Nov 5, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Wichita HomeSchool won the BEST Award and Ambassadors for Christ Academy (Bentonville, Ark.) won the Game Award at the 13th annual Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) event at Wichita State University today (Saturday, Nov. 5). BEST is designed to inspire and motivate students toward careers in engineering, science and technology. By winning the competition,

Nov 4, 2011 — By WSU News Services — WSU's Office of International Education is hosting International Education Week 2011, Monday-Saturday, Nov. 14-19. Among the activities will be presentations on Venezuela, Russia, India, Nepal and South Korea. For a full schedule of events, go to http://alturl.com/zkcku. In addition, from 2-4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at the Garvey International Center Open House, southeast corner of 17th and Hillside

Nov 4, 2011 — By WSU News Services — More than 80 people attended the 2011 Faculty of Excellence luncheon Oct. 26 at the Marcus Welcome Center. The event, hosted by Keith Pickus, WSU interim provost, and Elizabeth King, president and CEO of the WSU Foundation, honored distinguished faculty and their donors. Speakers included the two hosts; WSU President Don Beggs; Craig Barton, WSU Foundation Board of Directors chair; and Lyn Goldber

Nov 23, 2011 — By WSU News Services — * Join photographer Kate Joyce for her illustrated talk "The Expressive Marriage of Word and Image" on her approach to suggestively evoking a text's rich content through photography at 2 p.m. today (Tuesday, Nov. 15) in 210 McKnight Art Center West (WSU School of Art and Design). Admission is free. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1317. * The Fall Physics Seminar Series wil

Nov 4, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Faculty and staff are invited to attend a presentation by Jen-Chi Cheng, winner of the 2011 Academy for Effective Teaching Award, from 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in 115B Neff Hall. Cheng, chair and associate professor of economics, will outline his philosophy of teaching and describe some of his best classroom strategies. Please RSVP to ofdss@wichita.edu or call 978-3209.

Nov 11, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The Opera and Musical Theatre Series presents "L'incoronazione di Poppea" ("The Coronation of Poppea") at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 10-12, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, in Wilner Auditorium. This satirical opera is considered Monteverdi's masterpiece and the outstanding opera of the 17th century. It will be sung in Italian with English subtitles. The subject is historical dealing wit

Nov 4, 2011 — By WSU News Services — 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, until further notice This topic features six sound bites and one voice wrap. There are more than half a million registered sex offenders in the United States, and they provide an enormous challenge for policy makers. Ryan Alexander, assistant professor of criminal justice and director of the forensics science program at Wichita State University, has conducted extensiv

Nov 4, 2011 — By WSU News Services — 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, until further notice This topic features six sound bites and one voice wrap. There are more than half a million registered sex offenders in the United States, and they provide an enormous challenge for policy makers. Ryan Alexander, assistant professor of criminal justice and director of the forensics science program at Wichita State University, has conducted extensiv

Nov 4, 2011 — By WSU News Services — 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, until further notice This topic features six sound bites and one voice wrap. There are more than half a million registered sex offenders in the United States, and they provide an enormous challenge for policy makers. Ryan Alexander, assistant professor of criminal justice and director of the forensics science program at Wichita State University, has conducted extensiv

Nov 4, 2011 — By WSU News Services — 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, until further notice This topic features six sound bites and one voice wrap. There are more than half a million registered sex offenders in the United States, and they provide an enormous challenge for policy makers. Ryan Alexander, assistant professor of criminal justice and director of the forensics science program at Wichita State University, has conducted extensiv