Wichita State News: Centers and Institutes

High school teachers receive free resources and training

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:20:00 CST

The Kansas Council for Economic Education (KCEE) and the Wichita State University Center for Economic Education are organizing a free event, "Financial Fitness Extravaganza," June 18-20.

The event is aimed at providing ay Kansas high school teachers with all the resources, along with training, needed to teach a full semester personal finance course.

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Employment outlooks released for Kansas, Wichita

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:05:00 CST

The Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University will release the Kansas and Wichita employment forecasts on Tuesday, April 30.

Both forecasts will be available at www.outlook.cedbr.org.

For additional information, call Jeremy Hill, director of the CEDBR, at 316-213-3673.

WSU creating new center to combat sex trafficking

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:54:00 CST

Building on the collaboration of academic and direct-practice human trafficking experts, Wichita State University will soon open the new Center for Combating Human Trafficking (CCHT).

The goal of the center is to equip multidisciplinary students, professionals and agencies/organizations/entities with the knowledge, skills and resources to prevent human trafficking; effectively identify, intervene and evaluate cases of human trafficking; and help human trafficking survivors.

The center will offer specialty courses as well as certifications to enrolled students, as well as citizens and post-graduate professionals. There also will be workshop and training continuing education credits.

CCHT will consult with community, state and federal entities, offering consulting and research/data management resources.

Wichita State assistant professor Karen Countryman-Roswurm, an expert on the subject and founder of the Anti-Trafficking/Anti-Sexual Exploitation Roundtable for Community Action (ASERCA), a collaborative multi-disciplinary team to fight human trafficking coordinated through the Wichita Children's Home, is the founding director of the CCHT.

CCSR undergoes leadership restructure

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:27:00 CST

Wichita State University's Center for Community Support and Research has restructured its management.

The following briefly outlines several new positions and the management structure at CCSR.

Seth Bate – director of leadership development

Amy Delamaide – director of community and organizational development

Tara Gregory – director of research and evaluation

Randy Johnson – director of mental health initiatives

Heather Perkins – director of operations and finance

Kevin Bomhoff – director of strategic development

Scott Wituk – executive director

CCSR helps individuals, organizations and communities with leadership development, organizational capacity building, community-based consulting, research and evaluation and through its Mental Health Consumer initiative.

In 2012, the center helped more than 100 Kansas-based nonprofits, community coalitions and government agencies.

Scott Wituk

"For several years, CCSR has focused on a core set of service areas to serve Wichita and the state of Kansas," Wituk said. "This focus has allowed CCSR to become more responsive to our partners. At the same time, I've recognized that there were limits to our current approach in effectively managing our services and recognized we have qualified staff who have helped develop each of these services. Some had already taken on additional responsibilities and serving in management positions, while others were certainly positioned to do so. In addition, what we've found is that sometimes our partners are interested in receiving help in one service area, while other times we bring multiple service areas to a project or initiative. I'm really excited about this new structure as it allows us to respond to both types of situations, as well as develop new service areas if those opportunities present themselves."

Governor proclaims January as Support Group Awareness Month

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:10:00 CST

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback proclaimed January as Support Group Awareness Month in a signing ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 10, in Topeka.

As stated in the proclamation, support groups have been recognized nationally and internationally as an efficient, practical, cost-effective means of coping with life crises and physical and mental health care concerns.

"It is very exciting to have the governor recognize the importance of support groups as a supplement to health and human services in Kansas," said Angela Gaughan, support group services project specialist at Wichita State University Center for Community Support and Research. "I constantly visit with people who are looking to make a connection with a support group in their community or who lead and organize groups around specific issues."

In Kansas, more than 3,000 community support groups, national organizations and websites provide help for a broad range of specific issues. Groups gather around many medical conditions, parenting, caregiving, grief, and a variety of other topics.

Contact information for support groups can be accessed online at www.kansashealthsolution.org/Shn1.0 or by calling (800) 445-0116 or (316) 978-3843 in Kansas.

Kansas council receives national teachers grant

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:00:00 CST

The Kansas Council on Economic Education, housed at Wichita State University, has been selected to receive one of three national grants designed to offer professional development training for high school economics teachers.

