Dec 16, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The new faculty and staff Learn More survey is now available online at http://www.wichita.edu/learnmore. The Learn More team will use the survey results to develop future sessions focusing on social networking topics and Web tools. Share your ideas on content, links and presenters. We want to hear from you.

Dec 15, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Teams representing Kansas BEST dominated the regional competition at Frontier Trails BEST competition at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith on Dec 5-6. http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=499

Dec 12, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wednesday, Dec. 17: Music Roundup -- New Holiday Releases. The Music Roundup, which airs every Wednesday on Morning Edition and is then posted on the KMUW Web site at http://www.kmuw.org, reviews a half dozen of the best new holiday CDs in a wide range of styles. Saturday, Dec. 21: Crossroads Holiday Special Crossroads, KMUW's blues and soul show, focuses in on holiday sounds in a special

Dec 17, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6 Blackboard 8 Transition Training, MRC Wireless Learning Space Stephanie Pope, Mary Morriss, Corey Ray Introducing the changes in the update to Blackboard 8. The Grade Book and Discussion Board changes will be highlighted along with other changes. Spring 2009 semester courses will use Blackboard 8. All faculty/staff using Blackboard in their courses should plan t

Dec 23, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Composites & Advanced Materials Lab at the National Institute for Aviation Research has extended its machining capabilities with the addition of a 4' by 4' WaterjetPRO cutting table. "The waterjet cutting system will be primarily used for coupon preparation in most of our material qualification programs, as we transition away from a labor-intensive process to a more efficient way of cutting te

Dec 23, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — * For checks to be distributed Wednesday, Dec. 24, the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation requisitions must be received by 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22. Only emergency checks will be processed during the week of Dec. 29. * All deposits for this calendar year need to be received by noon Wednesday, Dec. 31, by the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation. In order to receive credit for 2008, donors who use credit cards for their gifts, it must be

Dec 12, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wednesday, Dec. 17: Music Roundup -- New Holiday Releases. The Music Roundup, which airs every Wednesday on Morning Edition and is then posted on the KMUW Web site at http://www.kmuw.org, reviews a half dozen of the best new holiday CDs in a wide range of styles. Saturday, Dec. 21: Crossroads Holiday Special Crossroads, KMUW's blues and soul show, focuses in on holiday sounds in a special e

Dec 23, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Some Elliott School students will take part in an ESC first next semester. Communication 535 Communication Analysis and Criticism, a required class for all students, will be offered only online during the spring 2009 semester. The course instructor, Leslie Blythe, lives in Edmond, Okla. More information about the class and the instructor is available in the Elliott School News at http://www.wichit

Dec 17, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Make sure you stop by the Ulrich Museum to see the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ School of Art and Design MFA Thesis Exhibition, on view through today (Thursday, Dec. 18) in the Amsden Gallery at the Ulrich Museum. Included in this semester's exhibition are Nick Meyer-Hesler from Hanover, Kan., who produces prosthetic sculptures that question the function of the body, and Amber Vanhatala Stene from Tucson, Ariz., whose wor

Dec 17, 2008 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The exhibition "Aircraft: The Jet as Art by Jeffrey Milstein," which features 35 large-scale, color photographs of machines from the air and sky, has been extended and will be on view through Sunday, Dec. 21. Discover pristine photographs of industry greats including Boeing, Bombardier, Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-5 p.m. weekends; admission i