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Fri pm to pm Main Office Drive-in is also open every rriorning at am including Wednesday from am to pm Regular Banking Hours at all Four l,.ocations Mon, Tue Thur am to pm Fri am to pm pm to pm Sat am to 12 noon Main Office Wright and Main Drive-in Service 878-4661 Beavercreek Branch 878-4661 Bonomo Plaza Branch Drive-in Service 878-4661 ,, Fairborn Plaza Branch Drive-in Service 878-4661 ;1•• The youngest of Ohio's twelve state univer sities has come of age Founded in 1964 as the Dayton campus of Ohio State and Miami Universities with one building and 3,200 students, Wright State University today serves more than 14,000 students from the Dayton area, the state of Ohio, and other states and countries Wright State offers a comprehensive array of programs through its nine major academic divisions Eight different bachelor's degree programs are offered in nearly eighty fields through the Colleges of Business and Ad ministration, Education, Liberal Arts, Sci ence and Engineering, and the School of Nursing More than twenty programs lead ing to the master's degree in many of those fields are coord inated by the School of Graduate Studies The School of Medicine has been enrolling students in its M.D pro gram since 1976, and the new School of Pro fessional Psychology will begin admitting students to its Psy.D program in 1979 The university's first Ph.D program, in biomedi cal sciences, wi ll also begin admitting stu dents in 1979 The College of Continuing and Comr(lunity Ed ucation, located in the downtown Dayton Kettering Center, offers noncredit courses and workshops and spe c ial certificate programs in professional studies The four oldest buildings on campus, com pleted by the time university status was granted in 1967, comprise Founders Quad rangle, the hub of university academic and administrative activiti es The University Center houses dining rooms, lounges, stu dent offices, and the bookstore Hamilton Hall provides residence facilities for 320 men and women in separate wings The Physical Education Building's main gym is home court for the Raider basketball team, and the building also contains an aux iliary gym, a 75-foot swimming poof with a spectator capacity of 500, classrooms, a dance room, special exercise facilities for the handicapped, saunas, handball and squash courts, and a lab for physiology of exercise The University Library has collections of books, journals , documents, and au diovisual materials related to every teaching field, as well as special collections of rare and valuable documents and memorabilia, including the Wright Brothers Collection The Television Center, adjacent to the li brary, has studios and production facilities The Creative Arts Center is home for the fine arts, including theatre, music, art, and art education Besides classrooms, there are two theatres, two concert halls, and two art galleries The Brehm Laboratory of Environmental Sciences, the Biological Sciences Building, and the Medical Sciences Building provide classrooms and laboratories for the universi ty's expanding programs in the sciences especially in the health-related fields The Student Services Building, completed in 1977, brings together most of the offices and services which exist to help students make the most of their Wright State educa tion An unusual feature of the campus is a tunnel system which links every major build ing, providing both convenience and shelter in case of emergencies Wright State University has been built with a philosophy of community orientation and is continually striving to improve its present programs and activities, and add new ones, to serve community needs The university was founded as a result of a commun ity fund-raising effort in 1962 Good \_Uc\{, S\ \ \ cot1'\lao'l ·(\et€.\ec\t\c ··· ~at oue\\'1\ao I Robert J Kegerreis, president He is a director of several corporations and a member of a number of professional as sociations and honorary societies His current public service involvement in cludes: president of the Ohio College As sociation; chairman of the Ohio Board of Regents Advisory Committee on Lifelong Learning; member of the Executive Commit tee and president of the Dayton-Miami Val ley Board of Directors; member of the Board of Trustees and chairman of the Instruction Committee of the Methodist Theological School in Ohio; member of the Board of Trustees of Otterbein College; member of the Clarkson College Advisory Board; member of the Board of Trustees of the En Robert J Kegerreis is the second presi gineering and Science Foundation; member dent of Wright State University He has held of the Board of Trustees of the Dayton Art the post since July, 1973 Institute; and membership in other civic or After two years at Ohio University as profes ganizations and committees sor and chairman of the marketing depart Dr Kegerreis holds four degrees from Ohio ment, Dr Kegerreis came to Wright State in State University He was awarded two 1969 as dean of the College of Business bachelor's degrees in 1943, a Master of and Administration In 1971, he was pro Business Administration in 1947 (after com moted to a vice-presidency, and two years bat service as a naval officer), and a Ph.D in later was named president of the university business administration in 1968 His career as a teacher and administrator in higher educ;ation followed extensive experi He and his wife, Katherine, have a son and a ence in the business