July, 2017- Billy Martin, director and research scientist at the NIAR Environmental Test Lab, has invented a prototype that protects wind turbines from multiple lightning strikes.
July 20, 2017 - Recent graduate Katie Deutsch is interning at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She assists economists in conducting legislative and judicial research, as well as providing analytic services.
July 6, 2017--Jazmin Dennis, a junior secondary education English major at Wichita State University, was awarded the J. Martyn Walsh English Education Scholarship.
Wichita State has received approval for a new Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media Arts. The degree will focus on animation, audio production, game design and filmmaking.
A new partnership building on the Innovation Campus will target businesses interested in hiring students. The two-story building will be complete in mid-2018.
A team comprised of three students has won the Koch Innovation Challenge at WSU. The team created "Out Cold," a customizable pillow with air chambers that helps reduce sleep discomfort.
WSU seniors Hannah Hund and LaRissa Lawrie presented their success in student-led innovation and entrepreneurship at the OPEN 2017 conference on March 23-26, in Washington. They placed first in the curriculum poster competition, and their ideas focused on bringing students from all disciplines together to participate in entrepreneurship. Their ideas were the foundation of Shocker Startup, which they co-founded two years ago at WSU.
Physical Therapy and Engineering students modified toy cars through GoBabyGo to assist children with disabilities. Four children received modified cars this year, which were delivered Saturday, April 29.
April 25, 2017 - WSU freshman piano major Patrick Orr won the Grand Prize in the Kansas City Symphony Young Artist Competition. As the winner of the competition, Orr will accompany the Kansas City Symphony on May 24 and 25.
April 19, 2017 - With three degrees and a full-time job, Pamela O'Neal is a prime example of an adult learner. Pamela started her first college classes at 32. Now as office and communications manager for the Office of Adult Learning, Pamela is working toward her fourth degree.
April 19, 2017 - A new degree is being proposed at Wichita State University -- one that would focus on animation, audio production, game design and filmmaking.
April 10, 2017--When Michael Lee and Kristian Buan enrolled in Engineering 101, they never imagined they would win Wichita State University's first Koch Innovation Challenge.
