Apr 20, 2017 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University was well represented at the fourth annual Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge held at Kansas State University on Monday, with three Wichita State teams receiving a portion of the $75,000 in awards money. The Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge, open to high school and collegiate teams across the state, allows three entries per college, and all three Wichita State teams brou

Apr 20, 2017 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University was well represented at the fourth annual Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge held at Kansas State University on Monday, with three Wichita State teams receiving a portion of the $75,000 in awards money. The Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge, open to high school and collegiate teams across the state, allows three entries per college, and all three Wichita State teams brou

Apr 28, 2017 — By WSU News Services — * The 13th Annual Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects Symposium (GRASP) is today (Friday, April 28) on the third floor, RSC. Stop by to see the exciting research grad students have been working on, from medical advances to Portuguese neo-fado. Karen Countryman-Roswurm, founder and executive director for the WSU Center for Combating Human Trafficking, will present a keynote speech at 9 a.m. fo

Apr 26, 2017 — By WSU News Services — * The state conference for the AAUP (American Association of University Professors) will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, in the Marcus Welcome Center Wallace Auditorium. Registration is $10 at the door, with a welcome at 10:30 a.m. by WSU Faculty Senate President Bayram Yildirim. The event will feature Carl Brewer, former Wichita mayor and Democratic candidate for Kansas Governor.

Apr 24, 2017 — By WSU News Services — * Join a College of Engineering panel of NSF Career Awardees Esra Buyuktahtakin, Animesh Chakravarthy and Pingfeng Wang for a Q&A session for NSF Career proposal development from 11 a.m.-noon today (Friday, April 21), in 266 RSC. * The College of Engineering, in collaboration with Swathers Robotics of Hesston, will host more than 25 high school robotics teams at the Shocker Special - Starstruc

Apr 24, 2017 — By WSU News Services — * The state conference for the AAUP (American Association of University Professors) will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, in the Marcus Welcome Center Wallace Auditorium. Registration is $10 at the door, with a welcome at 10:30 a.m. by WSU Faculty Senate President Bayram Yildirim. The event will feature Carl Brewer, former Wichita mayor and Democratic candidate for Kansas Governor.

Apr 20, 2017 — By WSU News Services — Via Christi, Wichita State University, the City of Wichita and other community organizations hosted A Day of Free Healthcare Saturday, April 8, in Fairmount Park. The event provided a variety of free medical, vision and dental services to 210 patients who otherwise would not have had the care available to them. Patients were offered follow-up appointments at community clinics. Go to http://www.wic

Apr 20, 2017 — By WSU News Services — A listing of 2017 summer camps hosted by Wichita State University can be seen at http://www.wichita.edu/camps. The list includes a variety of academic and athletic camps. # # # # # Contact: Joe Kleinsasser, director of news and media relations, 316-978-3013 or cell 316-204-8266 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu.

Apr 24, 2017 — By WSU News Services — An email was sent to many employees on Monday, April 17, regarding the random dependent verification audit that is being conducted by AON Hewitt on behalf of the State Employee Health Plan (SEHP). Please note, the receipt of the email alone does not mean you have been selected as part of the random audit. Employees must also receive a separate notification letter, mailed to their home, from AON He

Apr 24, 2017 — By WSU News Services — Contractors and do-it-yourself home improvement enthusiasts ages 24-60 are needed to help the Software Usability Research Lab with a usability evaluation of a connected thermostat. If you are interested, please take a few minutes to take the screening survey at http://usabilitynews.org/sign-up/ If you qualify, you will be contacted by a representative of the Software Usability Research Lab to sche