{"id":3377,"date":"2019-11-12T09:51:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2019-11-12T09:51:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:51:20","slug":"professor-emeritus-lee-wright-82-to-deliver-fall-commencement-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3377","title":{"rendered":"Professor Emeritus Lee Wright &#8217;82 to deliver Fall Commencement speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MANSFIELD, PA &#8211; Professor Emeritus Lee Wright, a 1982 Mansfield graduate, will be the speaker at\u00a0Mansfield University\u2019s 155th Commencement on Saturday, December 14 at 11 a.m. at Decker Gymnasium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"3378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=3378\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lee-Wright.png?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lee Wright\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lee-Wright.png?fit=475%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lee-Wright.png?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lee-Wright.png?resize=1024%2C576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lee-Wright.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lee-Wright.png?resize=475%2C267&amp;ssl=1 475w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lee-Wright.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 94vw, (max-width: 1023px) 67vw, (max-width: 1365px) 62vw, 1037\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Wright graduated from Mansfield State College in 1982 with a BA degree in Speech Communication. In 1984 he was awarded an MS in Speech Communication Education from Murray State University in Kentucky.\u00a0 Wright was granted an MA in Mass Communications in 1988 from the University of Denver and in 1995 he received his Ph.D. in Human Communication from the same institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Wright taught at Mansfield University from 1990 until 2015. In 1991 the Mansfield University Speech team under his direction won first place in the nation at the Novice National Speech Tournament.\u00a0 He served as chairperson of the Department of Communication for 12 years and served as Director of the Honors Program before retiring.\u00a0In 2014, Dr. Wright led the PASSHE Summer Abroad Honors Program by taking 28 students to the Canadian Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.\u00a0\u00a0Wright was granted emeritus status after retiring.\u00a0 In the past three years, he returned to the classroom at Mansfield to teach his favorite class \u2013 Communication Law &#8211; on an as-needed basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Wright took up beekeeping ten years ago and sells honey locally. Since retiring Dr. Wright has enjoyed retirement by working multiple construction projects including rebuilding his home\u2019s kitchen, building a camper and currently he is building an outdoor wood-fired pizza oven.\u00a0 He has also taken multiple studio classes in the Art Department. He is married to our Associate Provost Dr. Kathy Wright, whom he met at Mansfield&#8217;s graduation in 1982.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA &#8211; Professor Emeritus Lee Wright, a 1982 Mansfield graduate, will be the speaker at\u00a0Mansfield University\u2019s 155th Commencement on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3377\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Professor Emeritus Lee Wright &#8217;82 to deliver Fall Commencement speech<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lee-Wright.png?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-St","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3432,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3432","url_meta":{"origin":3377,"position":0},"title":"Mansfield University holds 155th Fall Commencement","author":"John Maslar","date":"December 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014\u00a0Mansfield University celebrated its 155th fall commencement on Saturday, December 14, at Decker Gymnasium. 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