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Local students receive full-ride scholarships

Staff Reporter June 12, 2013

Seventeen students from the Wichita area were recently awarded full-ride scholarships to Wichita State University for the 2013-14 school year by the TRIO/Gear Up scholarship program. The program began...

Twilight tunes at Ulrich concert

Staff Reporter June 12, 2013

The sun set over the McKnight plaza with a cool summer breeze sweeping through the air as guitarist Chuck Pyle opened the summer season of Art for Your Ears. The event was hosted by the Ulrich Museum of...

The future of Wichita State: one shovel at a time

Staff Reporter June 12, 2013

The crowd patiently waited in the shade just north of Morrison hall for the beginning of the groundbreaking ceremony of the new dorms. Wichita State faculty and students alongside active citizens and local...

Bardo asks to raise tuition after cuts

Managing Editor June 12, 2013

Last Thursday was a day with bad news coming from the Wichita State University administration. Due to budget cuts by the Kansas Legislature WSU President John Bardo recommended a tuition increase of 8%...

Heskett gets fit for summer

Staff Reporter Colton Young June 5, 2013

Students often take the summer off of study and workout, but the Heskett Center is active with summer renovations. While a bulk of the work is an update to the outside bricks of the facility, there will...

Scientist at WSU works to take a shot at cancer

Staff Reporter Sarah Carlson June 5, 2013

“I have an awesome quote. A book I read, it says ‘science never ends,’” said Dr. Moriah Beck, assistant professor of biochemistry. Beck works in her lab and small corner office on the fourth floor...

WSU graduate finds success in Internet radio

Staff Reporter June 5, 2013

Wichita State alum Tony Sweet comes across as a man with a vision and the drive to see it come to light. Sweet is the co-founder and President of the Universal Broadcasting Network, an online trans-media...

Interims to lead while colleges seek new deans

Of the six colleges at WSU, only the College of Fine Arts can boast a fully appointed dean. The Colleges of Education, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business and Engineering all have interim appointments,...

June 5 Briefs

Briefs by Sarah Carlson June 5, 2013

Get WSU information electronically via the Media Center The WSU Media Center has a lot of helpful links and information for anyone wanting to know more about Shockers. Located online, it allows users to...

Breaking ground on the new residence hall

Staff Reporter June 5, 2013

While many students are gone for the summer, the campus will still be alive and well. Among the campus activities will be an array of construction projects, most notably, the groundbreaking for a new residence...

Four WSU faculty honored by Wichita Business Journal

Staff Reporter Colton Young June 5, 2013

This year, 40 Under 40 has four names associated with WSU. Angela Buzard, Teresa Veazey, Amy DeVault and Dr. Natalie Grant are all faculty who have extended their work from campus to the community at large....

WSU and Watermark Books partner to host talk with international author

Managing Editor June 5, 2013

Wichita State University and Watermark Books & Café will be having a special guest coming to speak at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex next week. Internationally renowned author Khaled Hosseini, author...

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