The institute to be funded by the grant, The Right Start in Teaching Economics, will be held at the Tallgrass Country Club in Wichita Jan. 26-29.

Provided by the Davis, Calif.-based Foundation for Teaching Economics, the grant will provide scholarship funding for up to 35 Kansas teachers who either currently teach economics or will, in the future, teach high school economics.

According to Donald Fell, FTE program director, the institute will be taught by a nationally recognized faculty, with the design being to help teachers become more effective in teaching economics by being introduced to a variety of concepts, simulations and classroom activities.

Scholarships, covering lodging, some meals and materials are provided on a first-come basis to qualified teachers, including those who will be completing teaching certification requirements prior to August 2013.

For application information, contact Angela Howdeshell at KCEE at (316) 978-5183 or kcee@wichita.edu.

The registration deadline is Saturday, Dec. 29.

Wichita State's SBDC tops Kansas and Missouri ranking

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:27:00 CST

According to the August 2012 issue of Ingram's magazine, the Kansas Small Business Development Center at Wichita State University counseled more businesses in 2011 than 17 other SBDCs in Kansas and Missouri.

Wichita State's KSBDC helped 682 businesses last year, 19 more businesses than the second highest SBDC, St. Louis Empowerment Zone.

Wichita State's SBDC counseled 608 businesses in 2010.

The information was provided by small business development centers through questionnaires and interviews with personnel.

More information about Ingram's is available at www.ingramsonline.com.

"Our numbers are high because people clearly benefit from our services," said Marcia Stevens, regional director of the KSBDC at Wichita State. "Last year, our clients started 84 new businesses, created 663 new full- and part-time jobs, retained 326 full- and part-time jobs, and generated more than $73 million in new sales.

"Our new program, 'Business in Motion: Making Business Expansion Easier,' attracted an increasing number of established businesses to take advantage of our services. 'Business in Motion' targets companies interested in expanding through new markets, new products, export, government contracts, franchise, and the web."

Wichita State's KSBDC provides free consultation to existing small businesses and to individuals interested in starting a business in a 23-county region of south-central and north-central Kansas. It also offers a variety of workshops and conferences.

One-on-one consulting is provided at no cost. Consulting is available in such areas as business plan development, financial analysis, marketing, human resources, strategic planning, operational issues, market research, advertising strategies, sales techniques, selling to the government, and inventor assistance.

The WSU KSBDC also offers more than 200 free or low-cost seminars annually on topics ranging from "Quick Start Business Planning" to "Low and No Cost Marketing" to Beginning and Intermediate QuickBooks.

Workshop registration is available online at http://www.wichita.edu/ksbdc.

World Trade Council hosting 'Britain and Kansas' forum

Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:28:00 CST

The World Trade Council of Wichita Inc. at Wichita State University is hosting "Britain and Kansas: A Business Relationship for the 21st Century."

The event is at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Wichita Marriott Hotel, 9100 E. Corporate Hills Drive.

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Center for Real Estate releases Kansas housing forecast

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:00:00 CST

Kansas home sales will rise by more than 6 percent in 2013. So says the 2013 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast published by the Wichita State University Center for Real Estate.

Stan Longhofer

"Home sales this year are up in nearly every market across the state," said Stan Longhofer, director of the WSU Center for Real Estate. "This trend should continue in 2013, with sales rising by 6.3 percent."

Longhofer will present the forecast at the 2012 Kansas Association of Realtors Conference and Education Expo at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka, Kansas at 10:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12. He will be available for interviews after his presentation at about 11:15 a.m.

The 2013 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast reviews current housing market conditions in markets across the state – including Kansas City, Lawrence, Manhattan, Topeka and Wichita – and forecasts housing market activity through the end of 2013.

The title of this year's forecast is "Picking Up Steam," reflecting the continued improvement of housing markets in Kansas.

For complete city reports, go to: http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1869 (Kansas City); http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1870 (Lawrence); http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1871 (Topeka); and http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1872 (Manhattan).

Highlights of the 2013 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast include the following.

