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CHP Sherr Scholarship announcement

$34,000 awarded in CHP through Sherr Scholarship program

The College of Health Professions announces the first annual Sherr Scholarship recipients for academic year 2019-20.

Amy Chesser and Nikki Keene Woods

Health equity for women in Kansas is the focus of WSU research project

Feb. 26, 2019 -- Two Wichita State Public Health Sciences faculty members are focusing their research on health equity for women in Kansas. The researchers have been approved for a $250,000 Engagement Award for their project “Women Involved Network (WIN for Kansas): Community Collaboration to Create Health Equity.”

Rj Clark

University Innovation Fellows preparing Shockers for the future

Jan. 28 2019 -- RJ Clark is a graduate student at Wichita State and is one out of six WSU students accepted last year into Stanford’s prestigious University Innovation Fellow (UIF) program.

Richard Nold volunteered for hurricane relief in North Carolina

Nursing instructor changed forever by hurricane relief work

Dec. 4, 2018 - WSU School of Nursing instructor Richard Nold spent two weeks in North Carolina earlier this fall providing medical assistance to victims of Hurricane Florence.

WSU Tech Dental Assistant students

WSU Tech Dental Assistant program moves to AEGD facility

Oct. 10, 2018 - WSU Tech's Dental Assistant program has moved to the Advanced Education in General Dentistry building at Wichita State.

Wichita Campus

BIG gives business student competitive advantage

Sept. 28, 2018 -- Cynthia Matson's time at Wichita State has shaped the student she is today. The business major is vice president of the Barton International Group, a student run consulting firm through the Barton School of Business at WSU.

Dean Elledge with AEGD residents and staff

AEGD program director wins Dentist of the Year

Sept. 26, 2018 - Dean Elledge, program director for the Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at Wichita State, has won the Dentist of the Year award from the Wichita District Dental Society.

Graduate student works with children during Literacy Camp

Literacy Camp combines fun and reading at Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic

Sept. 12, 2018 - The Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic at Wichita State hosted the first Summer Literacy Camp for children.

Wichita State's Professional Edge Program

Professional Edge Program helps students build networks

Wichita State's Professional Edge Program gives students the tools to lead and participate in meetings, choose a mentor and identify their work-skill.

Wichita Campus

Butler business students can now transfer easily to WSU

Aug. 24, 2018 -- Butler Community College business administration students who graduate with an associate degree are now able to seamlessly transfer into Wichita State University's W. Frank Barton School of Business.

Wichita Campus

Shared spaces introduce students to collaboration

Aug. 16, 2018 -- WSU Old Town gets Wichita State and WSU Tech students and faculty together in labs, classrooms and break rooms to learn and take advantage of combined resources.

WSU student Jenny Nguyen

Wichita State grad's experiences take her around the world

June 15, 2018 -- Wichita State grad's experiences take her around the world.

Grad presents Alzheimer's research at Capitol Hill, Harvard

May 17, 2018 -- Abdul-Mannaan Giles was selected out of 400 national entries to present his study about diagnosing early-stage Alzheimer's to members of Congress on Capitol Hill. He also presented his research project regarding aerobic exercise in early-stage Alzheimer's patients at the Harvard University National Collegiate Research Conference.

Wayne and Kay Woolsey give $12 million for business, geology

May 16, 2018 - Wichita oil producer Wayne Woolsey and his wife, Kay, have committed $10 million to build a new home for the WSU's Barton School of Business. The couple also will donate $2 million to the WSU Geology Department.

Professor's concept could revolutionize space exploration

April 19, 2018 - Wichita State University physics professor Nickolas Solomey won one of NASA's coveted Innovation and Advanced Concept Awards (NIAC) for his research to create a neutrino detector for close sun orbit.