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Engage ICT aims to inform community

Chandler Ochoa February 8, 2016

Kate Steele feels comfortable talking to anyone about healthcare in Kansas after attending Engage ICT, a program instigated by KMUW, Wichita State’s public radio station.  “It was not like a class...

Ending the ban: Students, faculty weigh in on issue of concealed handguns at Kansas universities

Chance Swaim February 7, 2016

Starting July 1, 2017, Wichita State will allow concealed handguns on its campus, in buildings and classrooms.Peer Moore-Jansen, professor of anthropology and the president of Faculty Senate, said he and...

SGA members travel to Topeka, meet for Higher Education Day

TJ Rigg February 4, 2016

Several members of Wichita State’s Student Government Association trekked up to Topeka Wednesday for Higher Education Day, which is a date for student body presidents from around Kansas to speak with...

Wichita State students perform Opera Friday night during the Canta in Italia Scholarship Fundraiser. This year’s fundraiser will consist of a silent auction, and proceeds will help send opera students to study in Italy.

Wine, dine at ‘Canta in Italia’ fundraiser

Alex Perry February 4, 2016

With some exceptions, Italian is the language of opera, and not just in the verbal sense.In order for an opera singer to truly understand the material, they need to understand the culture from which it...

Wichita fire crews respond Wednesday to building fire report at McKnight

TJ Rigg February 3, 2016

Wichita fire crews were dispatched to campus Wednesday night outside of the Ulrich Museum of Art.Battalion Chief Jim Wilson with the Wichita Fire Department said the report came in as a building fire....

Stratification leads to collaboration

Marissa Campbell February 1, 2016

The word “stratification” means a process by which materials form or are deposited into layers.A collaboration of six artists — including a Wichita State professor and many alumnus — took that...

Fairmount neighborhood brainstorms ways to improve perception, reality of safety

Chelsea Moore February 1, 2016

Community members and Wichita area and university leaders gathered for a conversation Thursday about the perception and reality of safety in the Fairmount neighborhood just south of Wichita State.After...

Hosman, Carlo announced as 2016 Gore Scholars

Connor Clapham February 1, 2016

Brayden Hosman, a senior at Sterling High School, and Sandra Carlo, a senior at Maize High School, are this year’s two winners in the Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship.Both Hosman and Carlo will receive...

WSU study: Food sales tax hurting Kansas

Chance Swaim February 1, 2016

Kansas may be losing money to its neighbors.A study released last month by the Wichita State Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs concluded that Kansas lost $345.6 million in food sales in 2013, resulting...

Student advocates for KanCare reform

Chandler Ochoa February 1, 2016

Marcillene Dover was walking to class in Hubbard Hall at Wichita State when her legs gave out a couple years ago.“I was grabbing the wall, and my knees were popping back and forth,” Dover said.After...

Friends mourn loss of former nursing student

Marissa Campbell February 1, 2016

In the running for the Dean’s scholarship before her freshman year at Wichita State, Kaitlyn English decided that becoming a nurse was the career path she wanted to take.Along with her passion for solving...

SGA seeks to fill Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Senate positions

Tj Rigg January 28, 2016

Student Government Association plans to fill several open positions during the first two weeks of February.One of the positions is the Chief Justice of the SGA Supreme Court. The position includes a term...

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