Oct. 2, 2018 -- Wichita State University has been awarded $813,000 to boost enrollment and retention of students under-represented in science, technology, engineering and math. The funds are part of a larger $3 million, five-year National Science Foundation grant awarded to Kansas State University, which is sharing grant funds with a statewide coalition of universities and community colleges.
Oct. 2, 2018 -- Francesca McCarthy, a senior majoring in communication with an emphasis in electronic media, spent the summer as a radio broadcasting intern with Rocking M Media LLC.
Sept. 28, 2018 - Integrated Marketing Communication major Ashlyn Parrish has spent the summer interning with The National Baseball Congress (NBC) preparing for the NBC World Series, a 16-day baseball tournament hosted each year in Wichita.
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.
Sept. 24, 2018 -- Meghan Carver, a Wichita State student majoring in Integrated Marketing Communication, is passionate about the city she's from and works hard to spread Wichita pride through her work.
Sept. 21, 2018 -- The WSU Board of Trustees met Friday, Sept. 21, and were given a report on the campus from John Tomblin, vice president of research and technology transfer.
Sept. 19, 2018 -- Senior Grant Cohen believes that big dreams can lead to bigger opportunities. He proved this by landing a dream internship with the Washington Redskins summer.
Sept. 19, 2018 -- Carli McCloud, a sophomore majoring in exercise science, was told she would never be able to cheer again after being diagnosed with a degenerative bone disorder. She's currently a member of the WSU Spirit Squad.
At Wichita State, that means researching and analyzing two areas - the next generation of medium-sized helicopters and the next generation of tactical unmanned aerosystems for the Army.
Wichita State student Samantha Stinson intended to stay three months in her applied learning internship at Airbus. Her work in marketing and business development turned into much more and opened career paths.
August 23, 2018 - John Tomblin, executive director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State, describes his trip to the Farnborough International Airshow and its role in keeping Wichita and Wichita State prominent in aeronautical research.
Aug. 9, 2018 - Wichita State University set a new record for total research and development awards in fiscal year 2018 with a total of $104.5 million, increasing awards by more than $14 million and achieving gains in most funded departments.