Wright State University-Main Campus

History & Fun Facts

• •History Wright State University first opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University, occupying only a single building.
• •Groundwork on forming the institution began in 1961 during a time when the region lacked a public university for higher education.
• •A community-wide fundraising effort was conducted in 1962 to establish the university, and the campaign raised the $3 million needed in seed money.
• •The Ohio General Assembly passed legislation in 1965 that transformed the branch campus into a separate institution with its own Advisory Committee on November 5, 1965.
• •It was anticipated the campus would achieve full independent status by 1967 with its rapidly increasing enrollment of full-time students, projected to reach 5,000 within two years.