Statewide forecast

Home sales – Home sales across the state are poised to rise by nearly 13 percent in 2012, led by strong growth in the northeast part of the state. Although the pace of growth will slow in 2013, sales should rise again by more than 6 percent to 33,670 units.
Construction – Statewide, new home construction will rise only slightly in 2012, with strong gains in Kansas City, Lawrence and Manhattan being offset by declines in Wichita. As construction slows in the northeast next year, permitting in Kansas will decline by nearly 7 percent, falling to 3,095 units.
Home prices – Average home price appreciation across the state is set to rise by nearly 2 percent in 2012, with the rural parts of the state showing stronger growth than the metropolitan areas. Home prices should rise another 1.5 percent in 2013.

Kansas City market

Home sales – Kansas City home sales are on pace to increase by nearly 18 percent in 2012. This trend should continue in 2013, albeit at a slower pace, with sales rising by more than 5 percent to 28,420 units.
Construction – New home construction activity in the Kansas City area will end 2012 up slightly at 2,870 units. Financing constraints for both builders and homebuyers continue to hamper the new home market, however, and permits should fall by 5.6 percent in 2013 to 2,710 units.
Home prices – Tightening inventories of homes available sale have help Kansas City area home prices to stabilize in recent months. Home prices should begin to rise in 2013, ending the year up 1.5 percent.

Lawrence market

Home sales – Home sales in the Lawrence area are on pace to rise by more than 13 percent in 2012. Sales should continue to strengthen in 2013, rising by nearly 16 percent to 1,390 units.
Construction – New home construction in the Lawrence area has risen somewhat in 2012. Permitting activity should rise another 3 percent in 2013 to 165 units, but will still remain well below the strong numbers seen in the early part of the last decade.
Home prices – Lawrence home prices have begun to stabilize, and are forecast to rise by just over 2 percent in 2013, as inventories of homes available for sale settle into levels consistent with a balanced market.

Manhattan market

Home sales – The Manhattan housing market remains the strongest in the state. Sales within the city of Manhattan are set to rise nearly 13 percent in 2012, and then another 3 percent in 2013 to 660 units, the highest level on record.
Construction – New home construction continues to be strong in Manhattan as well, and should end the year up 26 percent to 235 units. Although permits should fall to 215 units in 2013, the biggest constraint on the new home market in the Manhattan area is the limited number of desirable lots available for sale.
Home prices – After dipping slightly in 2011, home prices in the Manhattan metropolitan area are set to rise by 1.7 percent in 2012 and another 3.3 percent in 2013.

Topeka market

Home sales – The Topeka housing market continues to improve, despite continuing employment declines due to state budget cuts. Home sales are on pace to rise by nearly 4 percent this year, but will level off at 2,710 units in 2013.
Construction – New home construction in the Topeka area continues to languish. Although permits are up slightly for the year, they should drop again in 2013 to 225 units, the lowest level on record.
Home prices – Home prices in the Topeka area have remained stable in recent years, avoiding major declines during the housing downturn. This should continue in the coming months, with prices ending 2013 up 0.9 percent, close to their 2010 levels.
Wichita market
Home sales – Since the expiration of the home buyer tax credit in the summer of 2010, home sales in the Wichita are have risen steadily, if slowly, for two full years. Sales are on pace to rise by more than 7 percent this year. This growth will continue in 2013, with sales rising another 4 percent to 8,370 units.
Construction – New home construction continues to languish, with permitting activity in the Wichita area set to end 2012 at its lowest level on record. Despite some help from new home incentive programs in the area, permits are likely to rise by only 2 percent in 2013.
Home prices – Wichita area home prices fell only modestly over the past two years, and seem poised to rebound in 2013, rising by 1.3 percent. As in many markets across the state, the inventory of homes available for sale has declined sharply over the past two years, giving sellers more leverage than they've had in several years.

For more information and a copy of the entire 2013 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast, visit the Center for Real Estate website at http://realestate.wichita.edu, or contact Longhofer at (316) 978-7120 or realestate@wichita.edu.

Faculty, staff news update: August/September 2012

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:33:00 CST

Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of our current and former colleagues.

Ted Ayres, vice president and general counsel, was an invited participant in the symposium "Gathering at the School House Gate: 40 Years of Landmark School Speech Cases" relative to his involvement in the Widmar v. Vincent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. The symposium, Sept. 20-21, was hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and the UMKC Law Review.

