Sep 19, 2008 — By WSU News Services — "Calling the Game" is the title of a WSU Distinguished Alumni Speakers Series event featuring veteran sportscaster Gary Bender at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the Marcus Welcome Center. Bender has covered 29 different sports, including pro football and college basketball, for several major networks, and won three Emmy Awards. He also is author of "Call of the Game," a book about what really goes

Sep 23, 2008 — By WSU News Services — The centerpiece of Foundations of Excellence is a model for first-year excellence comprised of a set of principles that are termed Foundational Dimensions. These dimensions, developed by the Policy Center on the First Year of College and vetted by more than 300 colleges and universities, enable a university to measure its institutional efforts and provide a model for the entirety of the beginning

Sep 29, 2008 — By WSU News Services — The state of Kansas has established a new mentoring program. State employees are given 90 minutes each pay period to take time to participate in an approved mentoring program (in Sedgwick County the approved agencies are Big Brothers Big Sisters and YouthFriends). For more information regarding this program, contact Tanya Wickersham in Human Resources at 978-3644 or tanya.wickersham@wichita.edu.

Sep 24, 2008 — By WSU News Services — * The University Bookstore is now taking orders for doctoral regalia. If you are participating in Fall Commencement, stop by the bookstore and purchase or rent what you need. The deadline is Oct. 15. * CD-ROM directories are available in the telecommunications office, 027 Jabara Hall, with a limit of two per department. * The department of physician assistant and WSU Office of Environmental

Sep 23, 2008 — By WSU News Services — CTRE and the Media Resources Center will co-host "8 is Great! The New Version of Blackboard," in the MRC's ITV Classroom from noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25. The CTRE also will host the first event in its new faculty series, "Motivating Students," from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, in 228 Hubbard Hall. Although aimed especially at newer faculty, everyone is welcome. For the "Motivating

Sep 29, 2008 — By WSU News Services — The Student Activities Council is bringing the Golden Dragon Acrobats to the Orpheum Theatre at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7. Tickets are normally $15 and can be purchased for a limited time for only $7 in the Activities Office, 219 Rhatigan Student Center (limit 3). For a special coupon, go to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=activities&p=/GoldenDragonCoupon. For a sneak preview of the show, go to http://web

Sep 19, 2008 — By WSU News Services — Thirty high schools will receive instructions and contest kits Saturday, Sept. 20, for the 10th annual Kansas BEST competition at the Wichita State University Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. N. Media note: The best time to cover this event photographically is between 11:10 a.m.-noon. Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) is an effort to inspire

Sep 19, 2008 — By WSU News Services — Thirty high schools will receive instructions and contest kits Saturday, Sept. 20, for the 10th annual Kansas BEST competition at the Wichita State University Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. N. Media note: The best time to cover this event photographically is between 11:10 a.m.-noon. Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) is an effort to inspire

Sep 19, 2008 — By WSU News Services — Thirty high schools will receive instructions and contest kits Saturday, Sept. 20, for the 10th annual Kansas BEST competition at the Wichita State University Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. N. Media note: The best time to cover this event photographically is between 11:10 a.m.-noon. Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) is an effort to inspire

Sep 19, 2008 — By WSU News Services — Thirty high schools will receive instructions and contest kits Saturday, Sept. 20, for the 10th annual Kansas BEST competition at the Wichita State University Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. N. Media note: The best time to cover this event photographically is between 11:10 a.m.-noon. Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) is an effort to inspire