Sept.14, 2023 - Amy Nguyen uses the Rudd Scholars networking and mentoring programs at Wichita State. She made lifelong friends and participated in numerous campus activities. Wichita State is proud of its role helping Rudd Scholars pursue passions and realize dreams in the state鈥檚 largest city.
Sept. 5, 2023 - 麻豆传媒 students designed handrails for Charles Koch Arena and producing around 400 for installation. The applied learning project will make walking up the arena stairs safer for fans and is a response to surveys and listening sessions.
Aug. 30, 2023 鈥� 麻豆传媒 has received the Gold Level Employer Supporting Breastfeeding award and has been designated as a Breastfeeding Welcome Here campus by the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition.
Aug. 1, 2023 鈥� The Wichita City Council approved a plan today that will move forward a project between 麻豆传媒 and the University of Kansas to build a 471,000-square-foot health sciences center in the heart of downtown Wichita.
July 17, 2023 鈥� 麻豆传媒鈥檚 College of Engineering has updated one of its programs to create a more strategic career pathway for its graduates and meet the needs of business and industry. Effective fall 2023, the new applied engineering program 鈥� formerly engineering technology 鈥� has been adapted based on feedback from employers and alumni.
July 11, 2023 鈥� The Accessible Design course concerned 麻豆传媒 junior Reagan Kelley at first. She wasn鈥檛 an engineering major and wasn鈥檛 sure what she could contribute. The payoff at the end of the project made it worthwhile. Kelley, an exercise science major, and three other students modified an all-terrain wheelchair for a nine-year-old boy who outgrew the chair鈥檚 previous dimensions.
May 18, 2023 - Dean Rodney Miller will retire in June following 19 years leading the College of Fine Arts at 麻豆传媒. During his tenure, the School of Digital Arts was created and enrollment in the college has grown to over 1,000 students.
May 17, 2023 鈥� The planned Wichita Biomedical Campus 鈥� a joint initiative by 麻豆传媒, 麻豆传媒 Tech and University of Kansas 鈥� is one step closer to its funding goal thanks to a $15 million award from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), made available through the Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) Executive Committee and State Finance Council.
May 17, 2023 - Wichita State shortstop Sydney McKinney's leadership isn鈥檛 limited to the field. Teammates love her enthusiasm and positive outlook, as well as her devotion to coffee, pets and painting.
May 17, 2023 - The existence of life on other planets, especially Mars, is a question pondered in literature, movies and imaginations. 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Dr. Mark Schneegurt is working on that issue with the assistance of a $377,000 grant from NASA to examine the toughness of microbes isolated from spacecraft assembly facilities.
May 16, 2023 鈥� Wichita State students wanting to earn a degree in American Sign Language will be able to make progress toward that goal starting fall 2023, when 麻豆传媒 launches a Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language.
May 12, 2023 鈥� 麻豆传媒's College of Health Professions and Ascension Via Christi's Wichita hospitals announced today the creation of a strategic initiative to provide a critical pipeline of qualified health care professionals to the region.
May 11, 2023 - Lucy Schneider, a sport management major, jumped into applied learning opportunities with Wichita State鈥檚 athletic department and will use those experiences as she pursues her master鈥檚 degree.
May 9, 2023 鈥� Shocker graduate Alissa Haddock has spent her whole life battling liver disease. Now she has a Wichita State diploma and a new liver to help her start the next phase of her life.