Amy Baker, assistant professor, musical theatre, won the Mary Jane Teall Theatre Award in September for Choreography for "Honk!" at Music Theatre of Wichita.

Ed Baker, associate professor, and Danette Baker, adjunct faculty, theatre, were awarded the Ruth McCormick Theatre Educator of the Year Award at the Mary Jane Teall Theatre Awards in September.

Daniel Bergman, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction, was elected as Kansas Association of Teachers of Science KATS vice president for 2012-2013.

Catherine Bohn-Gettler, assistant professor, counseling, educational leadership, educational and school psychology, recently presented "Tracking causal information during reading comprehension" at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. She also presented "The interplay between mood and working memory on inference generation" at the annual meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, both in Montreal, Canada.

Jason Flanders, manager, scene shop, theatre, had his first gallery showing at the Aviary Gallery in Wichita during the Sept. 28 Final Friday gallery crawl.

Angela Gaughn has been hired by the Center for Community Support and Research as support group project specialist for the center to promote its support group database across Kansas.

Alicia Huckstadt, graduate program coordinator, and Amy McClintock, administrative specialist, nursing, applied to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and were accepted for a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The HRSA Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Grant is for almost $350,000 this year and comes with a recommendation for the same amount next year. The program supports training students to become primary care nurse practitioners.

John Paul Johnson, professor, music education, has been chosen to represent North America as an adjudicator at the National Christian Universities Choir Competition held in Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia from Oct. 15-22. Choirs from private universities throughout Indonesia will travel throughout the country to perform for five adjudicators representing Asia, Europe, Africa, South and North America.

Bret Jones, director, theatre, will have his play "THEBES City" presented by Fly By Night Theatre Company as part of its 2012-2013 Season. For details, go to www.flybynighttheatre.com/season.html.

Charles L. Martin, professor, marketing and entrepreneurship, traveled to Lahore, Pakistan in July to participate as keynote speaker in the Second International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Business Management. More than 300 participants from around the world and from cross-business disciplines attended the event held at the Pearl Continental Hotel and the University of Central Punjab. The keynote address by Martin, "What Goes Around Comes Around: Business Thinking As Cyclical Phenomena," focused on the roles that cycles play in business planning, forecasting and human (buyer) behavior.

Katherine Mason, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction, recently co-published "Locating queer community in award-winning LGBTQ-themed young adult literature (2005-2010)" in The ALAN Review.

Betty Monroe, professor, costume design and technical theatre, had her article "Stereotypes in Theatre Costumes: A Blessing or a Curse?" published in the 2012 International Fashion and Costume Conference's Publication.

Sara Muzzy has been promoted to associate director of the Office of Cooperative Education and Work-Based Learning.

David Neville, associate professor, design and technical theatre, won the Mary Jane Teall Theatre Award for Lighting Design for "Fiddler on the Roof" at Music Theatre of Wichita.

Fletcher Powell, producer, KMUW 89.1, has received a 2012 High Plains Media Award from the American Cancer Society for an October 2011 story about doctors beginning to focus on patients after their traditional treatments are complete, focusing on breast cancer survivorship. Winners were chosen from several categories, including magazine, newspaper, television, radio and online.

Priscilla Ridgway, community and organizational researcher, Center for Community Support and Research, published a piece in the National Recovery to Practice Initiative Newsletter discussing spirituality and recovery from prolonged psychiatric disorder. A longer report by Ridgway and peer specialist educator Lael Ewy on the topic was recently released. The document, Report of a Statewide Spirituality and Mental Health Recovery Summit, is available upon request from priscilla.ridgway@wichita.edu.

Michael Rogers, chair, professor and research director, Center for Physical Activity and Aging, presented "Effective exercise interventions for active aging" and "Falling Less in Kansas: Preventing falls in rural older adults" at a Sedgwick County conference in Wichita called Positive Aging: Protect your health, wealth and self.

Donna Sayman, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction, recently published "My journey into qualitative research." In J.M. Meloy (Ed.). Twenty-first Century Learning by Doing (3rd. ed.)

Donna Sayman, curriculum and instruction; Mark Vermillion, sport management; and Catherine Bohn-Gettler and Craig Elliott, counseling, educational leadership, educational and school psychology, recently completed a two-year, on-line "bootcamp" workshop offered by the WSU Media Resource Center. These faculty members used their training to revise and develop online courses for their departments.

