Oct 21, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Wichita State professor Albert Goldbarth, recent winner of the prestigious Mark Twain Poetry Award, was the focus of an Oct. 19 column in the Chicago Tribune about his award-winning poetry.

Oct 21, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Jay Price, director of the public history program at Wichita State, was interviewed in an Oct. 20 story in The Wichita Eagle about a proposed plan to determine how cultural arts money is allocated in Wichita.

Oct 20, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Mark Laycock, director of orchestras at Wichita State, was the focus of a story in The Wichita Eagle on Sunday, Oct. 19.

Oct 28, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Students who plan to enter college in fall 2009 are invited to learn how to get their college financial aid off to a good start from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov. 8, in the Marcus Welcome Center at Wichita State.

Oct 31, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — The annual Kansas BEST competition will be held from 8:45 a.m-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, in Â鶹´«Ã½'s Charles Koch Arena. Thirty high schools and organizations from Kansas and Arkansas are expected to participate.

Oct 15, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — High school juniors and seniors are invited to join admissions staff from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, for free food, fun, bowling and billiards in the lower level of the Rhatigan Student Center on Â鶹´«Ã½Ã¢â‚¬â„¢s main campus.

Oct 15, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Percussionist Gerald Scholl, an assistant professor at Wichita State, will headline the Â鶹´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Miller Concert Hall.

Nov 19, 2008 — By Shae West — Junior Zach Mastroly, an accounting major, is a leader on campus and a maniac for Shocker athletics.

Nov 19, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ political scientist Mel Kahn says political yard signs are often derided as useless, wasteful and ineffective, not to mention an eyesore, but politcal yard signs can help candidates.

Oct 10, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — The founder of Rand Graphics Inc. will be recognized as the Â鶹´«Ã½ Elliott School of Communication 2008 outstanding alumnus at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13.