WSU Foundation
…Resources were sparse. Following the collapse of Wichita’s economy in 1888, the city appeared an unassuming, even unpromising, field in which to put down roots. Yet Fairmount College, one of six institutions of higher learning in the city, took hold and grew, becoming the Municipal University of Wichita in 1926 and Wichita State University in 1964, …
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