WSU Trending Topics

In keeping with the spirit of openness and transparency, we've created this Trending Topics page to outline some of the most crucial topics facing the WSU community.

WSU and KU propose health sciences education center in Wichita

As community leaders plan for the growth and economic prosperity of our state, Wichita State University and the University of Kansas are bolstering those efforts through an initiative to build a joint health sciences education center in Wichita.

MRO program is an employment powerhouse

The Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul program at WSU is currently converting a Boeing 777 from a passenger aircraft to a freighter and conducting special-missions modifications for the Boeing 737. WSU's MRO is one of only three in the world and two in the nation.

Wichita State helps our Kansas business community thrive

Everything WSU does is driven by the desire to help grow the communities we serve. One of those communities is our Kansas business community, the people who hire our graduates; and we’ve made it a priority to build our partnerships with them across the state to help them prosper.

WSU is easing the financial burden for Kansas families

Need-based aid is vital to ensuring higher education is affordable and accessible to Kansas families. WSU is bringing in new populations to college, and we’re helping to ease the financial burden of higher education for families in our state.

Trustees approve first phases for Cessna Stadium renovation

The WSU Board of Trustees approved funding in September for phases 1A and 1B for the capital improvement plan to replace Cessna Stadium, for a total project cost of approximately $11.8 million.