Giving Stories

Wright State is offering a new Academic Performance Scholarship for first-year students who graduate from high schools in Montgomery and Greene counties.

Having access to the human resource software will give Raj Soin College of Business students an advantage in the job market.

R. Scott Rash will join the Wright State University Foundation as president and CEO on Sept. 30.

Rebecca Cole, vice president for advancement and president of the Wright State University Foundation, will retire after a highly successful career on July 1.

The program provides each student with a $10,000 award payable throughout the four years of their academic program.

The Students First Fund supports projects that promote student success, community engagement and leadership development.

Pierre Horn, who taught at Wright State for 24 years, hopes his scholarship will encourage students to study French and travel to France or Quebec to improve their speaking ability.

The annual ArtsGala, scheduled for Saturday, April 13, raises scholarship funds for Wright State’s outstanding fine and performing arts students.

The May 2 event will raise funds for medical students participating in the Boonshoft School of Medicine International Education Program.

Wright State University’s faculty, staff and retirees may donate to more than 1,900 scholarships and programs during the 2019 CSIC campaign “For Our Students.”