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Trio of Chinese films to be screened
Hero is an example of Zhang Yimou’s transition to less controversial subjects and films that are more entertaining, but nevertheless visually compelling. Lisa Morrisette, Ph.D., assistant art and art...
View ArticleLecture on first Arab-American novel Tuesday
The Wright State University community has a unique opportunity to learn about the first Arab-American novel written in English at a lecture open to the public at the Student Union. Ameen Rihani wrote...
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Area high school students to be immersed in French
French Immersion Day, hosted by the university’s French Club, is in its ninth consecutive year. Organizers expect about 250 high school students to attend this year. The theme for 2011’s immersion day...
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Ohio students to visit Wright State, immerse themselves in language fun
A moment from the 2011 French Immersion Day–Wright State President David R. Hopkins is joined on stage by French professors and other individuals from the Department of Modern Languages wearing...
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College experience for student Victor Colon includes lending a sympathetic ear
Victor Colon has studied Spanish, Italian, French and Chinese at Wright State. The phone rings in the middle of the night, jarring him awake. On the line is a Wright State student in a full-blown...
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French student Brandon Broadwater says bonjour to Presidential Scholarship
Brandon Broadwater poses for a picture in Paris, France. At the end of spring semester, French language lover Brandon Broadwater bid a brief adieu to the United States in order to soak up the language...
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Outstanding Instructor
Haili Du As an instructor of Chinese, Haili Du contributes greatly to Wright State’s commitment to foster global citizens. A skilled and passionate teacher, Du goes above and beyond for her students...
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Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research
Stefan Pugh Stefan Pugh, Ph.D., is the man who saved a language. His scholarship helped preserve Rusyn, which faced possible extinction prior to Pugh’s research efforts. In 2009, he completed a...
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Brilliance lost
Stefan Pugh On Stefan Pugh’s office door is a plaque that reads “Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research,” a declaration not only of this professor’s remarkable accomplishments in the field...
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Professor Damaris Serrano wins national literary award from Panama
Spanish professor Damaris Serrano, Ph.D., received the most prestigious literary award from her native Panama for an essay she wrote on two development projects instrumental to 19th and 20th century...
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Regional students immerse themselves in Chinese language and culture
High school students learned about Chinese calligraphy during a workshop at Chinese Immersion Day on Jan. 30. Over 100 high school and middle school students from around Ohio visited Wright State...
View ArticleWright State students visit France, meet WWII hero
Excerpt “Every American should visit the Normandy beach landing sites and the American cemetery and museum because it’s a way to truly honor the sacrifices of those young American servicemen so long...
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Chinatown
Wright State students on the Quad practice Tai Chi Fan, a form of Chinese dance/exercise, as part of the university’s Chinese studies program. It’s a sound that would not have been heard at Wright...
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Study abroad myth buster
Wright State student Tasha Fox studied abroad in Tanzania during the summer of 2013 through the Wright State Ambassador Program. Fox is double majoring in French and international business and...
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French connection
Wright State French instructor Benjamin Hirt combines cheese making and artisanal foods with French language lessons to help students better appreciate the history and culture of France. Resting on the...
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Costa Rican students, teachers benefit from Wright State alum’s Peace Corps...
Carl Weitz, who earned a dual degree in international studies and Spanish from Wright State, spent more than a year in Costa Rica with the Peace Corps. After two years of making a difference working...
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2014 International Education Award goes to Kirsten Halling
Kirsten Halling, center, associate professor of French, received Wright State’s 2014 International Education Award. She is pictured with Provost S. Narayanan and Michelle Streeter-Ferrari, director of...
View ArticleLocal singer auditions on ‘American Idol’
Wright State graduate Alexis Gomez talks about trying out for “American Idol” on Fox 45 in the Morning. Gomez’s audition airs on “American Idol” on Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. Gomez graduated from Wright State...
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Middle East, wartime China, musical instruments focus of Wright State authors...
The College of Liberal Arts will recognize faculty who published books and albums in 2014 with a reception on Jan. 26. This photo pictures some of the faculty who attended last year’s event. An...
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Idol chatter
Wright State 2014 grad and musician Alexis Gomez advanced to Hollywood in the current season of “American Idol.” That episode will air the first week of February. In her first public performance, the...
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