Success Stories

Student Profiles

Home grown

There’s no place like home. And for Yoon-Jae Yi, a psychology and French major, that place is Wright State University.

Photo opportunity

Wright State student Katie Burianek says photography enables her to tell a story with a single image.

In the bag

Katie West, who majors in violin performance and music education and works at Dorothy Lane Market, was runner-up in a national grocery bagging competition.

Aiming high

Kathryn Fiske, a crime and justice studies major and Air Force ROTC cadet, learned to manage her interests, studies and life so she could thrive at Wright State.

Northern exposure

When Wright State mechanical engineering student Jack Stafford went to work during the fall 2019 semester, just a short distance away was the Nobel Prize Museum.

Trophy case

After earning a bachelor's degree from the Wright State Lake Campus, Esteban Benitez is now pursuing a master's degree in instructional design while also teaching two courses.

Alumni

Match maker

2002 Wright State film grad Scott Marshall has produced World Wrestling Entertainment shows around the United States and in Colombia, Panama and the Czech Republic.

Bread brilliance

Rahn Keucher, a Wright State University alumnus, sells his bread and other pastries to area restaurants and at a stand in Dayton's 2nd Street Market.

Making magic

Wright State alumni contribute to Dayton's arts world through the Front Street Studio Gallery.

Philip Stock '18, Acting (Musical Theatre)

Tell us more about you and your life, your profession, and your successes.

I am a recent graduate living in New York City. I recently finished touring with Kinky Boots, and now I am in the city auditioning and getting myself set up in the industry!

Pattern passion

2006 Wright State graduate Reza Masoudi and his wife, Bahar, saw their dress-making business take off after the exiled empress of Iran wore one of their creations.

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William Kan ‘16, Music Performance (Percussion)