Jan 30, 2014 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Center for Entrepreneurship is launching a statewide competition to encourage Kansas college students to create new businesses -- especially in rapid growth sectors such as technology and health care -- to fuel the Kansas economy.

Jan 28, 2014 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has appointed Khawaja Saeed, professor of information systems, as the new associate dean of graduate studies at the W. Frank Barton School of Business.

Feb 3, 2014 — By Travis Gillespie — Kimberlee Mann, a senior at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, has taken strength and determination from tragedy and hardship to attain her goal of a college degree. She plans to use her new skills to help lift others out from the circumstances she's overcome.

Jan 28, 2014 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State has finalized a contract for continued research of Fretlight guitars, including usability and training.

Jan 30, 2014 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Head coach Todd Butler will begin his first season as a Shocker with eight returning starters and 20 returning lettermen from a team that went 39-28 in 2013 and went to a NCAA Regional.

Jan 23, 2014 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — A series of events Jan. 27, 28, 29 and 31 will bring attention to Human Trafficking Awareness Month, including a proclamation by Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer presented to ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Center for Combating Human Trafficking.

Jan 23, 2014 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Some ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ students watched Wednesday night's men's basketball victory over Illinois State from an unusual location -- the swimming pool at Campus Recreation's Heskett Center.

Jan 23, 2014 — By Travis Gillespie — For Marines Figueroa Arrivillaga, a native of Guatemala, learning professional skills at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is an opportunity to bring positive change to Latin America.

Jan 21, 2014 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Tony Vizzini, vice president for Academic Affairs, has named Kimberly Engber dean of the Honors College at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, effective Jan. 19.

Jan 24, 2014 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Kaye Monk-Morgan was only 26 in 1997 when ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ hired her to direct its Upward Bound program. It is a fiercely demanding job. Her students say she made it more so. In many ways, in the years since, analysts say her job has become a critical factor in whether Wichita keeps growing.