Mar 11, 2015 — By WSU News Services — When Jeff Blackman heard the news that Ron Matson recently was named dean of the Wichita State University Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences after serving as interim dean for two years, he decided the time was right to pay tribute to Matson in a special way.

Mar 6, 2015 — By Shelby Reynolds — Now the dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dr. Ronald Matson still strives to teach his classes -- about 300 students strong -- in a genuine, personal manner.

Mar 16, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University, through its Wichita State Innovation Alliance Inc., has begun the process of securing a developer for an 18.5-acre mixed-use development near the corner of 21st Street and Oliver.

Mar 5, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's College of Engineering and College of Education will host the 15th annual Shocker Mindstorms Challenge, a robotics competition for 3rd-8th grade students from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Heskett Center gymnasium.

Mar 4, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's Shocker New Venture Competition is under way, hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Frank Barton School of Business. Seventy-seven teams registered to win part of $30,000 in start-up capital to aid competitors in the launch of their new ventures.

Mar 10, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Alyssa Ward, a senior at Wichita High School Southeast, is the newest recipient of Wichita State University's $44,000 Clay Barton Scholarship in Business.

Feb 28, 2015 — By WSU News Services — The Wichita State men's basketball team defeated UNI 74-60 to claim the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship.

Feb 26, 2015 — By WSU News Services — High school students Ryan Lee from Wichita and Amy Lightfoot from Colorado Springs have won Wichita State University's Harry Gore Memorial Scholarships. They will receive $13,000 a year for four years to attend Wichita State, a total of $52,000 each.

Feb 26, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State has again been named a top military-friendly university in Military Advanced Education magazine's "2015 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges & Universities."

Feb 27, 2015 — By Shelby Reynolds — Mike Ross' marketing class for sports management students at Wichita State, managed a social media campaign to lure ESPN's GameDay to campus. Now that Game Day is confirmed for the WSU/Northern Iowa game on Saturday, the class turned its sights toward boosting attendance at the event.