Nick Taylor, a 2007 graduate of the Sport Management master's program in the College of Education and a lecturer in the department of sport management, won a gold medal in tennis at the Paralympics in London on Sept. 5. Taylor and doubles partner David Wagner of Oregon, have won two previous gold medals in Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008) in quad doubles wheelchair tennis.

Susan Unruh, assistant professor, and Nancy McKellar, associate professor, counseling, educational and school psychology, recently wrote "Evolution, Not Revolution: School Psychologists' Changing Practices in Determining Specific Learning Disabilities." It has been accepted for publication in the journal Psychology in the Schools.

Sabrina Vasquez, faculty, dance, is the recipient of the Dorothy Johansen Hauck Faculty Fellow in Dance and Musical Theatre.

Gayle Veltman, coordinator of testing, Counseling and Testing Center, was recently awarded the 2012 President's Award from the National College Testing Association. The award recognizes NCTA members who contributed to the organization in the preceding year through service on a standing committee, working on the Annual Conference Committee, or participating in a special NCTA project.

Eric Wilson, instructor and outreach coordinator, Elliott School of Communication, was interviewed by fellow ESC alum Marc LaVoie for KFDI News' "At Issue" program. Wilson talked about how the media has changed and about the Elliott School. To listen to the interview, go to http://www.kfdi.com/podcasts/news/atissue/170886071.html.

NEW FACULTY 2012
Please welcome new faculty to campus; for more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1842.

SERVICE AWARDS 2012
Please congratulate faculty and staff who have been honored for their years of service or as Benders of Twigs; for more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1860.

RETIREES 2012
Please offer good wishes to faculty and staff who have recently retired; for more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1859.

IN MEMORIAM
Carol L. Johnson Harding, 74, retired, Physical Plant, died May 24. Services have been held. Survivors include brothers Walter L. Davis, Tracy A. Davis and Melvin E. Tipton; sisters Maxine J. Davis, Elaine Brashears and Joyce J. Henderson.

Wichita State to hold ACT math only prep workshop

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:30:00 CST

Wichita State University's Counseling and Testing Center is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT math section of the test.

The workshop is from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 29, at Wichita State University.

The cost for the workshop is $25, and registration can be done online at www.registerblast.com/wsu.

The next national test date for the ACT is Saturday, Oct. 27.
Students need to bring a pencil and calculator to the workshop.

All other materials will be supplied, including practice tests.

For more information and/or paper registration, contact Melinda Ware at the Counseling and Testing Center at (316) 978-5339 or melinda.ware@wichita.edu.

Global growth is the topic of upcoming WSU program

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 14:16:00 CST

The World Trade Council of Wichita is hosting "Local and State Tools for Global Growth" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Wichita Marriott.

Keynote speakers include Gary Plummer, president and CEO of the Wichita Metro Chamber; David Bossemeyer, managing director of business development for the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition; and D. Shawn Sullivan, senior vice president of tax services for Allen, Gibbs & Houlik LC.

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Faculty/staff news update: June-July 2012

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:30:00 CST

Jedd Beaudoin, producer, KMUW 89.1, and Mark Foley, volunteer commentator and WSU professor of music, received second place in the Kansas Association of Broadcasters competition's Editorial/Commentary category for Musical Space: Jingles.

Deema de Silva, director, TRIO-Student Support Services, has received a special invitation to be a discussion leader at an upcoming Oxford University Round Table in Oxford, England. The topic is "Higher Education: An Interdisciplinary Perspective."

Darrin DeFrain, associate professor, has been named chair of the Department of English. Former chair and associate professor Donald Wineke has retired after a 41-year career at Wichita State.

Amy DeVault, assistant professor, Elliott School of Communication, received first place, second place and honorable mention awards from the National Federation of Press Women 2012 Communications Contest after winning three first place awards (page layout, photography and newspaper/trade magazine) and one second place for feature story in the 2012 Kansas Professional Communicators' communications contest. First place state winners compete with other state affiliates of NFPW for national awards.

