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Arohi Rai

Arohi Rai, Content Creator

Hey, my name is Arohi Rai! I am a freshman Nursing major in Washburn University and content creator in WU Student Media. I’m permanently from beautiful country Nepal. Well, I love to play different games, watch movies and dance. I really enjoy travelling and spending time with my friends and family.

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All the cast stand together on stage and applaud the audience. All audiences showed respect to the cast.

Washburn University Theatre delivers wild wit in “The Importance of Being Earnest”

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
May 7, 2025
Owen Laessig, freshman utility player, swings the bat. He led off the home half of the fifth with a double, helping Washburn take the lead.

Ichabods Down Jets 8-2

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
May 1, 2025
Washburn University Jazz Orchestra group play their instruments and present the pieces. They performed four pieces together.

Washburn players share journey to jazz following ensemble performance

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
May 6, 2025
Hays (left) and Debora Silva (right), senior music performance major, play the violin and share the stage. They played a string quartet in G major by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Washburn String Faculty performs concert featuring Fetter String Quartet

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
April 28, 2025
Jazz faculty ready to deliver the performance and rock the stage. The faculty performed seven pieces altogether in the concert.

WU Jazz Faculty closes spring semester with a final concert

Arohi Rai and Jayesh Kayastha
April 27, 2025
BOB: If you could add a holiday, what would it be?

BOB: If you could add a holiday, what would it be?

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
April 28, 2025
The Washburn University Debate Team celebrates their success with trophies and plaques after the competition. The team placed third overall and received multiple awards for their performance. (Photo courtesy of Joy Bailes)

Washburn University’s debate team secured third at National Championship

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
April 25, 2025
Lilia Potter (left), freshman music performance major, and Trenton Barnecott (right), junior music performance major, perform their act along with singing. Potter played the role of Pamina and Barnecott played the role of Papageno.

[Photo] WU Opera showcases ‘The Magic Flute’

Bidhya Sapkota, Content Creator
April 16, 2025
Ryan Masotto, chamber orchestra conductor, presents the piece, “Lyric Metal,” by Brian Balmages, with the chamber orchestra member. Masotto received his bachelor’s in music education and viola performance from Washburn University.

Topeka youth orchestra empowers young local performers

Bidhya Sapkota and Arohi Rai
April 10, 2025
Alexis Tanguma, senior infield, throws the ball to the batter. Tanguma pitched a complete game, allowing 3 hits over five innings.

[Photo] Softball ends home stand with two-game sweep

Morgan Albrecht and Tezan Lama
April 9, 2025
Author Ruth Maus reads from her novel “Lunacy and Acts of God.” She worked over 30 years for this novel.

English department helps celebrate Ruth Maus’ “Lunacy and Acts of God”

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
April 4, 2025
BOB: Who is your favorite singer?

BOB: Who is your favorite singer?

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
April 3, 2025
Topeka Symphony Orchestra hosts the US premiere for its “Goin Home” concert inside the White Concert Hall. For more than 75 years, the Topeka Symphony has offered performances to the community.

Topeka Symphony Orchestra celebrates young talent

Arohi Rai and Bidhya Sapkota
April 1, 2025
Cynthia Neufeld Smith, accompanist, plays the piano along with the choir. She has taught organ and accompanied the choirs at Washburn University and serves as assistant organist at the First Presbyterian Church.

Topeka Festival Singers mark 40 years of performing

Arohi Rai and Aayusha Lama
March 17, 2025
Washburn University theatre presents, “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.” It was held in Neese - Gray Theatre from Feb. 21 to March 2.

A group of students stand together and showcase their moves. Students attended in fancy and Hollywood party dresses.

WBSU holds Black Excellence Ball

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
February 28, 2025
Washburn University theatre presents “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind." It was held in Neese - Gray Theatre from Feb. 21 to March 2.

Washburn University Theatre presents interactive show, “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind”

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
March 8, 2025
Washburn University Symphony Orchestra rises to welcome the audience before the evening's performance. The concert happened at White Concert Hall March 5.

Washburn showcase their first symphony orchestra of 2025

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
March 7, 2025
Liz Bucar speaks at the Thomas L. King lecture. She has written many books and her work has been discussed in the New York Times.

Liz Bucar discusses yoga, cultural appropriation, ethics at Thomas L. King Lecture

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
March 4, 2025
Members of the Swing Dance Club practice for upcoming events. The Washburn Swing Dancers known as “Twisted Spurs” began their journey in November.

WSDC gives swing and line dance lessons

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
February 24, 2025
Conductor and Music Director, Kyle Wiley Pickett, guides the orchestra with a subtle motion. He also conducted the University of Kansas Symphony at Kaufman Center in Kansas City in 2017.

Topeka Symphony Orchestra creates a musical tempest with ‘Stormy Weather’

Arohi Rai, Content Creator
February 19, 2025
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