Jan 21, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University has hired Kevin Weiberg as executive-in-residence (EIR) in the Department of Sport Management. Weiberg is the former commissioner of the Big 12 Conference and most recently served as deputy commissioner for the Pac-12 Conference before retiring last summer.

Jan 20, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's Applied Technology Acceleration Institute is launching a new Center for Social Knowledge, which will be co-led by iTalent Corp., an award-winning technology consulting and systems integration company known for its best practice implementations of social knowledge in Fortune 100 companies.

Jan 20, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University is among 25 U.S. institutions that have been selected by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) to join the Pathways to Innovation Program.

Mar 27, 2015 — By Travis Gillespie — Blake Carpenter is like a political rags-to-riches story, according to Kenneth Ciboski, Associate Professor of political science at Wichita State University. He started as a typical college freshmen from a small Kansas town and today is a freshman once again -- this time in the Kansas House of Representatives.

Feb 12, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Bond sales have been successfully completed to fund construction of the first building and required infrastructure for the Wichita State University Innovation Campus.

Jan 9, 2015 — By WSU News Services — WSU Ventures at Wichita State University has awarded seven innovators with more than $100,000 in funding through the Competitive Innovation Accelerator Shock Tank competition. The projects receiving funding expect to add a combined 90-plus jobs to the Kansas economy by 2018.

Jan 9, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's GEAR UP program was recently awarded $740,000 a year for seven years to fund programs benefitting USD 259 middle and high schools.

Jan 8, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Winners of the Competitive Innovation Accelerator, sponsored by WSU Ventures and the Kansas Department of Commerce will be announced at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 9, in the Marcus Welcome Center at Wichita State University.

Feb 12, 2015 — By WSU News Services — The Shocker New Venture Competition (SNVC), hosted by Wichita State University's Center for Entrepreneurship, inspires students to put entrepreneurial principles into practice.

Dec 19, 2014 — By WSU News Services — Teams representing Kansas BEST were once again dominant at the regional Frontier Trails BEST Championship hosted at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Dec. 5-6, taking three out of the top four places.