Jul 20, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * Faculty and staff: Your children, grades 6-12, are invited to participate in the free Rising Stars Program at Charles Koch Arena Friday and Saturday, July 17-18, as part of the World League Tournament volleyball games between the United States and the Netherlands. Please RSVP to Roger Haynes at 265-6236. * Westar Energy will shut the power off at WSU South Campus at 11 p.m. today (Thursday, J

Jul 15, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Faculty and staff with children from 6th to 12th grade are invited to have their children participate in the Rising Stars Program at Charles Koch Arena Friday and Saturday, July 17-18, as part of the World League Tournament volleyball games between the United States and the Netherlands. As part of the free program, the youth are welcome to attend practice from 10-10:30 a.m. Friday, July 17, and an

Jul 20, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The funds and donations that the WSU Foundation stewards are as diverse as the university's students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends. In addition to well-known scholarships and fellowships, other important areas on campus need support as well. Below, we've highlighted a fund that might be a best-kept secret, but which has a big impact on our students. One such example is the Don Salvador Ortiz

Jul 15, 2009 — By WSU News Services — There are openings for high school students in two camps being offered by the College of Engineering and Office of Continuing Education: Bio-Engineering Camp July 20-24 at North High School; and GameMaker July 27-31 at WSU. GameMaker allows students to learn video game design, programming and animation. Campers will use the free GameMaker programming language and unravel the mysteries of how games

Aug 18, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * The state of Kansas has awarded a new copier contract (http://www.wichita.edu/j/?78) and the WSU Office of Purchasing will host a presentation from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today (Wednesday, July 15) in 203 Rhatigan Student Center Regent's Room. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?79 and http://www.wichita.edu/j/?80. * The next Senior Wednesday event for art enthusiasts 55+ will be he

Jul 15, 2009 — By WSU News Services — For the past 13 years, the Kansas School Nurse Organization has contracted with WSU's Continuing Education conference office to manage an annual nursing conference. This year, from July 20-23, 400 school nurses from across the state will gather at the Hyatt Regency Wichita for the 20th annual Kansas School Nurse Conference. One of the largest in the United States, the conference is the primary sou

Aug 10, 2009 — By WSU News Services — After not smoking for eight hours: - Carbon monoxide in your body drops. - Oxygen level in your blood increases to normal. After two days: - Your sense of smell and taste will improve. You will enjoy your food more. - Your risk of heart attack begins to decrease. After three-to-four days: - Bronchial tubes relax and your lung capacity will have increased, making breathing easier.

Jul 14, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The White House recently announced that President Barack Obama will nominate Patricia D. Cahill as a member of the board of directors for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Cahill has worked in public radio since 1969. She is the general manager of KCUR-FM, a public radio station at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Prior to joining KCUR, Cahill served as general manager of KMUW at WSU

Jul 13, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Wichita State women's basketball program has been honored by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association to the 2008-09 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll as announced recently. For the complete story, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?104.

Jul 14, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Power will be shut off at Duerksen Fine Arts Center at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, and returned by 7 a.m. This power outage is because of electrical upgrades that have been constructed this summer. In addition, Westar Energy will shut the power off at WSU South Campus at 11 p.m. Thursday, July 16, and returned by 7 a.m. Friday, July 17. This power outage is because of road work and equipment reloc