Wright State University

Where your road to continued success begins!

WSU today …

• 42 years old

• Over 17,000 students

� 637 international students, representing

over 65 countries (leading university inover 65 countries (leading university in

the greater Miami Valley)

• 6 colleges and 3 professional schools

• Over 100 fully accredited majors

• 7 on-campus housing communities

Colleges and Professional Schools

• College of Education and

Human Services

• College of Engineering

• College of Science and

Mathematics

• Raj Soin College of

WSU offers more than 100 majors including undergraduate and graduate programs.

and Computer Science

• College of Liberal Arts

• College of Nursing and

Health

Business

• School of Professional

Psychology

• Boonshoft School of

Medicine

• School of Graduate

Studies

Educating the Best

• The prestigious Princeton Review ranked WSU among one of the best universities in the Midwest.

• For the 30th consecutive year, WSU’s National Model United Nations • For the 30th consecutive year, WSU’s National Model United Nations Team continued its tradition of bringing home top honors from the National Model UN Conference in New York City.

• For the 6th consecutive year, WSU students placed in the top three in the National Case Management competition.

Educating the Best

• The only university in the nation to win the Institute of Management Accountants Case competition five times.

• WSU 2008 Ethics Bowl Team scores placed them 2nd in the nation, pitting its ethical leadership skills against those of students from more than 200 universities.

• Aero Design Team won 1st Place Award for Best Design in the SAE Aero Design East Competition in Kennesaw, Georgia.

New Buildings

The Krishan and Vicky Joshi

Research Center

• WSU’s high-tech research

capabilities.capabilities.

• Center is an unprecedented collaboration among industry, academic and government resources to help position Ohio as an international leader in data management.

New Buildings

The Matthew O. Diggs II Laboratory

for Life Science Research

• At the forefront of green building design

• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification

The Setzer Pavilion/Mills Morgan

Center

• State of the art facility that places WSU as an equal to the major Division I programs around the country

Renovations

White Hall

• The new facility is the result of a three-year project to completely renovate the former Frederick A. White Health Center for Ambulatory Care and to expand the building Ambulatory Care and to expand the building with an 18,000 square foot addition.

• In total, the new facility now includes more than 84,000 square feet of lecture halls, classrooms, laboratories, offices, study spaces, computer labs, and common areas, all devoted to the specialized training of tomorrow’s finest medical professionals.

Renovations

Student Union• The 308,000 square foot complex now

houses meeting rooms, a fitness center,

swimming pools, a cyber café, a

gymnasium, the Union Market dining gymnasium, the Union Market dining

facility, student services, and student

organizations.

Renovations

Student Union cont’d.• Visit the Cyber Café for a great cup of

coffee or the Bookstore to purchase a

book or sweatshirt!

Renovations

MTC Technologies Trading Center

• Selected by Business Week among

the “Top Ten Trading Rooms in the

nation,” the center replicates an

actual stock market trading actual stock market trading

environment.

WSU Alumni Network

Ways to get involved

• Help plan and/or host alumni and

network events

• Welcome fellow alumni moving to

your area

• Engage alumni in network

activities

WSU Alumni Network

Ways to get involved cont’d.

• Help identify potential students

• Represent WSU at Recruiting Fairs and • Represent WSU at Recruiting Fairs and

schools

• Recommend WSU faculty as speakers for

organizations and universities with which

you are involved

• Participate in senior “send offs” in your

community

WSU Alumni Network

Alumni Map and Statistics

• WSU has over 85,000 graduates

• There are WSU graduates in

every single state.every single state.

• 72% of WSU alumni live within

Ohio.

• There are over 3,000 WSU

international graduates in

65 countries around the globe.

*Data as of June 2008

Join the WSU Alumni Association Today!

Why join?

• Be part of an organization dedicated to

helping others stay connected to WSU

• Support the Alumni Association Events

• Influence, inspire, and help current students

• Receive valuable benefits

Impact of membership dollars

• The Alumni Association’s total

giving to the university is

$958,429

• Since 1991 the Alumni

Association has awarded over

- Museum quality exhibit cases in

the Dunbar Library

- Distance Learning Lab &

Electric Car Project in the

College of Engineering and

Computer ScienceAssociation has awarded over

$400,000 for student scholarships

• In 1999 the Alumni Association

gave the university $500,000. The

half-million dollars funded the

following projects:

- Lights on the soccer field

Computer Science

- Alumni Tower relocation project

- Theater Scholarships

- Rowdy Around Town Project

Contacts

Susan SmithSusan Smith

Executive Director of Alumni Executive Director of Alumni

RelationsRelations

(937) 775(937) 775--26202620

susan.smith@wright.edususan.smith@wright.edu

Pablo BanhosPablo Banhos

Asst. Dir. of Development and Asst. Dir. of Development and

Alumni RelationsAlumni Relations

(937) 775(937) 775--3694/ cell: (937) 2383694/ cell: (937) 238--58775877

pablo.banhos@wright.edupablo.banhos@wright.edu

susan.smith@wright.edususan.smith@wright.edu