The first-ever Alumni College program took place last weekend, an event intended to present Wright State alums with a variety of speakers and topics of interest.
"This is the first time we're doing it this year, and the program will be hosted annually during the first weekend of August," said Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Holly Gersbacher.
Gersbacher described the two-day event: “we invited alumni to come back to the campus and we set up an array of lectures by faculty who have volunteered their time.” “We have a variety of topics that people will be learning about, and participants will get an official graduation from Alumni College, which is really neat."
One such lecture was given by the President of the Biological Sciences Faculty Dan Krane, who has testified in over 100 criminal cases, in addition to his experience as the president and co-founder of a forensic bioinformatics firm.
Krane demonstrated the technical process of DNA profiling, as well as its many misconceptions and shortcomings in his lecture on "The Science (and Pseudoscience) of Forensic DNA Profiling."
Also discussed in the Alumni Association Board meeting (held on saturday) was the Legacy Scholarship fundraising golf outing, plans for Homecoming and the Alumni Grove project.
Gersbacher said the golf outing was an important event for the organization.
"That's a really exciting event because a lot of people enjoy playing golf, but it's a really important event for the Alumni Association because it supports the Legacy Scholarship, which is offered to children of alumni who attend Wright State."
According to Gersbacher, the Alumni Grove will be created between the new Neuroscience-Engineering Collaboration building and the Student Union, and will allow people to buy a dedicated tree or bench, with proceeds going to the Legacy Scholarship Fund.
