Dear Colleagues,
During this final week of the Spring Semester, I want to again express my sincere thanks for your dedication to our students throughout the academic year. I hope to see you all during the various commencement ceremonies this week—it means so much to our students and their friends and family to see your support!
As I know many of you will not be on campus over the summer months, this newsletter will resume in August. I hope you have an enjoyable summer and return to campus excited to continue focusing on our retention and student success goals. As you can likely imagine, we’ll work together to make bold changes with students as our priority.
University Awards for Student Success Champions
Last Friday we celebrated the outstanding work of our staff, faculty, and student employees during the second annual University Awards for Student Success Champions recognition event. The nominees and recipients continue to perform exemplary work in student success, and the awards recognize the contributions to programs and services that significantly support and impact student success metrics and student satisfaction.
This year’s awardees are:
- Darla Donohue, administrative support coordinator, Student Success Services: Exemplary Service
- Chasity O’Malley, associate professor of medical education: Exemplary Leadership
- The Wright State Department of Public Safety and the Raider Food Pantry: Exemplary Collaboration
- Josh Ricker, instructor of psychology, Lake Campus: Exemplary Teaching
- Sarah Cicora, academic advisor, Student Success Services: Exemplary Advising
- Vera Peters, biomedical engineering and forensic studies, supplemental instruction leader, and lead tutor: Ashley McGinley Award for Exemplary Tutoring
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees!
Campus Scholarship and Innovation Campaign
The Campus Scholarship and Innovation Campaign wrapped up last week. While we just missed our 50% goal, we were able to reach 46% overall contribution! Faculty members contributed 28% while staff members made up 72% of the total. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the campaign!
The academic-related area contribution totals are:
- College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies – 62% participation
- University Libraries – 56% participation
- College of Engineering and Computer Science – 49% participation
- Lake Campus – 46% participation
- College of Liberal Arts – 43% participation
- College of Health, Education, and Human Services – 38% participation
- College of Science and Mathematics – 38% participation
- Raj Soin College of Business – 35% participation
- Boonshoft School of Medicine – 16%
Spring Commencement Ceremonies
Lake Campus Ceremony: Thursday, April 25, 5:30 p.m.
Graduate Ceremony: Friday, April 26, 7:00 p.m.
Undergraduate Ceremony: Saturday, April 27, 10:00 a.m.
Boonshoft School of Medicine Ceremony: Sunday, April 28, 2:00 p.m.
Responsible Conduct of Research Training
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is offering Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training this spring. The remaining forums will be held:
Series A: April 29 and May 6 at 9:00 a.m. in 132 Oelman Hall
Series B: May 1 and May 8 at 1:00 p.m. in 132 Oelman Hall
Register for an upcoming session.
The 50-minute sessions address core areas of Responsible Conduct of Research and discuss the structure of the program. Grant contracts may require researcher participation in Responsible Conduct of Research programs.
Contractual RCR Requirements: Faculty, staff, students, and external collaborators whose research is supported by NSF or NIH must periodically participate in the RCR forums and program. This includes anyone who can influence the results and validity of your research. The RCR program requires participation in four forum sessions at four-year intervals.
Although only required for NSF- or NIH-funded research, anyone is welcome to attend.
When a Student Needs Support
Wright.edu/help is a great resource for helping students or making referrals. This site contains contact information for emergency or essential departments that can assist your students all in one location.
I hope you all have a wonderful week! You are appreciated!
Amy Thompson, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
