What: Graduation ceremony for first cohorts of ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½'s Spero program, a career readiness
and entrepreneurship program backed by the Charles Koch Foundation. Media are welcome
to attend.
When: 5-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 14 in the atrium.
Why: The Spero program is unique in that it is designed in partnership with local employers,
many of whom are already offering jobs to the new graduates. The program is intended
to grow the Wichita-area talent pipeline.
Who: More than 200 people, including community stakeholders, Mayor Lily Wu and representatives
from more than 20 businesses, will be in attendance.
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About ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½
ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ is Kansas' only urban public research university, enrolling more than 23,000 students between its main campus and ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ Tech, including 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 National Science Foundation ranked ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ No. 1 in the nation for aerospace engineering R&D, No. 2 for industry-funded engineering R&D and No. 8 overall for engineering R&D.
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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