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Rounding up WSU’s ‘most wanted’
It’s break time
Enrich your life
Among the new classes this year are "Practical Home Maintenance" and "Feng Shui," the Chinese art of object placement. For more information, call ext. 3731.
Tuition assistance may be used for these non-credit classes. The deadline to apply is two weeks before the class starts. Call human resources, ext. 3065.
Helping out
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dollars hit all-time high WSU faculty and staff had another record-setting year attracting external funding for research, training and service grants and contracts. The
grant and contract total for fiscal year 1999 reached $19.2 million, up
a dramatic 15 percent from last fiscal year’s total of $16.7 million.
Stories about teens committing senseless violent acts inevitably lead to questions. Why did they do it? Was there anything that parents, teachers or fellow students could have done to stop the destructive behavior? As
a parent, Jim Snyder has those questions, too. As a clinical child psychologist,
he’s trying to find answers.
When it comes to accountability and determining WSU’s future, those in the WSU community will hear a lot of references to "the matrix." It’s
not a reference to the recent sci-fi movie by the same name — it’s the
reality of WSU’s present and future.
In sports, they say you can’t tell the players without a program. At Wichita State, you may not know which office is where without this article. Suffice
it to say, it has been a busy summer of construction, remodeling and moving.
By Julie Rausch and Amy Geiszler-Jones Meetings, agendas, minutes, committees, reports, policies — everyone who thinks this sounds tiresome, say aye. Do
we hear a dissenting vote?
A decade after he graduated from WSU and left his hometown of Wichita, Stan Longhofer is back. He’s
accepted the challenge of rebuilding the real estate program offered through
the W. Frank Barton School of Business.
Parking
fines will increase Sept. 1 in an effort to get more compliance for WSU’s
parking regulations.
It’s been
said that Kansas native Gordon Parks is best known for using his camera
as a "weapon against poverty and racism." Around Wichita this
summer Parks was known for providing a liberal dose of education, culture
and inspiration. His touring retrospective exhibition, "Half Past
Autumn," was at the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art for 11 weeks beginning
May 23.
The
College of Fine Art’s Faculty Artist Series will open at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 12, with a celebration of the music of Frederic Chopin by pianist
Julie Bees.
The
University Bookstore is trading its institutional look for an updated
one that will include a fireplace area.
Carr
tips off the third season of WSU’s Distinguished Alumni Speaker Breakfast
Series at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1. The series, sponsored by the Alumni
Association, showcases some of WSU’s most illustrious alums.
Have you started craving fried green tomatoes or is it the thrill of the tilt-a-whirl that you enjoy? It’s time for the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. This
year’s fair dates are Friday, Sept. 10-Sunday, Sept. 19. As always, there
is a need to staff the WSU booth.
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