Amy DeVault presented "A Class Blog in a Visual Communication Class: Engaging Students, Building Community and Saving Paper" in the refereed research scholar-to-scholar session Great Ideas for Teaching at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's August conference. She also was elected teaching chair in AEJMC's Visual Communication Division.

Carla Eckels, reporter, KMUW 89.1, received second place in the Kansas Association of Broadcasters competition's Spot News category for her story about an Easter egg hunt for the visually impaired.

Kimberly Engber, associate professor of English, has been named director of the Emory Lindquist Honors Program. Engber's own field of research focuses on American women writers.

Jean Griffith, associate professor, English, has been named the Tilford Commission coordinator by the Office of the Provost. The Tilford coordinator provides leadership and coordination of the Tilford Commission in support of the university's diversity goals and initiatives.

Jodie Herzog, associate professor, sociology, has been named chair of sociology. Former chair was Ron Matson, associate professor, who is serving as interim dean for the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for two years.

Mary Liz Jameson, associate professor, biology, was quoted in a June 5 news release from the Natural Science Collections Alliance, whose members testified before Congress the same day about the need for digitizing science collection data.

Cheryl Miller, assistant dean, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received a first place award from the National Federation of Press Women 2012 Communications Contest after winning two first place awards (feature story and publication editing), and one honorable mention (feature story) in the 2012 Kansas Professional Communicators' communications contest. First place state winners compete with other state affiliates of NFPW for national awards.

Wilma Moore-Black, assistant director/curriculum coordinator, TRIO Communication Upward Bound, won a third place award from the National Federation of Press Women 2012 Communications Contest after first winning one first place award (achievement adviser); and one third place award for feature story in the 2012 Kansas Professional Communicators' communications contest. First place state winners compete with other state affiliates of NFPW for national awards.

Briana O'Higgins, reporter, KMUW 89.1, received first place in the Kansas Association of Broadcasters competition's Complete News Feature/Enterprise category for her series on AIDS in Wichita.

Natalie Olmsted, former development director, KMUW 89.1, former special projects director, WSU Foundation, has been named business manager for the College of Health Professions Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program. She officially started her new position with the AEGD on Aug. 6.

Lisa Parcell, assistant professor, Elliott School of Communication, served as a research paper discussant for a scholar-to-scholar session for the AEMJC history division at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's August conference.

Fletcher Powell, producer, KMUW 89.1, and Tanya Tandoc, volunteer commentator, received an honorable mention in the Kansas Association of Broadcasters competition's Editorial/Commentary for Tandoc's tribute to her mentors Rich Vliet and Norma Sowell.

Jay Price, associate professor, has been named chair of the Department of History. Former chair was Robert Owens, associate professor, who continues on the faculty.

Betty Smith-Campbell, professor and chair, School of Nursing, and Alicia Huckstadt, graduate program coordinator, nursing, presented information about the new Nursing Leadership and Administration degree to a group of working nurses and health care professionals on Aug. 2 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita.

Teresa Veazey, interim director, Ulrich Museum of Contemporary Art, was named 2012 Marketer of the Year by the Wichita American Marketing Association.

Eric Wilson, instructor and undergraduate adviser, Elliott School of Communication, presented "Bringing Media Relations into the Classroom: Developing Skills in a Practical Setting" in the refereed research scholar-to-scholar session Great Ideas for Teaching at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's August conference.

Scott Wituk, director, Center for Community Support and Research, was named to the 40 under 40 Class of 2012. The annual 40 under 40 list comes from the Wichita Business Journal.

EMERITUS FACULTY
The following faculty members were nominated for emeritus status at the end of 2012 spring semester.
Delores E. Craig-Moreland, professor, community affairs
W. Stephen Hathaway, associate professor, English
James C. Ho, professor, physics and chemistry
Donald R. Wineke, associate professor, English
William E. Wynne III, university registrar
Melvin P. Zandler, professor, chemistry

IN MEMORIAM
Stedman Eugene "Ted" Cary, 73, retired professor, engineering physics, died on May 10. Memorial service has been held. He is preceded in death by his parents, Walter Eugene and Doris Cary; and brother, Robert Cary. Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Ginnie Cary; sons, Derek Thor Cary of Istanbul, Turkey, and Rick Edward Winfrey of Wichita.

