![Darral Willis Jr. blocks Andre Robersons opportunity to score a bucket. Team Colorado beat the AfterShocks, 65-61.](https://thesunflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Darral-Willis-Jr.-block.-web-1200x800.jpg)
Owen Prothro, Assistant Sports Editor
July 23, 2024
![Members of the AfterShocks team high-five during Saturdays game. The AfterShocks advanced to the TBT regional semifinal after beating Midtown Prestige, 86-71.](https://thesunflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_4238-1200x798.jpg)
Owen Prothro, Assistant Sports Editor
July 21, 2024
![Christopher Garnier. Photo courtesy of KAKE.](https://thesunflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/668c202aae1c2.image_.jpg)
Christopher Garnier, a former director for the Barton School of Business, will not face charges for six counts of sexual exploitation of a minor due to...
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After a three-month-long national search, Aaron Mitchell was selected to serve as Wichita State’s new vice president for finance, administration,...
![With Spirit AeroSystems planning on returning under Boeings wing, Wichita institutions hope to answer the call and provide a quality workforce for the two aerospace companies and the entire industry. Photo courtesy of the Wichita Business Journal, WSU Tech.](https://thesunflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/wsu-tech-photo-for-best-places-to-work.jpg)
Sheree Utash was building the aerospace industry's talent pipeline in 2005 when plans for Boeing's commercial departure from Wichita emerged. "They (Boeing)...
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Some staff at Wichita State could see an increase to their pay this coming fall after members of the WSU Local 6405 union, a union representing Wichita...
![Caden Favors throws the ball to home plate to finish off the top of the ninth inning on March 26 against OSU.](https://thesunflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3.26-VS-OSUWEB-15-1200x800.jpg)
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![Aasa Dara and Dedeepya Movva, graduate students at Wichita State at the Makers and Masterpieces | Sketch & Sculpt event in Ulrich on June 1.](https://thesunflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_8974-2-1200x800.jpg)
![Recent Wichita State graduate Paola Iseley poses in front of her artwork at the capstone exhibition reception in the Clayton Staples Gallery. Iseley graduated in May and is pursuing a future art career.](https://thesunflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_1796-1200x800.jpg)
![Takota Jay, senior animation major, works on his coursework. Jay also does intramural sports and plays for the Shocker Sound Machine at Wichita State.](https://thesunflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AOP_9440-1200x800.jpg)
![Senior Auryonna Webb will be the first of two students to graduate from Wichita State with a bachelors degree in acting for digital arts.](https://thesunflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240224_2149561-900x1200.jpg)
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