Sep 16, 2011 — By WSU News Services — WSU is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT math-only prep workshop. The workshop is from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 24, at WSU. For more information, go to www.registerblast.com/wsu.

Sep 7, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Businesses interested in expanding will get a jump start from Business in Motion: Making Business Expansion Easier, a new program offered by the Wichita State University Kansas Small Business Development Center.

Wichita State senior Liz Quinn received the $500 Don and Shirley Beggs Student Ambassador Society Scholarship.

Sep 7, 2011 — By WSU News Services — One perk of being president of the Student Ambassador Society at Wichita State is receiving the $500 Don and Shirley Beggs Student Ambassador Society Scholarship. Liz Quinn received the scholarship, awarded annually since 2005, at the annual Convocation Aug. 30.

Sep 6, 2011 — By WSU News Services — High school seniors who are high achievers in math and science could qualify for scholarships that cover the cost of all four years of college tuition at Wichita State University.

Sep 2, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The Lake Afton Public Observatory will present a special program on the star lore of Native Americans, called "Native American Storytelling," at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16.

Sep 1, 2011 — By WSU News Services — For a generation of younger Americans, the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., are the equivalent of Pearl Harbor. But how legitimate is the comparison? Wichita State University history professor John Dreifort examines the similarities and differences of the two national tragedies.

Aug 31, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Motivational speaker and author Grant Baldwin will give a talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the Wichita State University Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. North. Admission is free.

Sep 2, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The popular Compassion Kansas workshop series hosted by the Wichita State University Center for Community Support and Research returns this month with a new session designed specifically for faith-based organizations.

Aug 31, 2011 — By WSU News Services — NIAR has received a $1.4 million government grant for a project focused on the development of a fast-setting composite stabilization device for battlefield use.

Leland Russell, left, and Mary Liz Jameson.

Sep 13, 2011 — By Lainie Rusco — Associate professor Mary Liz Jameson studies beetles. Associate professor Leland Russell studies plants. Jameson and Russell are married. Beetles eat plants. Plants can poison beetles. Can this relationship be saved?