Jul 18, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Tim Pett, formerly the director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University, has resigned from the university effective Aug. 31. Lou Heldman, an experienced business and campus leader, has been acting director of the Wichita State University Center for Entrepreneurship since June 2, and will continue serving in that role.

Jul 19, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Jessy Clonts has been named public relations and marketing manager of the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University. She fills the position previously held by Teresa Veazey, who resigned in May to become public relations manager at the Wichita Art Museum.

Jul 22, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Matthew Cecil, new director of the Elliott School of Communication, comes from South Dakota. He said Wichita State University, and the city as a whole, won him over.

Jul 16, 2013 — By Jessica Freeman-Bertapelle — Sara Morris, who took over for former WSU Police Chief Paul Dotson as chief in June, says her propensity for spending a little extra time chatting as a street cop ended up as an asset.

Jul 18, 2013 — By Jessica Freeman-Bertapelle — When the WSU men's basketball team made it to the NCAA Final Four tournament in Atlanta earlier this year, Martin Perline cheered the Shockers on from the stands. For Perline, then the faculty representative to athletics, it was a moment 38 years in the making.

Jul 12, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State's Summer Symphony Orchestra will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 19, in Miller Concert Hall. Tickets can be purchased through the Fine Arts Box Office at 316-978-3233 or wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice.

Jul 11, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Ravi Pendse, vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Wichita State University, has been named vice president for computing and information services at Brown University.

Jun 7, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Wichita State history professor Robert Weems is coordinating a research project to document the history of African American businesses in Wichita.

May 29, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Lou Heldman, an experienced business and campus leader, has been named acting director of the Wichita State University Center for Entrepreneurship, effective June 2.

May 23, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Shirley Lefever-Davis has been named interim dean of the College of Education effective June 9, according to Keith Pickus, interim provost at Wichita State University. Lefever-Davis will be interim dean for the 2013-2014 academic year while a national search is conducted for a permanent dean. The change was necessitated when Sharon Iorio, the current dean, announced she will step down as dean at t