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Wichita State instructor reaches for ‘Community Supporting Breastfeeding’ designation in Wichita

Amanda Hansen October 26, 2015

Wichita State offers lactation rooms in Lindquist, Ahlberg and Brennen halls, where mothers can breast feed.But there’s an effort on campus and in Wichita to further support breastfeeding mothers.Because...

Empty Bowls Chili Cook-Off feeds campus, community

Marissa Campbell October 25, 2015

After spending a six-hour day making, glazing and firing hundreds of ceramic bowls last month at Wichita State, students, faculty, staff and community members are finally able to put them to use.The Build-A-Bowl...

University Police investigate a robbery Thursday inside the Commerce Bank at the Rhatigan Student Center.

Campus bank robbed of unknown cash, no weapons seen

Shelby Reynolds October 22, 2015

The Commerce Bank inside the Rhatigan Student Center was robbed Thursday afternoon, according to a crime alert from the University Police Department.Around 3 p.m. Thursday, the alert said, an unknown Asian...

SGA working on bill to promote campus safety

TJ Rigg October 22, 2015

A bill to promote campus safety got its second read during Student Government Association’s meeting Wednesday.  The bill in part states SGA will support observing a campus safety awareness week and...

Five WSU students to compete in Miss Wichita Asian Festival pageant

Savannah Stevenson October 22, 2015

Wichita State students and community members have the opportunity to experience Asian culture and support fellow students without actually traveling thousands of miles.Five Wichita State students will...

Ribbons unite students, religious leaders in citywide movement

Shelby Reynolds October 22, 2015

Seniors Alissa Bey and Crystal McCarthy wrapped white, black and brown ribbons around the trunk of a large campus tree Wednesday.The ribbons represented uniting race and religion in the citywide movement,...

Chapel usage quadruples since social media debates

Brennen Smith October 22, 2015

A previous Campus Ministries director tried to host an Ash Wednesday service with station areas inside Grace Memorial Chapel before the pews were removed, but the lack of space “killed it,” said Jonathan...

Preliminary coroner’s report rules death in Shocker Hall as suicide

TJ Rigg October 22, 2015

A female student was found unresponsive Monday evening in a Shocker Hall dorm room, and she died at a hospital, said Joe Kleinsasser, a spokesman for Wichita State.Kleinsasser said the preliminary coroner’s...

Lights around Wichita State upgraded to improve safety

Chance Swaim October 22, 2015

After being a key issue at campus safety discussions — in response to a string of crimes on campus earlier this fall — lights on the outskirts of campus are being replaced and redirected in an effort...

Bots, wearable devices, printers highlighted in Technology Fair

Brennen Smith October 22, 2015

Onlookers watched as junior Joel Trembly gradually moved the Romer arm scanner over a small, plastic object with curvature, holes and raised levels. An instant render of the scan appeared on a laptop next...

No foul play suspected in student death at Shocker Hall

TJ Rigg October 19, 2015

A female student was found dead Monday evening in a Shocker Hall dorm room, said Joe Kleinsasser, a spokesman for Wichita State.No foul play is involved or suspected in the death, Kleinsasser said, and...

New documentary carries Kansas connection

Danielle Prewitt October 19, 2015

A new documentary reveals the transformative power that music brought to a poor community in South America stricken by devastation.The Oscar-nodded film “Landfill Harmonic” screened this weekend at...

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