world daughter Don Mohr, director of athletics His first coaching position was at Cincinnati Reading High School where he was assist ant coach in football and basketball He took over the head baseball job in 1951 and did scouting for the Los Angeles (then Brooklyn) Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds dur ing the summer He was appointed principal at Reading in 1956 He remained head baseball coach until 1963 and left Reading in 1965 While at Reading, he also received a Master of Edu cation degree from Xavier University in 1961 Wright State is fortunate to have an athletic director who saw the "handwriting ,on the wall." When Mohr was planning the WSU athletic program, he included a women's program which equalled that of the men Sports which receive g·rant-in-aid money at the present time are men's and women's basketball and swimming, women's vol leyball, soccer, and wrestling Mohr has been associated with the world of sports since his days at Cincinnati North College Hill High School where he played football, baseball, and basketball for four years, and ran track for two years Then came the move to Wright State in 1966 as head of financial aid, placement, and the veterans office He was asked to initiate an athletic program, which he did during the 1968-69 school year when he started a soc cer team In April 1971 , he was named Di rector of Athletics Mohr's latest duty is chairman of the Division II Great Lakes Regional selection committee for the second straight year in basketball He had been a member of the advisory committee for the previous four years in both basketball and baseball For that Creative Touch Do your banking · day or night with Belmont Bakery your key to the bank! 1065 Springfield St., Dayton, Ohio 45403 HISTORICAL STOCKYARDS INN DAYTON'S OLDEST REST AU RANT Ed Druga, owner 728 Watervliet Ave * Winters The Hank \\Ith The \n ,n Business phone: 254-8497 Residence phone: 433-7875 Luncheons from 11 ;00 a.m Dinners from 5:00 p.m COCKTAILS NOW BEING SERVED ON SUNDAY Sunday Hours: 1:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m Plan a pa~ty in our private rooms seating from 10 to 60 Please call 254-3576 for reservations CD c: CD c: 5· ::::r ::::J CD c c Cil CJ) CJ) I CD -u ::::r ::::J CD I CD )> c c Cil CJ) CJ) z Ill CD lJ Ill ii "'' -o (/)-· g; CD UI "'0 llJC: cer s:::: CD er .CD UI '::I' Cll 'IE ::> · ";" () 8:; s~ Cll "'::> Q en c: 0 ~ -c;· ! )> ~ "Cl "'5! c:;· Ill ()" :I "" a ~ Ci ~ Q c: 0 CJ ~ Cll 30 ~ Q § :;· ~ "b "" () "'""::> Join the Raider Club Raider Coaching Staff Raider Club Activities & Events Bus Trips to Away Games Miami University-December 2, 1978 Northern Kentucky-January 31, 1979 Bellarmine February 10, 1979 Smorgasbord Dinner before Games Indiana-Purdue-January 27, 1979 U of Missouri-St Louis- February 24, 1979 Raffle (Proceeds to Athletic Fund) October Daze Booth May Daze Booth Hospitality Room at Home Games (For additional information, please call 873-2301) Bea Booster Left to right: Jim Brown, Ralph Underhill, Bob Grote Leading the Wright State basketball fortunes this season will be head coach Ralph Un derhill and his assistants, Jim Brown and Bob Grote Underhill is starting his first year as a collegiate head coach after spending the last six years as an assistant at Have a great season! Holiday Inn· 800 N Broad St., Fairborn, Ohio Restaurant- Lounge Banquet Rooms Tennessee-Cha~anooga Underhill was instrumental in leading UT Chattanooga to the NCAA Division II na tional championship in 1976-77 with a 23-5 record That came on the heels of a run nerup team in 1975-76 which finished with a 23-9 record A graduate of Tennessee Tech and Western Kentucky, Ralph spent one year as the head coach at Louisville Manual High School after a highly-successful stint as head coach at Ohio County High School in Kentucky While at Ohio County, Underhill led the team to a 26-30 record from 1965- 71 and finished as the state runnerup in 1968-69 His team at Manual High School finished with a 24-6 record and advanced to the state tournament , A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes since his days at Tennessee Tech, UnderhilJ has earned numerous coaching honors since his first job in 1965 He was the Western Kentucky High School Coach of the Year in 1969 and the Louisville Quarterback Club High School Coach of the Year in 1972 Assisting Underhill in his first year at Wright State is associate coach Jim Brown who is starting his seventh year at Wright State A graduate of the University of Dayton, Brown coordinates the academic standing of the varsity players as well as the recruiting for the staff He played his high school basket ball at Belmont High School under former WSU coach John Ross Brown came to Wright State in 1970 after a tour of duty in the Army Among the duties assigned to Brown this season is the coor dination of academic standing of the varsity players and coordinating the recruiting for the staff Joining Wright State as a part-time coach this year is former WSU all-American Bob Grote The Cincinnati-native is currently a member of the New York Mets organization in professional baseball While at Wright State, Grote lettered four times each in bas ketball and baseball and finished his career as the second all-time leading scorer 5418 Burkhardt 256-8181 fro ~ best sellers WSU Bookstore Spin-Kemp Center House of Draft ~) ~~~!!_~~~~f!~'! _, '~-(((fJ1 l~ w.I I 11 I 1~ COUPOI FREE! 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