Mar 5, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's College of Engineering has awarded 10 high school seniors $200,000 in Wallace Scholarships. Each scholar will receive a four-year renewable scholarship for a total of $20,000.

Mar 15, 2013 — By Erika Elving — Wichita State's Advanced Joining and Processing Lab received a new robot from Kawasaki Heavy Industries that is advancing research to reduce weight and increase performance capabilities in aerostructures. The engineering technology, called integral fastening, is a forging process in which two or more metals are joined together without an external heat source.

Feb 26, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's Alumni Awards Banquet, originally set for Thursday, Feb. 28, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 30, at the Wichita Marriott because of weather. For information about reservations, go to www.wichita.edu/awards.

Feb 19, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University will host Lt. Dan Choi as the Pride Week featured speaker at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, in 208 Hubbard Hall. Choi is an Iraq War veteran and LGBT activist who openly challenged the controversial Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.

Feb 19, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's Counseling and Testing Center is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 2, at WSU. The workshop will present general test-taking tips and practice questions for the English, reading, math and science test sections. The cost for the workshop is $32, and registration can be done online at www.registerblast.com/

Feb 18, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University's Passport Acceptance Center is celebrating Passport Day 2013 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 9, in 112 Morrison Hall. The event is open to the public; staff will provide information and accept passport applications.

Feb 15, 2013 — By Erika Elving — Wichita State industrial and manufacturing engineering professors Michael Overcash and Janet Twomey led a research team that discovered new methods for medical centers to reduce their carbon footprints. The team, which included a group of students, worked with radiology departments at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, Wesley Medical Center and Cypress Women's Imaging to help them understand ho

Feb 15, 2013 — By WSU News Services — The WSU Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge, "The WuShock, an Unexpected Journey," will bring more than 35 teams of students age 9-14 to campus for a robotics competition from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 9, Heskett Center gymnasium. The event is free and open to the public.

Feb 15, 2013 — By WSU News Services — The Wichita State University Strategic Planning steering committee invites interested people in the greater Wichita area to take part in the community town hall meeting "WSU: Our Mission and Core Values for the Future" from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. N. in Wichita.

Feb 15, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Three finalists for vice president for academic affairs at Wichita State University will make campus visits next week. Each candidate will meet with various constituency groups and participate in an open forum for the entire campus community. Candidate open forums for the WSU community will be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 19-21, in 209 Hubbard Hall. The campus vis