Louise Lanora (Carmin) Kennedy, 81, WSU Controller's Office, died on June 2. Services have been held. She is survived by her sons, Bill (Cher) Kennedy of Linden, Va., and Joe Kennedy of Valley Center; grandchildren, Erin Kennedy and Patrick Kennedy; great grandson, Tyler Dunbar and great granddaughter, Natalie Kraus; brothers, Charlie (Marilyn) Carmin of Ellenwood, Everett Carmin, Jr. of Pratt, Keith Carmin, Jim Carmin and Mark Carmin, all of Oklahoma City; sisters, Joyce Culver and Connie (Jay) Schrock of Hutchinson, and Carol (Bill) Sayer. She is preceded in death by her husband, Joe Kennedy; and son David Wayne Kennedy. Services have been held. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 550 N. Park Ave., Valley Center, KS 67214.

Diane Thomas Lincoln, 64, former assistant professor, painting and drawing, and former director of the School of Art and Design's decorative and ornamental painting program, died on June 5 in Wichita. She is preceded in death by her parents, Martha and Viron C. Thomas. She is survived by her husband, Gary Lincoln, of Wichita; brothers, Charles Thomas of Minneapolis, Minn., and Gregory Thomas of Lawrence, Kan. Donations may be made to the Kansas Humane Society, 3313 North Hillside Street Wichita, KS 67220 and Interfaith Ministries, 829 North Market Street Wichita, KS 67214.

David A. Wise, 53, supervisor, Physical Plant, died Saturday, June 2. Services have been held. He is survived by his parents, William D. and Donna L. (Pinon) Wise, Wichita; sister, Darcie Rudd; niece, Courtney Rudd; nephew, Grant Rudd; large extended family and many friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Woodridge Christian Church, 12111 E. 13th St., Wichita, KS 67206 or the American Heart Association, 8630 E. 32nd Ct. N., Wichita, KS 67226.

Business innovation projects receive grants

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:05:00 CST

Wichita State University's Center for Innovation and Enterprise Engagement (CIEE) has awarded development grants to three business innovation projects.

The technologies were selected by the center's board of directors after a rigorous competition and evaluation by technical experts.

Innovations were chosen because of their unique ideas, potential for commercialization and likely positive impact on the region's economy and workforce. Grants ranged in value from $20,000 to $50,000 for year-long product and process development.

Last September, CIEE won a $2 million federal economic development grant to accelerate the transfer of cutting-edge technologies within Wichita State and the surrounding community.

The grant is part of the Obama administration's $37 million Jobs and Innovation Challenge awarded to WSU and 19 other applicants.

Wichita State continues to use the grant to focus on bringing innovative advanced manufacturing products and processes from the laboratory to the factory floor.

Enterprises receiving innovation development funding include:

Carbon Fiber Remanufacturing, to develop and demonstrate the technologies and processes to move scrap carbon fiber to "remanufactured" fiber forms preferred by the composites industry. Grant proceeds will be used to test the comparison of mechanical properties between virgin carbon fiber and reclaimed carbon fiber.
Momentum Wheels LLC, to develop overbraided carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic wheels for automotive fuel efficiency improvement. Grant proceeds will be used to design a more efficient and cost effective manufacturing process for production of high strength, low-weight automotive wheels.
Grail Engine Technologies Inc., for development of an ultra-high efficiency internal combustion engine via the "Grail Cycle." Grant proceeds will expedite the prototype engine development that will result in improved power generation, energy efficiency and reduce foreign oil dependency.

Phil Ruffin to headline Wichita business conference

Thu, 5 Jul 2012 11:52:00 CST

The 2012 Kansas Business Matchmaker conference, set for 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, will feature a keynote address by Wichita native entrepreneur Phil Ruffin.

The event will be at the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex. It's hosted by Wichita State University's Center for Innovation and Enterprise Engagement and the Small Business Administration.

Registration is $35, which includes a boxed lunch. For more information or to register for the event, go to: www.KansasBizMatch.com. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Along with Ruffin's speech, the day will include information on business matchmaking, an industry panel on advanced manufacturing and breakout sessions on the following topics.

Government contracting
IRS tax incentives for small businesses
Business finance options
International business opportunities (i.e., exporting)
Innovation and diversification success stories