May 28, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * The Center for Teaching and Research Excellence will offer an audio online Webinar, "How the Higher Education Act Affects Your Online Courses," from noon-1 p.m. today (Thursday, May 28) in the Media Resources Center ITV Classroom. * How much do you need to replace your current income in retirement? Learn how the Kansas Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan can help close the gap by atte

May 28, 2009 — By WSU News Services — WSU Libraries will present the third of five programs for the series Soul of a People: Writing America's Story. The program, "Telling America's Story: Oral Histories of the Great Depression" will be presented from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, in the lower level, Ablah Library. The program will be presented by Jay Price, department of history, and Lorraine Madway, curator of special collections and

May 27, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * There are many academic and athletic camps offered at Wichita State University during the summer. The following is an up-to-date list of what's available. http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=wsunews&p=/camps * Read the latest faculty/staff news in the current edition of Academe at http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=668&academe=1. Submit news for Academe to shannon.littlejohn@wichita.edu.

May 28, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Les Anderson, associate professor, Elliott School of Communication, and about 15 WSU students will document the rebirth of Greensburg during a presession class now through June 5. Anderson will provide daily updates on a blog at http://www.kansas.com. Students will post daily updates on a blog at http://www.greensburgrebirth.com.

May 22, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Ulrich Museum of Art has made an exciting addition to Wichita State University's holdings of work by Gordon Parks, one of America's most accomplished 20th-century artists and a native son of Kansas, with the purchase of 16 of the artist's photographs. Seven of the new photographs, including Parks' "Boy with Junebug" from 1960, are now on view. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday an

May 28, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Take time to unwind with Art For Your Ears from 7-9 p.m. 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. Self-described as a "burly, bare-knuckled, blue-collar son of the Missouri plains with dark Irish blood," Black's songs have been recorded by Waylo

May 28, 2009 — By WSU News Services — For the fifth time in the past six years, WSU has captured the Missouri Valley Conference All-Sports Trophy and owns a league-best 17 overall titles. Wichita State won its all-sports title for the first time since 2007 in one of the closest results in league history. WSU edged second-place Illinois State by 0.06 points. The Shockers won a league-best four titles (women's cross country, volleyball,

May 22, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Environmental Testing Labs at the National Institute for Aviation Research recently performed two days of radio frequency susceptibility and emissions testing on the next generation of the Auto-Guide steering receiver from AGCO Advanced Technology Solutions group in Hesston, Kan. http://www.wichita.edu/go/?150

May 22, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State has a plethora of academic and athletic summer camp opportunities in 2009. If you would like to be included in the summer camp listing on our Web site, please provide the following information: Name of camp, when, what (short description of the camp), where, who can attend, contact and cost. To see a list of current summer camp offerings, go to http://www.wichita.edu/camps.

May 22, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Center for Teaching and Research Excellence will offer an audio online Webinar, "How the Higher Education Act Affects Your Online Courses," from noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 28, in the Media Resources Center ITV Classroom. In this Webinar, Fred Lokken, chair of the Instructional Technology Council of the American Association of Community Colleges, will explain in straightforward, hype-free terms