Barton In the News

Basil Hourani, co-founder and former CEO of Pulse Systems Inc. and co-founder and executive partner of Capital7, has been named as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University for the fall 2022 semester.

Brian Umbenhauer and Geoff Tuff, principals at Deloitte, are joining forces to become the joint Executives-in-Residence at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University for the fall 2022 semester.

The Widener Global Leaders Program is in full swing after the monumental success it had in its first year during the 2021-2022 school season. The WGLP is a yearlong, interdisciplinary program focused on developing student leaders with a global, innovative mindset led by the W. Frank Barton School of Business and in close collaboration with the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and College of Fine Arts at Wichita State University.

The W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University has announced that Dr. Duane Nagel has been selected at the chair for the college’s marketing department. Nagel has worked within the Barton School for more than six years as an assistant and associate professor.

The W. Frank Barton School of Business has named Dr. Christine Porter as its new School of Accountancy director. Porter is replacing Dr. Greg Merrill who left in August.

Tim Craft, Associate Professor at the Barton School of Business  at  Wichita State University and Director of the Koch Global Trading Center, was quoted in an story for KWCH Channel 12 News.

The W. Frank Barton School of Business was honored to host the finalists for the NXTSTAGE FinTech competition for a lunch and tour of Woolsey Hall on September 14, 2022. Learn more!

Wayne and Kay Woolsey Hall, the new home of the Barton School of Business at Wichita State University, was featured in a number of articles and videos by local media.

The W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University is teaming up again with WSU Tech on a new career pathway program for WSU Tech students interested in an industry greatly affecting the entire world right now: supply chain management.

Stanley D. Longhofer, PhD, is the winner of the 2021 Richard U. Ratcliff award for his article, "Land Values and External Obsolescence," published in the Spring 2021 issue of The Appraisal Journal .