Jan 14, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Classes will not be in session and most offices at Wichita State University will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Spring semester classes will begin and offices will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 20. * * * * * Contact: Joe Kleinsasser, news and media relations director, (316) 978-3013 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu.

Jan 14, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Classes will not be in session and most offices at Wichita State University will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Spring semester classes will begin and offices will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 20. * * * * * Contact: Joe Kleinsasser, news and media relations director, (316) 978-3013 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu.

Jan 14, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Classes will not be in session and most offices at Wichita State University will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Spring semester classes will begin and offices will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 20. * * * * * Contact: Joe Kleinsasser, news and media relations director, (316) 978-3013 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu.

Jan 15, 2009 — By WSU News Services — * The Center for Teaching and Research Excellence will hold an audio conference, "What's Next on Accountability and Assessment," from 1-2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, in the Morrison Hall boardroom. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/ctre. * The Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) meeting that was scheduled for today (Wednesday, Jan. 14) at the Heskett Center has been canceled, and the i

Jan 16, 2009 — By WSU News Services — "If you lived in the Wichita area in 1965, you undoubtedly remember that tragic day when a KC 135 tanker, loaded with fuel, fell from the sky and crashed into a neighborhood near 21st and Piatt," says Jess Huxman, KPTS director of content. "This was a significant event in the history of Wichita." Thirty victims were killed in that crash, and at least 10 homes were destroyed by the ball of fire

Jan 14, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The Office of Multicultural Affairs will distribute a calendar of campuswide events in observance of Black History Month in February. If your department or organization is having an event, please forward details to us, and we will publicize them in our Black History Month calendar. Please submit event information by e-mail to patsy.sheffield@wichita.edu by Wednesday, Jan. 21.

Jan 26, 2009 — By WSU News Services — By Aug. 11, 1958, the Dockum Drug Store lunch counter and all Rexall Drug Stores throughout the state of Kansas had been desegregated, and the movement gained a powerful new weapon in the fight for equal accommodations. This event occurred nearly two years before the more famous Greensboro sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter. The video, produced by KPTS, includes first-person accounts fr

Jan 16, 2009 — By WSU News Services — Dream Realized: "One More Mountain" When: noon-3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19 Where: WSU Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Lowe Auditorium (29th St. N. and N. Oliver) The Wichita Ministerial League presents a celebration honoring the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Presidential Inauguration Watch Party and Reception/Open Forum When: 10:30-12:30 p.m

Jan 21, 2009 — By WSU News Services — The fourth speaker in the WSU Alumni Association's Rise & Shine 12 breakfast series, Stan Herd, will take the podium Thursday, Feb. 5. Herd has years of experience in crop art, mixing nature's ingredients to fashion an artistic expression. Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. in the Marcus Welcome Center, with Herd's presentation starting at 8 a.m. The informal lecture will be followed by a question-

Jan 20, 2009 — By WSU News Services — President Beggs has approved the following additions to the WSU Policies and Procedures Manual. 18.07 / Jurisdictional Authority of University Police Department -- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch18_07.htm To comply with the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. 19.12 / Anti-Piracy -- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch19_12.htm To set policy regarding the unauthorized downloading and