Jun 8, 2011 — By WSU News Services — * The Office for Faculty Development and Student Success is hosting a webinar series about topics related to students' transition to the college environment. The first is "Academic Expectations, Academic Self-Efficacy and Study Skills" from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. today (Thursday, May 26) in 115A Neff Hall (Honors Seminar Room). Feel free to bring your lunch. RSVP to ofdss@wichita.edu or call 978-32

May 24, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The regular phone line for Sunflower Travel is back up and functioning. Faculty and staff needing Sunflower Travel services should call (316) 733-2753 or email Laurie O'Leary at loleary@sunflowertravel.com.

May 26, 2011 — By WSU News Services — All Wichita State University campuses will be closed on Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. Regular classes and activities will resume Tuesday, May 31.

May 24, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Due to recent technical issues, faculty and staff needing Sunflower Travel services are being asked to call (316) 733-5919 or email Laurie O'Leary at loleary@sunflowertravel.com. We apologize for any inconvenience.

May 31, 2011 — By WSU News Services — 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. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=1474. Submit news for Academe to Shannon Littlejohn at shannon.l

May 23, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Four years after his son, Alex Funcheon, died in Iraq, Bob Funcheon has graduated with a master's in social work from Wichita State. He hopes to help men and women coming back from the Middle East, and those who were in Vietnam, deal with the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. For the full story, go to http://tinyurl.com/447qf6o. For a previous story on Bob Funcheon, go to http://www.wichi

May 20, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Nearly 200 people attended the annual WSU Foundation Fairmount Society Dinner May 5 at the Wichita Marriott to pay tribute to the evening's award winners, J.V. Lentell, recipient of the 2011 Board of Trustees' Award, and Debbie Haynes and Larry Beamer, recipients of the 2011 Fairmount Founders' Award. View videos about the award winners and the list of new members to the Fairmount Society event pa

May 26, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University will again host the Kansas state high school track and field meet on Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28, at Cessna Stadium. For more information, go to http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Track/Main.cfm.

May 24, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Accompanying the "Fisch Haus 21" exhibition is a 56-page, full-color illustrated catalog researched and written by Ulrich Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Emily Stamey. The publication includes the history of Fisch Haus and its founders -- Patrick Duegaw, John Ernatt, Eric Schmidt and Kent Williams -- and features dynamic photography by Gavin Peters and Dimitris Skliris, who captured images

May 31, 2011 — By WSU News Services — * The selected applicants for the "Infusing Diversity and Multicultural Learning Outcomes in the Curriculum" initiative sponsored by the Tilford Group Commission in collaboration with the Office of the Provost were recently announced. The successful recipients and brief description of the new or modified course that will be taught are available at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1039. * The Office fo