Apr 13, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The WSU College of Fine Arts Box Office is now offering online ticket sales for fine arts events. Buying your tickets online saves having to wait in line at the event to purchase your tickets. To see a current listing of on-sale offerings and buy your tickets, visit www.wichita.edu/j/?982. You can also keep up-to-date on current and upcoming events by visiting the College of Fine Arts calendar. Yo

Apr 12, 2011 — By WSU News Services — President Beggs has approved the following addition and revision to the WSU Policies and Procedures Manual: 3.39/Gifts to Employees -- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch3_39.htm To provide guidance regarding limitations and restrictions imposed by the State of Kansas regarding gifts to state employees. Policy revision 13.03/Payments to University Employees for Services or Recognition with Mo

Apr 18, 2011 — By WSU News Services — * Wichita State is holding a blood drive from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today (Thursday, April 14) in the Heskett Center lobby. Schedule an appointment online at http://www.redcrossblood.org or call (800) 733-2767. * The Seventh Annual Poetry and Fiction Reading Series features a reading by Michael McGriff, award-winning poet and WSU's Visiting Poet in Residence, and refreshments from noon-1 p.m. today (T

Apr 26, 2011 — By WSU News Services — * The WSU baseball team will host Evansville at 6:30 p.m. today (Friday, April 15); 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16; and 1 p.m. Sunday, April 17, at Eck Stadium. Call 978-3267 for tickets. * WSU Shift Space Student Art Gallery will host its 4th annual "Project Run-A-Way" Wearable Art Fashion Show and fundraiser, Friday, April 15. The gallery, at 800 E. 3rd St. in Old Town, will showcase one-of-a-kind

Apr 12, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Check out the April HealthQuest newsletter for information about interpreting calories on the nutrition facts panel on packaging and more. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?974.

Apr 14, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The Office of Multicultural Affairs seeks help from faculty and staff to identify students who would be perfect candidates for the Ambassadors for Multicultural Affairs (AMA) position. Ambassadors for Multicultural Affairs is a year-long volunteer commitment to heighten cultural awareness and increase campuswide participation in cross-cultural and multicultural programs, activities and understan

Apr 15, 2011 — By WSU News Services — More than 125 people attended the annual Society of 1895 luncheon April 5 at the Marcus Welcome Center to celebrate and honor those who have established a deferred gift through the WSU Foundation. There were 24 new members welcomed into the society this year by Mike Lamb, WSU Foundation vice president of planned and annual giving, President Don Beggs and Elizabeth King, WSU Foundation president an

Apr 13, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Applications are invited for two $4,000 stipends for faculty members to help deliver the newly revamped summer orientation program for incoming freshmen. Through a partnership between Admissions and the Office for Faculty Development and Student Success, freshman orientation has been redesigned with the goal of increasing not just retention and graduation rates, but also learning, GPAs and satisfa

Apr 15, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Special Collections is hosting a program to showcase its collaboration in the ground-breaking digital project, "Community and Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks." The program, in celebration of the Kansas Sesquicentennial, will take place from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, April 17, in Special Collections, Ablah Library. Brian Grubbs, project director, who is based at the Springfield-Green

Apr 13, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The TRIO Talent Search/Project Discovery program at Wichita State is taking applications for its middle school summer enrichment program (sixth-eighth grade) The registration deadline is Saturday, April 30. If you know or want to refer a student or for more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?984.