Â鶹´«Ã½ President Don Beggs talks at the opening of Â鶹´«Ã½ South Campus on Friday, March 14.

Mar 21, 2008 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Classes are being offered for the first time this semester in a renovated commercial building in the Towne Center Shopping Center in Derby

Composer and former Â鶹´«Ã½ student Andrew Bishop will be among the featured artists at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Contemporary Music Festival, beginning March 24.

Mar 26, 2008 — By Shannon Littlejohn — Â鶹´«Ã½'s Contemporary Music Festival, now in its 18th year, is a great showcase for students and faculty and provides free or low-cost offerings for their audiences.

Jenny Farha learned how to be in front of a group of students through her experience with Â鶹´«Ã½'s co-op program.

Mar 14, 2008 — Courtesy co-op office — Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate Jenny Farha owes her career to the university's co-op program.

Mar 14, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Senior Jenny Marshall won first, and senior Danielle Davis won third during the Industrial Engineers Region V paper competition, held recently at Texas A&M.

Spencer Linville, left, and Andrew Janzen speak with Wichita State President Don Beggs following the announcement that Linville and Janzen had each received a $20,000 scholarship to attend Â鶹´«Ã½.

Mar 26, 2008 — By Lainie Rusco — High school seniors from Douglass and Lindsborg, Kan., have each been awarded a Fran Jabara Scholarship in Entrepreneurship.

From left: Kevin Glendening, Deputy Bank Commissioner in charge of the Division of Consumer and Mortgage Lending; Susan Montoy; Rachel Groene; Jim Graham; Bret Higgins; Kolten Schulze; Frank Thompson; Thomas Burke; and Scott Oberkrom, chairman of the board of the KCEE and a representative of American Century Investments.

Mar 12, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — A high school team from Salina, Kan., won the state LifeSmarts championships. LifeSmarts is associated with the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Â鶹´«Ã½.

Mar 12, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ will hold its spring break March 17-23.

Mar 14, 2008 — By Belinda Venters — A combined gift of $500,000 was given to Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Wichita Symphony.

Mar 12, 2008 — By Joe Kleinsasser — It's that time of year again when college basketball fans turn their attention to March Madness, also known as the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

Mar 14, 2008 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Â鶹´«Ã½ will dedicate its new south campus Friday, March 14.