Jun 9, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Self Service will be unavailable from midnight-6 a.m. Friday, June 12, for scheduled maintenance. Blackboard, myWSU and e-mail will be available during this time. Please e-mail helpdesk@wichita.edu if you have any questions.

Jun 5, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Building Effective Teams, a presession management class taught by Diane Yoder, was challenged to complete a service/learning project. The 29 students were asked to apply course concepts in team building to a competitive challenge of raising as many food and cash donations as possible for local nonprofit agencies -- Catholic Charities, InterFaith Ministries, Wichita Children's Home, Kansas Food Ban

Jun 16, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * Sunday, June 7, is the last day to see "No Ideas But In Things: Artists Look at Objects," featuring work from the Ulrich Museum collection that examines the ways in which artists focus on tangible objects to express intangible concepts. Admission is free. * Vault Online Career Library is the June Resource of the Month for University Libraries. Randi Lindquist, Office of Career Services, will

Jun 8, 2009 — By WSU News Services — What's in a face? What do images of people tell us about them? A selection of painted, photographed and sculpted artworks in the Ulrich collection will explore these questions and highlight developments in the tradition of portraiture through the 20th and 21st centuries in a new exhibition, "About Face: Portraits from the Collection," which opens Saturday, June 6, in the Ulrich Museum. These works

Jun 3, 2009 — By WSU News Services — WSU Professor Roy Myose has been named a 2008 Faculty of the Year for his FAA work through the Center of Excellence for General Aviation. Allison Crockett, a research engineer at WSU's National Institute for Aviation Research, has been named a 2008 Outstanding Student of the Year for FAA research through the Joint Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research. http://ecast.harvesthost.com/1

Jun 3, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University will host the Special Olympics Kansas Summer Games today (Friday, June 5) through Sunday, June 7.

Jun 5, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Kansas Board of Regents recently announced that the state's six universities will receive $7.7 million from the higher education portion of the Federal State Fiscal Stabilization Fund for fiscal year 2009. The Regents allocated 100 percent of the available current-year funding to 16 critical deferred maintenance projects on the state university campuses. The funds, which address about 1 percen

Jun 16, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * Take time to unwind with Art For Your Ears from 7-9 p.m. today (Thursday, June 4) in the new outdoor plaza connecting the Ulrich Museum with the School of Art and Design. Nashville-based singer/songwriter Jeff Black kicks off this outdoor summer music series. Complimentary refreshments will be served, and attendees are encouraged to peruse the museum galleries, which open at 6:30 p.m. Admission

Jun 5, 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 28, and checks will be distributed Wednesday, July 1. Make sure all of your deposits for fiscal year 2009 are here at the Foundation by 1 p.m. Friday

Jun 17, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * WSU First Lady Shirley Beggs is the honorary eastside captain for the Victory in the Valley walk/run at 7:45 a.m. Saturday, June 6, at Exploration Place. Join the WSU team in support of Shirley's Striders 4 Life team. The $18 fee includes breakfast and T-shirt. The registration deadline is June 1. Download the registration form at http://www.victoryinthevalley.org and mail the form and your chec