Nov 25, 2008 — By Jennifer Wright — Anthony Walton is a senior at Â鶹´«Ã½ majoring in art education. Prior to Â鶹´«Ã½, Walton served 11 years in the U.S. Army and worked as a nurse for 21 years. He would like to teach art to children after graduation.

Nov 25, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Gamal Weheba, associate professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering at Wichita State, has been granted fellow status by the American Society for Quality.

Dec 11, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — The 2009 Shocker Business Plan Competition will be held April 16-May 1. It is sponsored by Â鶹´«Ã½'s Center for Entreprenturship, Mitchell & Richards, Intrust Bank and Commerce Bank.

Nov 24, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Classes at Wichita State will not be held Wednesday, Nov. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 30, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Nov 24, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass, director of string studies at Â鶹´«Ã½, has been named Kansas Professor of the Year by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Nov 24, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — December has an event-packed two weeks of fine arts events at Wichita State.

Nov 24, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio's crackdown on illegal immigrants could get greater scrutiny from federal investigators under President-elect Barack Obama's administration, criminal-justice experts say. A telltale clue to that possibility is Obama's top choice to head the U.S. Justice Department, Eric Holder, who has a track record of investigating the kind of racial-profiling allega

Nov 24, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Wichita State swept Missouri State to earn the first undefeated regular-season in school history. The Shockers (29-0, 18-0) won by scores of 25-20, 25-17 and 25-13. It is the first undefeated regular-season in Shocker history and just the second-ever by a Missouri Valley Conference volleyball team.

Nov 24, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Wichita State's Center for Economic Development and Business Research has revised its 2008 Review and 2009 Forecast for the Wichita area based on recently released national and local data.

Nov 18, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — In its first national competition of the season, the Wichita State debate team of Matt Robinson and Eric Coleman advanced to the 32-team single-elimination bracket.