities for the Wright State community. 

To assist with your physical health, Campus Recreation offers numerous activities:

• Intramural sports
• Special events like fit challenge and poker walk
• Fitness programs like aerobics, yoga, and spinning (and many more)
• Adapted activities for students with disabilities
• Outdoor recreation activities like rock climbing (yes, we have a climbing wall!), whitewater rafting, and backpacking
• Sports clubs (beyond intramural sports)
• Personal training

Wright State’s facilities are free of charge with your Wright1 Card. You have access to:

• 9500 sq/ft fitness center with strength and cardio equipments and free weights
• Gymnasium
• Climbing wall
• 3 racquetball courts
• Recreation common area (billiards, table tennis tables, and lounge seating)
• Swimming pool
• 3 group exercise studios

Visit Campus Recreation Website →

Student Activities
Want to get involved on campus? There are over 190 student and Greek organizations at Wright State. 

Are you interested in running for a Student Government position? 

Are you a military student or veteran who wants to network with other veterans? The Office of Student Activities has answers for all. 

Student Activities collaborates with our students to keep many of our traditions going, such as:

• Welcome Week
• Pathways to success for African American students
• Fall Fest
• Homecoming
• May Daze

Visit Student Activities Website→

Campus Safety

Police Department
Your safety matters to Wright State. Wright State’s Police Department is committed to transparency and communication. 

Community Notifications and Safety Alerts are posted on the Wright State Police Department website. They are also emailed when a serious incident poses an ongoing risk to the campus community. Police officers are always around to assist you, whether they are patrolling by foot, bike, or car. 

We offer an escort van service for residential students parked in Lot #20 and walking escort service for all students (Van service—10 p.m.–2:50 a.m., Monday-Thursday, 7 p.m.–2:50 a.m. Sunday; Walking escort— 8 p.m.–midnight, Monday-Sunday).  Walking escorts will be provided by police officers when student patrol officers are unavailable (with proper Wright State ID).

Dial 2111 from any campus phone if you feel uncomfortable and need a safety escort. Dial (937) 775-2111 from your cell phone if you aren’t near a campus phone. 

In case of emergency, just reach one of many blue light emergency phones. Or dial 911 from any campus phone or (937) 775-2111 from your cell phone. 

Visit Police Department Website →

Study Abroad

University Center for International Education
Are you an international transfer student? Are you interested in studying abroad? Want to learn about other cultures on campus or network with students from other countries?

University Center for International Education can help! They host coffee hour forums and cultural events to celebrate the unique cultural differences that Wright State appreciates. 

Visit University Center for International Education Website →