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Perci Piétro (Prince Percia Piétrolungo), who graduated from Wright State University in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in biology, founded the Miami, Florida-based firm OWN Realty and OWN Financial, of which he is chairman and CEO.

Perci Piétro, a 1996 Wright State graduate, is a real estate entrepreneur in Miami and a descendent of the Qajar Dynasty, which once ruled Persia.

Vera Winchek remembers late husband, Andy's, days as the Wright State Raiders' No. 1 supporter.

Gregory Archer, a 1984 graduate of the School of Professional Psychology, writes nonfiction narrative about his grandfather's service in World War I.

Wright State alumna Janice Hester ran a successful business making popular, grinning, bug-eyed ceramic frogs.

Alumnus Dr. Gregory Archer ’84, Psy.D., has recently released a nonfiction narrative, titled Private Heller and the Bantam Boys: An American Medic in World War I, about his late grandfather, Ralph Heller, a WWI Army medic.

Teresa Muterspaw is a Wright State Physicians nurse practitioner at Five Rivers Health Centers Pediatrics and a graduate of the Wright State College of Nursing and Health.

State Department diplomacy is much more than embassies, treaties and summits. It’s also three-pointers and slam dunks. And Wright State University alumnus Morgan O’Brien has an opportunity to strengthen the State Department’s sports diplomacy program, serving a fellowship with the NBA’s International Basketball Operations team.

Morgan O'Brien, a 2007 Wright State graduate and foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State, lands a fellowship with the NBA.

Shelby Dixon, a graduate public history student at Wright State, helped create pictorial timeline at Dayton’s historic Victoria Theatre to mark its 150th anniversary.