Success Stories

Student Profiles

Kind mind

Nikki Puckett is pursuing an online bachelor’s degree in nursing from Wright State after making a promise to her dying mother.

Energy field

An interest in engineering and renewable energy led Mohammad Naser to pursue a master’s degree at Wright State.

All business

Jugad Mattu will work for AmeriCorps as she nears her bachelor’s degree in business at Wright State.

Politically precocious

Whitney Tyler is an Honors student at Wright State, has a prestigious Newman Fellowship and is a student democracy fellow for the Campus Vote Project.

Straight talk

Ashutosh Shivakumar, who is pursuing his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering at Wright State, researches how to make computers more human-like in initiating conversations.

When in need

Brianna Maschinot works at St. Vincent de Paul and interned with two local governments.

Alumni

When opportunity knocks

How a successful career in finance led alumnus Christopher Tung ’12 to his dream job at Netflix.

Press run

2019 Wright State graduate Lucas Gonzalez channels passion for politics and storytelling into a promising journalism career.

Force of nature

David Nolin, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from Wright State, details the natural and human history of Huffman Prairie in his new book.

Physics phenom

Carissa Myers, who graduated in May, discovered her passion for physics as a student at Wright State.

Tour of duty

Political science grad Karen Seiger volunteers as a tour guide at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, edits a travel guidebook series and works in marketing and business development.

Deere to her heart

Elizabeth Conzo-Kershner helped establish a Student Government scholarship when she was a student and to get it endowed in 2018.