Apr 21, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½'s Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs will celebrate its 50th anniversary with activities for alumni, students, faculty/staff and the Wichita community.

May 30, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ provost Gary L. Miller will host a 30-minute TV series called "Wichita State and the World" at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 20, on Â鶹´«Ã½-TV Cable Channel 13.

Mark Parkinson

Apr 15, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Kansas Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson will take part in the "Green Energy Options in Kansas" panel discussion during Earth Day at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in 209 Hubbard Hall.

Graduate PA student Erin Gurss checks her volunteer - graduate PA student Kyrie Webster - as part of a collaborative study for Â鶹´«Ã½, Wesley Medical Center and the KU School of Medicine-Wichita.

Apr 29, 2008 — By Shannon Littlejohn — The effects of prolonged spinal immobilization on a trauma patient are being investigated in a collaborative study by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Department of Physician Assistant, Wesley Medical Center and the KU School of Medicine-Wichita.

Apr 28, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ will conduct campus interviews with five candidates for the position of dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business.

Eric Sexton has been named as the new athletic director of Wichita State, effective April 23.

Apr 16, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Eric Sexton replaces Jim Schaus as athletic director at Â鶹´«Ã½. This week Schaus announced he was taking a job at Ohio University.

Andy Womack, a pitcher for the Â鶹´«Ã½ baseball team, credits a lot of his success to coaches who have given him one-on-one attention throughout his baseball career.

Apr 4, 2008 — By Dana Dinkel — Wearing a Shocker baseball uniform is like living a dream for Â鶹´«Ã½ senior and pitcher Andy Womack.

Â鶹´«Ã½'s Dean Headley, left, and Brent Bowen with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, authors of the Airline Quality Rating, hold a news conference Monday, April 7, in Washington, D.C., to announce the results of the AQR.

Apr 4, 2009 — By Joe Kleinsasser — AirTran has taken the top spot in the 18th annual national Airline Quality Ratings (AQR) study. As far as an overall rating for the industry, this is the worst AQR score ever, according to the AQR researchers.

Apr 4, 2009 — By Joe Kleinsasser — According to the 18th annual national Airline Quality Rating, AirTran was the best-performing airline in 2007.

Apr 3, 2008 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Marilyn Pauly will be featured at the Rise & Shine 11 Distinguished Alumni Speaker Breakfast Series at 7:30 a.m. Friday, April 25, at Â鶹´«Ã½'s Marcus Welcome Center.