Feb 1, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — For the first time, high school rowers will get the chance to win a scholarship to ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ during the Shocker Sprints Indoor Rowing Race next month. The race, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Heskett Center, will be a scholarship competition for high school athletes.

Jan 31, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Thousands of Kansas students in 3rd through 12th grade will be receiving a hypothetical $100,000 to invest this spring in real companies and real prices while they gain firsthand experience managing an online investment portfolio through The Stock Market Game program (SMG). More than five thousand Kansas students are already registered to participate. Registrations will be accepted until the middl

Feb 12, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Kansas high school students Amanda Johnson and Reegan Innes have won ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Harry Gore Memorial Scholarships. And in a surprise announcement, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation President Elizabeth King said the value of the scholarships would increase from $48,000 per student to $52,000. Innes and Johnson will receive $13,000 a year for four years to attend Wichita State.

Jan 31, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ grad Dan Beckler, coordinator of public relations for the San Francisco 49ers, is happy to be working in New Orleans as his team prepares for sunday's Super Bowl appearance.

Jan 30, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State basketball greats Dave Stallworth, Antoine Carr, Xavier McDaniel, Cleo Littleton and Cliff Levingston will be honored at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Marcus Welcome Center. The special breakfast is part of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Alumni Association's centennial celebration and 2013 Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series. Tickets are $18 for Alumni Association members and $20 for nonmembers.

Feb 1, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Center for Entrepreneurship, in partnership with Butler County Economic Development, NetWork Kansas, Augusta Progress Inc. and El Dorado Main Street, is launching a new entrepreneurial certificate in Butler County, Kan. "Growing Rural Businesses" will start Friday Feb. 1.

Jan 29, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The following is an excerpt from a story about international students at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. The article appeared in the Jan. 27 issue of The Wichita Eagle.

Jan 29, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ had the highest rate among state universities with 73.6 percent of its graduates gaining employment in Kansas one year after graduation, according to data on post-graduation employment in Kansas for graduates between 2007 and 2009.

Jan 28, 2013 — By Erika Elving — Wichita State assistant education curriculum and instructor professor Gayla Lohfink conducted community-based research that ultimately provided about 80 multicultural books to students at McLean Science and Technology Magnet Elementary School in Wichita. ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's College of Education funded the project. Lohfink's research focused on kindergarten teachers reading culturally diverse literature to their

Jan 28, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The following is an excerpt from a story about ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ student Madhulika Srikanth that appeared in the Jan. 27 issue of The Wichita Eagle.