Jun 15, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Now you can sport Wu on your license plate and support student scholarships at the same time. For an annual royalty payment to the WSU Alumni Association, Wu rides with you everywhere you go. Every dollar of the royalty fee, after a small administrative fee, is deposited into WSU's general scholarship fund to help deserving students. For fee details and more information on the Shocker License Plat

Jun 18, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * The last day for the WSU Foundation regular check run is as normal, with requisitions due at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, with checks distributed Friday, June 26. For any last-minute invoices, these requisitions must be received by 10 a.m. Friday, June 26, and checks will be distributed Wednesday, July 1. Make sure all of your deposits for fiscal year 2009 are at the foundation by 10 a.m. Monday,

Jun 17, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Albert Goldbarth, Adele Davis Distinguished Professor of Humanities, has been made an honorary member of Harvard's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa as part of providing this year's commencement poems for the chapter. You can read the article and hear his speech at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?45 and http://www.wichita.edu/j/?46.

Jun 15, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Texas, Pittsburgh, Iowa and Wichita State will tip off the men's basketball season in the 2009 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. The event includes a 12-team field and tips off Nov. 15-18 at the four regional sites. The four regional hosts will play two games at home and automatically advance to the championship rounds in Kansas City, regardless of the regional r

Jun 11, 2009 — By WSU News Services — WSU Libraries will present "One Writer's Stories: Selected Short Stories of John Cheever" from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, at the Rockwell Branch, Wichita Public Library, 5939 E. 9th. Lorraine Madway, curator of special collections and university archivist, will lead a group discussion focusing on the work of a writer who contributed to the Writers' Project and later became an important figure i

Jun 12, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The last day for the WSU Foundation regular check run is as normal, with requisitions due at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, with checks distributed Friday, June 26. For any last-minute invoices, these requisitions must be received by 10 a.m. Friday, June 26, and checks will be distributed Wednesday, July 1. Make sure all of your deposits for fiscal year 2009 are at the foundation by 10 a.m. Monday, Ju

Jun 11, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Brooke Demo, Brett Trudo and Kellyn Johnson all advanced to the final in their respective events Wednesday, June 10, at the NCAA Track Meet in Fayetteville, Ark. The three qualifiers will compete for All-American honors this evening (Friday, June 12) in the finals of their events -- Johnson in the 5-kilometer run, Trudo in javelin and Demo in pole vault.

Jun 11, 2009 — By WSU News Services — No idea what to do for your child's next birthday? Have your party at the William H. Smith Bowling Recreation Center, lower level of Rhatigan Student Center. Your two-hour party time includes one-and-a-half hours of bowling and a half hour set aside for eating and gift opening. Reservations must be made seven days in advance. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?43.

Jun 17, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * Cessna Stadium will be the site of the 2009 Heart Walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 13. More than 100 faculty and staff are part of several WuCrew teams participating in the Heart Walk. To sign up or make a donation in support of a WuCrew team, visit http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/l/lskhsd/. * The Office of Admissions will hold two open demonstrations of Shockerville, WSU's online social network e

Jun 10, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Javelin throwers Brett Trudo and Trent Mazanec, along with pole vaulter Brooke Demo and distance runner Kellyn Johnson, will compete at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships from June 10-13, in Fayetteville, Ark., on the campus of the University of Arkansas. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?42