May 29, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Sedgwick County home prices appreciated by 2.59 percent between the first quarters of 2007 and 2008, according to new figures released by Â鶹´«Ã½.

May 16, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — The Linwood Sexton Scholarship for 2008-09 has been awarded to Adrian Love, a graduate of Wichita High School East.

Wichita State men's and women's bowling team.

May 27, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ bowling — During fall 2007 and spring 2008, the Shocker bowling program had an impact of more than $4 million, the most ever.

, Carla Patton is graduating from Â鶹´«Ã½ and going to work for the Wichita Police Department as a crime scene investigator.

May 14, 2008 — By Dana Dinkel — California native Carla Patton, who is graduating from Â鶹´«Ã½ with a master's in criminal justice, is the newest crime scene investigator for the Wichita Police Department.

Jill Pletcher, director of career services at Â鶹´«Ã½, said job prospects for college graduates are generally good despite the economy.

May 14, 2008 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Some say the economy is sluggish, while others call it a recession. But job prospects for college graduates this spring are generally good, according to Â鶹´«Ã½'s Jill Pletcher.

Todd Walters as Mercury in Â鶹´«Ã½ Opera and Musical Theatre's production of "La Calisto."

Jun 10, 2008 — By Shannon Littlejohn — Todd Walters will graduate from Â鶹´«Ã½ with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He hopes to be accepted to graduate school at Julliard or Rice University.

Hussam Aly, a student from Olathe Northwest, talks with Â鶹´«Ã½'s Bobby Gandu during a trip to Wichita.

May 14, 2008 — By Dana Dinkel — High schoolers from Olathe, Kan., came to Wichita recently to see what the city and Â鶹´«Ã½ have to offer. They left with a positive impression of both.

Jun 4, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ vice president Ron Kopita plans to retire in spring 2009 after 10 years at the university.

Richard Davies

May 30, 2008 — By Dana Dinkel — Richard Davies has been studying at Â鶹´«Ã½ off and on for the past 30 years, and is earning his second degree from the university.

, Â鶹´«Ã½ student Miki Masuda has secured a job with Cirque du Soleil.

May 14, 2008 — By Dana Dinkel — Â鶹´«Ã½ student Miki Masuda is graduating this spring. She has already landed a job with Cirque du Soleil.