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March 9, 2022 -- On March 9, 2022, the B-1 System Program Office (SPO), Tinker AFB, OK awarded a six-year, $100 million follow-on contract to Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) to continue the B-1’s Digital Engineering (DE) transformation. The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) helped form the strategic partnership and created a flexible contract structure, which allows NIAR and the B-1 SPO to adapt requirements real time to meet critical warfighter needs. 

March 7, 2022 — Tom Gentile, president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, has been named as the newest member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for Wichita State’s W. Frank Barton School of Business.

March 7, 2022 - From 2006 to 2008, Wichita State alums Matt and Stephanie Clark taught English to students from fifth grade to high school in Ukraine; Stephanie in a school that emphasized math and science, Matt in a school focused on arts and language. After training in Uzyn, they moved to Shostka, a city of around 74,000 people within two hours of the Russian border.

March 3, 2022 — In accordance with recently updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, effective Friday, March 4, masks will no longer be required for students, employees or visitors, regardless of vaccination status, while on or in Wichita State University premises or while attending campus activities or athletic events (unless otherwise noted). This includes all indoor and outdoor campus locations.  

March 2, 2022 -- Three Wichita State students’ projects are being highlighted as a part of the Kansas Undergraduate Research Day event March 1-3.