Jun 20, 2014 — By WSU News Services — Earth turns on its axis; stars fuse hydrogen into helium; our galaxy is one of billions in a vast expanding universe. These are all things we learn in school, but who were the amazing men and women who discovered them? Find out while using a large telescope at Lake Afton Public Observatory to observe objects such as Saturn (through Sept. 13), a multiple star system, a cluster of stars, a plane

Jun 20, 2014 — By WSU News Services — At its last meeting of the 2013-14 academic year, the Wichita State University Faculty Senate approved changes to its general education program aimed at promoting opportunities for seamless transfer among community college students. In order to satisfy WSU's general education requirements (i.e., the first two years of a four-year undergraduate degree program), Kansas community college students

Jun 19, 2014 — By WSU News Services — To increase language learning awareness, Wichita State University's Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literature launched its redesigned website recently. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2978 for the complete story.

Jun 23, 2014 — By WSU News Services — This class will include a presentation to introduce the main concepts of the Affordable Care Act and how it affects managers and timekeepers. There will be time for questions and discussion. For more information or questions, email lana.anthis@wichita.edu. To register for the class, log in to myWSU, select EmpHelp (orange cube under the Weather) and myTraining. Click the Register button to view se

Jun 23, 2014 — By WSU News Services — The University Bookstore will be closed for inventory Wednesday, June 25-Sunday, June 29. It will reopen for business on Monday, June 30.

Jun 19, 2014 — By WSU News Services — Patrick: I woke up that day really nervous about being able to pull everything off and keep it a surprise. Marcela: It was our three-year anniversary. We went to have dinner first, and then we went to take a walk. Patrick: After dinner I said that I wanted to take a walk on campus because it's a very nice place to walk and the weather was great. Marcela: We ended up at the Ulrich, my favo

Jun 20, 2014 — By WSU News Services — Only two swim lesson sessions are left this summer from Monday, June 30-Saturday, July 12; and Monday, July 14-Saturday, July 26. Don't miss out on your chance to receive great instruction, become more comfortable in the water and improve your strokes, all while having fun. Campus Recreation offers children's lessons levels 1-6, adult lessons and Parent/Tot (parents get in the water with their tod

Jun 20, 2014 — By WSU News Services — * The Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences presents Mark A. Horn, IERUS Technologies, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., at 3 p.m. today (Friday, June 20) in 372 Jabara Hall. He will present "Hardware and Software Acceleration Techniques of a Direct Integral Equation Solver for Large-Scale Method of Moments Problems." Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2975 for more information. * Wichita area sister

Jun 20, 2014 — By WSU News Services — * Cindy Claycomb, candidate for dean of the Barton School of Business, will be on campus for a public presentation at 2:30 p.m. today (Monday, June 23) in 126 Clinton Hall. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2967 for Claycomb's visit schedule and information. Claycomb is interim dean of the Barton School of Business. * Only two swim lesson sessions are left this summer from Monday, June 30-Saturda

Jun 17, 2014 — By WSU News Services — So you have a telescope but you haven't figured out how to get the most out of it yet? You're in luck. The Lake Afton Public Observatory and the Kansas Astronomical Observers invite you to bring your telescope to the observatory for the next "Bring Your Own Telescope" program at 9 p.m. today (Friday, June 20). For the full release, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2963