Jun 18, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Students in an honors environmental philosophy class at Wichita State University have started an awareness campaign inspired by the oil spill in the Gulf, according to associate professor William Vanderburgh, the class instructor.

Jun 18, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The Stafford High School Band is taking its annual band/senior trip to Denver. But first, the band will hold a memorial concert at the Colorado memorial for the 1970 Wichita State University plane crash.

May 12, 2010 — By WSU News Services — When Wichita State University's mascot WuShock traveled to Denver to encourage Zach Mesch, a former WSU student who performed as WuShock last year, little did the mascot or anyone else know the story would take such a dramatic turn.

May 19, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University will celebrate National Employee Health and Fitness Day with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that will open a new 1.5 mile marked walking path on campus at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 20.

May 20, 2010 — By WSU News Services — "The Wiyos of Oz" is going on the road for a three-city Kansas tour with performances on May 22, 25 and 27. A live stage band and a big-screen film backdrop of Wichita places and people join WSU dancers for this original twist on "The Wizard of Oz." Link to March story: http://www.wichita.edu/j/?561

May 11, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Health care students from Wichita State University and the KU School of Medicine-Wichita teamed up for the annual CLARION competition and earned third place from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

May 10, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Lake Afton Public Observatory, in conjunction with the Kansas Astronomical Observers (KAO), invites anyone who would like some pointers on how to use their own telescope to attend one or more Bring Your Own Telescope night programs at LAPO.

May 6, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Millions of students will graduate from high school this year, but many who should, won't, because they dropped out. More than a million students who enter ninth grade each fall fail to graduate with their peers four years later, according to the Alliance for Excellent Education. Terry Behrendt, co-director of the Transition to Teaching Program in the College of Education at Wichita State Universi

May 5, 2010 — By WSU News Services — A Facebook request to WuShock, Wichita State University's mascot, will result in the mascot traveling to Denver to meet and encourage Zach Mesch, a former WSU student who performed as WuShock last year. Mesch left school and was hospitalized in Denver after being diagnosed with leukemia in November.

May 12, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Almost 2,325 students are eligible to participate in the 112th spring commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, at Wichita State University.