Aug 3, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Out with the old. Retired Rhatigan Student Center furniture will be auctioned off to the highest bidder on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Take advantage of this no-reserve auction by registering online at http://www.purplewave.com. The auction includes couches, tables, desks, silk plants and more. Visit purplewave.com for auction terms and conditions, and may the best bid win.

Aug 2, 2012 — By WSU News Services — After five weeks, the summer locker and floor projects are complete and the Heskett Center locker rooms are now open. The 30-year-old lockers have been removed and new lockers have now been installed in the men's and women's locker room. The Corregidoor Athletic Lockers come in two different styles, a long locker (12 inches by 72 inches) or a wide locker (24 inches by 60 inches). The long locke

Aug 9, 2012 — By WSU News Services — * The Graduate School Office will host another mandatory graduate teaching assistant workshop for all new GTAs from 1:30-4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, in 201 Ahlberg Hall. If you have questions, call Connie Noble at 978-6241. * The significance of Wichita State's Olympic oak tree is illuminated by an exhibit now through Sunday, Sept. 30, in Ablah Library's Special Collections reading room. For more

Aug 2, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State head volleyball coach Chris Lamb announced today the 2012 volleyball schedule, which includes 12 home matches and three early season tournaments. The Shockers will face eight teams in 2012 that participated in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. WSU will open the home portion of its schedule with the Shocker Volleyball Classic Aug. 30-Sept. 2 inside Charles Koch Arena. The Shockers will host t

Aug 6, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Wednesday Open Lab Open lab is scheduled on Wednesdays from 1-3 pm. Do you have questions after attending a Microsoft Office Training session? Need some help working in a document, spreadsheet or with Outlook? Come to an open lab where you can be helped by members of the Applications Training department. To view lab dates, locations, and register, log in to myWSU, select EmpHelp, (orange cube und

Aug 2, 2012 — By WSU News Services — What happens when Wichitans' complaints -- bad drivers on Kellogg, annoying cell phones, weather that is either too hot or too cold -- are set to music? See the entire performance of the Wichita Complaints Choir, led by Tom Wine, WSU's director of choirs, who took complaints the Ulrich Museum collected and put them into a musical score, in a short documentary video created by WSU's Media Resources

Jul 30, 2012 — By WSU News Services — WSU Libraries is offering one-hour workshops on citation searching for all interested faculty, including those preparing tenure, promotion and other documents. Learn how to search for cited references using the Web of Science and other citation tools, and how to use the Journal Citation Reports to find a journal's impact factor. All workshops will be held in 217 Ablah Library. Also, check out

Jul 31, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Last week, Wichita State President John Bardo was featured in an interview on KSN-TV 3. You can see it at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1704.

Jul 31, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Duerksen Amphitheater will be rockin' and rollin' from 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, as the annual We're Not Back to School Bash takes place. The celebratory event marks the fact that young alums have completed their formal education and don't have to head back to class. The party band Lucky People will crank out the tunes, and there will be delicious food and cold drinks along with the hot music.

Jul 30, 2012 — By WSU News Services — 9 a.m. Monday, July 30, until further notice This topic features six sound bites and one voice wrap. Whatever you call it " twister, tornado, vortex or cyclone "these catastrophic events have shaped lives in the Sunflower State for generations. That, in part, was the inspiration for two Wichita State University faculty and three graduate students to co-author the photo-based, local history