Giving Stories

Phil Walker II, a first-year medical student in the Boonshoft School of Medicine, spent his spring break in March studying neurosurgery with a team from Duke University.

The underrepresented minority scholarship helps make Astrid Medina's dream of becoming a doctor possible.

Sabrina Metzger, an M.D./Ph.D. student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, is searching for targeted treatments for myotonia congenita.

B. Laurel Elder Memorial Scholarship helps many Boonshoft School of Medicine students travel to foreign countries to volunteer in underserved areas.

Faculty, staff and retirees may choose among 1,900 scholarships and programs during the annual Campus Scholarship and Innovation Campaign “50 Years: See the Change. Be the Impact.”

$3,000 grant will be utilized for services and programs to help students launch their careers.

Dayton Early College Academy graduates will be the preferred recipients of the Parris Hummons Memorial Scholarship.

More than a quarter million dollars was donated to the Wright State Retirees Association for scholarships and other campus programs in 2015, a record amount.

Tom Hanks visited Wright State to dedicate the Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures, saying he hopes the center inspires students to do the hard work necessary to launch film careers.

An in-depth review of Tom Hanks's whirlwind visit to Dayton and Wright State University.