Community health workers are often unsung heroes who help people in need to navigate the complex health care system or find solutions to other aspects of life that impact health like housing and jobs.

The honorary Doctor of Humane Letters will be granted to Sarah Hackenbracht, the CEO and president of Greater Dayton Hospital Association, during Wright State University’s spring graduation ceremony.

Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended lives across the region, one sector still seeing lasting impacts is the health care field, where continuing worker shortages threaten quality of care and telehealth has become a new normal for many.