May 20, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The College of Fine Arts will have one of the world's leading string groups, the St. Petersburg String Quartet, in residence in the School of Music starting in fall 2010. Alla Aranovskaya, first violin, and Leonid Shukayev, cello, have been hired to fill two open faculty positions in Wichita State's strings program. Aranovskaya and Shukayev are founding members of the quartet, as is Alla Krolevich

May 20, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The Kansas State Track and Field meet in 2010 will mark a special occasion -- the 100th anniversary of the State Track and Field meet. This is a very special occasion in the sports history of high schools in Kansas. The meet will be held Friday and Saturday, May 28-29, at Cessna Stadium. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?572.

May 25, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Eight teams, including the Shockers, will play in the State Farm MVC Baseball Tournament today (Tuesday, May 25) through Saturday, May 29, at Eck Stadium. The No. 1 seeded Shockers will play Missouri State at 7:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, May 25). Call 978-3267 for tickets. For more information, go to http://www.goshockers.com.

May 25, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The Department of Public Health Sciences will sponsor a free brownbag webinar on community-engaged scholarship from noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 27, in 408 Ahlberg Hall. The title of the webinar is "Faculty Rewards for Civic Engagement: Tools for Institutional Assessment and Change." Faculty seeking tenure or promotion using community-engaged scholarship face the usual challenges of conducting rig

May 25, 2010 — By WSU News Services — President Beggs has approved the following revision to the WSU Policies and Procedures Manual: 5.12/Graduate Faculty Membership Categories -- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch5_12.htm To reflect revisions recommended by the Graduate Council. The revisions are intended to bring WSU into alignment with best practices at research universities and allow the university to draw from a broader schol

May 25, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Melinda Laubach has been appointed director of the Aging Aircraft Laboratory at Wichita State's National Institute for Aviation Research. Previously Laubach was a senior research engineer for the lab. She began working for NIAR in 2002. As Aging Aircraft Lab director, Laubach will oversee all aging aircraft programs/contracts and manage the lab's budget and 27 employees. Gerardo Olivares has b

Jun 2, 2010 — By WSU News Services — * If you are in Wichita this summer and looking for a place to sing, join the WSU Summer Choir. The choir will rehearse from 5-6:45 p.m on Mondays and Wednesdays in June. The first rehearsal is Monday, June 7, in C-107 Duerksen Fine Arts Center. The concert will be Thursday, July 1. There are no auditions; just come and sing. If you have questions, contact Tom Wine at tom.wine@wichita.edu or call

May 21, 2010 — By WSU News Services — TIAA-CREF will offer one-on-one counseling sessions in May, July and August. All sessions will be held from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in 313 RSC. A representative will be on campus Tuesday and Wednesday, May 25 and 26; Tuesday and Wednesday, July 13-14; and Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 10-11. Call (800) 732-8353 to make an appointment.

May 20, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The WSU choir has been contracted to be the performance choir for "Star Wars in Concert" at the Intrust Bank Arena on Saturday, May 20. Tom Wine, director of WSU choirs, said the choir will sing about 10 minutes worth of music, but it is definitely exciting repertoire by composer John Williams. For ticket information about the Star Wars concert, go to http://www.intrustbankarena.com/events.

May 19, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Anita Cochran, an adjunct faculty in the Elliott School of Communication, will serve as moderator for a panel of experts in a discussion following "Fresh," the Tallgrass Film Festival Third Thursday offering for May. For more information about the film, which screens at 7:30 p.m. today (Thursday, May 20) at Newman University, go to http://www.tallgrassfilmfest.com.