Feb 24, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The online issue of this month's e-connection from the Center for Economic Development and Business Research is available at http://webs.wichita.edu/depttools/depttoolsmemberfiles/cedbr/feb09fortheweb.pdf. Stories include "No Two Recessions Are Alike" and "Leading Index Suggests More of the Same."

Feb 26, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Sixty-five fourth-grade students from Price-Harris Communication Magnet Elementary School will visit the Elliott School of Communication Friday, Feb. 27. After touring Koch Arena and the Ulrich Museum in the morning, they will participate in different communication activities in the Elliott School that afternoon.

Feb 27, 2009 — By WSU News Services — *Dick Gustafson of the University of Michigan will present "LIGO Gravitational Wave Observatory" as part of the Spring 2009 Physics Seminar and Colloquium Series at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 25) in 128 Jabara Hall. * "The Uses of a Demon: Pazuzu in Modern Pop Culture" will be presented by Nils Heessel, Assyrian Studies, University of Heidelberg, at 3:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 25) in 10

Mar 3, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Spring Career Fair, hosted by the Office of Career Services, will be held from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in Charles Koch Arena. Recruiters from more than 50 companies will attend. Employers will be recruiting business, engineering and liberal arts and sciences students and graduates for full-time and internship opportunities. Aircraft, pharmaceutical, insurance, banking and technology are a

Feb 26, 2009 — By WSU News Services — In conjunction with the Spring Career Fair, Career Services provides faculty, staff and students the opportunity to donate to the Dress for Success Wichita organization. New, or nearly new, women's "in season" interview suits, skirt or pant suits are always requested. A donation box will be located at Career Services, 203 Grace Wilkie Hall, beginning Monday, March 2, until 9 a.m. Monday, March 9.

Feb 24, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Sales and new home construction activity will continue to decline through most the year, according to revised forecast figures released by the Wichita State University Center for Real Estate. http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=571

Feb 25, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Sridhar Anandakrishnan from the department of geosciences at Penn State will lecture on polar glaciology and ice streams as a Watkins Visiting Professor Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26 and 27. His research overlaps a number of subdisciplines in geology, including geophysics, sedimentology and climate studies. He will present a general lecture "Ice is hot: What's going on in Antarctica and Greenland?"

Feb 24, 2009 — By WSU News Services — In these difficult economic times, members of the faculty and staff have been addressing some of the most difficult challenges in higher education in order to create greater value for students, the community and the state of Kansas. This edition of Academic Issues & Ideas by Provost Gary L. Miller provides an overview of six efforts that are well under way. http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/newsresour

Feb 24, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Congratulations to the WSU Model UN team, which returned on Saturday from the Midwest Model United Nations Conference in St. Louis with a record number of awards. http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=576

Feb 27, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Former WSU bowling great and reining PBA Bowler of the Year Chris Barnes has been nominated for induction into the 2009 Class of the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame. Barnes hopes to join WSU head coach Gordon Vadakin, assistant coach Mark Lewis and former Shockers Mark Jensen and Rick Steelsmith as the fifth person in the Wichita Sports HOF from the WSU bowling program. To cast your vote for former Sh