Robert M. Gates, U.S. secretary of defense from 2006-2011 and former director of the CIA, will kick off ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½βs inaugural Craig W. Barton Speaker Series with a moderated discussion at 6 p.m. tonight (April 27), in ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½βs Wiedemann Hall.
Media are welcome to attend but are asked to take photos for only the first five minutes of the event and to not take any audio or video. Notes taken during the event are limited to pen/pencil and paper.
ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ serves as the Kansas urban-based research university, enrolling more than 16,000 students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries. Wichita State and ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ main campus, is one of the nationβs largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
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