Jul 23, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Office of the Registrar will be closed for staff training Friday, July 24. In-person registration assistance and transcript services will be unavailable that day.

Jul 27, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Wichita State volleyball program will host its annual Little Spikers and Junior Spikers clinics this fall in Charles Koch Arena. The Little Spikers program is for boys and girls ages 5-11 (through fifth grade). Children will be taught volleyball basics by WSU coaches and players. The Junior Spikers program is for boys and girls in sixth through eighth grades. The Junior Spikers are the offici

Jul 29, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Indoor Football League recently handed out awards for the 2009 season. The Wichita Wild organization was recognized as the IFL's Franchise of the Year. A huge part of the success, according to a Wichita Wild news release, has been the crew of interns hired for the season. The Wild employed five interns from WSU. These unpaid interns work an average of 20 hours per week from mid-January to July

Jul 23, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Yesterday (Thursday, July 23), Peggy Van Witt, a conservator from Overland Park, began cleaning Robert Motherwell's painting "Les Caves," which is on view in the Beren Gallery on the second floor of the Ulrich Museum of Art. The public is invited to watch her work from 9 a.m. to noon today (Friday, July 24). Van Witt will remove small surface stains that have accumulated on the painting after year

Jul 28, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Human Resources Center is scheduled to receive new carpeting the week of Monday, Aug. 3. Faculty and staff are encouraged to take care of any business with Human Resources before then if at all possible. Any visitors to the Human Resources building on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 3 and 4, will be required to use the west entrance.

Jul 23, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Just a reminder to faculty that IDEA evaluations are being conducted this summer. If you would like to order some IDEA forms, send an e-mail with the course number, number of students enrolled and your box number to shaleah.fields@wichita.edu. IDEA is a program for student ratings of instruction.

Jul 23, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The state employee health plan's Health Quest program is offering free health screenings in August. Sign up now because deadlines are rapidly approaching. Completion of the Personal Health Assessment entitles you to a $50 gift certificate. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?119 for more information on sites and deadlines.

Aug 10, 2009 — By WSU News Services — If you work in an office most of the day, your body becomes very familiar with slumping over a keyboard. The rounded, shoulders-forward pose needs to be opened. Take a break every now and then, and stretch your chest or open your heart so that your "work slump" doesn't become an "all-the-time slump." This wellness tip is courtesy of Sally Beckett, assistant fitness and wellness coordinator at the

Jul 23, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Center for Economic Development and Business Research has released an analysis comparing the 2001 recession and unemployment rate to the current recession and unemployment rate. The analysis is available at http://webfiles.wichita.edu/cedbr/UR_LFRel.pdf.

Aug 18, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * KPTS TV 8 will air the teen driving video that Kevin Hager, Melanie Haspels and Les Anderson in the Elliott School of Communication participated in making. The video will air at 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. today (Thursday, July 23); and 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 24. * Fiscal Year 2010 travel procedures and reimbursement rates can be found on the Financial Operations Web site at http://