Jul 22, 2014 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — A report on racial profiling produced by Â鶹´«Ã½ will lead off the U.S. Attorney's Fourth Annual Statewide Civil Rights Symposium from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at Â鶹´«Ã½'s Hughes Metropolitan Complex.

Jul 17, 2014 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Dean Elledge was named the new director of the AEGD (Advanced Education in General Dentistry) program at Â鶹´«Ã½, effective Aug. 18, according to Keith Pickus, interim dean of the College of Health Professions.

Jul 16, 2014 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ President John Bardo has announced a series of changes in the university's administrative structure to better serve students and improve communication. Many of the changes involve realigning responsibilities to create a unified package of services for students.

Jun 9, 2014 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Academe welcomes news from Â鶹´«Ã½ faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of our current and former colleagues.

Jennifer Tiernan came to Wichita State in 2013 as an assistant professor in the Elliott School of Communication.

May 12, 2014 — By Lainie Rusco — After years of traveling the United States, Jennifer Tiernan said the opportunity to work with her husband - Elliott School Director Matthew Cecil - at a highly respected school led her to Wichita.

Apr 16, 2014 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Two Â鶹´«Ã½ assistant professors in the Elliott School of Communication are looking for grandparents and grandchildren of all ages to take part in interviews about grandfamilies (families in which grandparents are the primary caregivers of their grandchild/grandchildren) and communication.

Sep 3, 2014 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Academe welcomes news from Â鶹´«Ã½ faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of or current and former colleagues.

Feb 24, 2014 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — The National Institute for Aviation Research at Â鶹´«Ã½ is pleased to announce Billy Martin has joined NIAR as a senior research scientist and director of the Electromagnetic Energy Lab.

Kim McDowell

Feb 20, 2014 — By Travis Gillespie — Â鶹´«Ã½ Associate Professor Kim McDowell, College of Education, is competing for the title of Mrs. International to bring attention to the needs of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

During his lifetime, Robert Town played an invaluable role in orchestrating gifts to Wichita State. Town died Dec. 10, 2013, after a long illness.

Sep 3, 2014 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Robert Town's impact on Wichita State's cultural fabric continues even in death with an estate gift to the Â鶹´«Ã½ Foundation that will support the Robert Town Faculty of Distinction Endowed Professorship in Organ.