Sep 12, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Lake Afton Public Observatory will participate in Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day. For more information on Museum Day at Lake Afton, go to http://tinyurl.com/3hap2sm.

Sep 13, 2011 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Although Onttu Lindeman, who graduated from Wichita State in 2007 and went to work for Cessna Aircraft in Wichita, didn't realize it at the time, the work experience he received through ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Cooperative Education and Work-Based Learning program helped guide his career path.

Sep 19, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Faculty artist Mark Foley, principal bassist of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, will appear as soloist with the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in the Campus Activities Center Theater. Tickets ($7 for general admission with discounts available) may be purchased through the College of Fine Arts Box Office at (316) 978-3233 or go online to www.wichita.edu

Sep 16, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT math-only prep workshop. The workshop is from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 24, at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. For more information, go to www.registerblast.com/wsu.

Sep 7, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Businesses interested in expanding will get a jump start from Business in Motion: Making Business Expansion Easier, a new program offered by the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Kansas Small Business Development Center.

Sep 7, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — One perk of being president of the Student Ambassador Society at Wichita State is receiving the $500 Don and Shirley Beggs Student Ambassador Society Scholarship. Liz Quinn received the scholarship, awarded annually since 2005, at the annual Convocation Aug. 30.

Sep 6, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — High school seniors who are high achievers in math and science could qualify for scholarships that cover the cost of all four years of college tuition at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Sep 6, 2011 — By Joe Kleinsasser — For a generation of younger Americans, the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., are the equivalent of Pearl Harbor. But how legitimate is the comparison? ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ history professor John Dreifort examines the similarities and differences of the two national tragedies.

Sep 2, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Lake Afton Public Observatory will present a special program on the star lore of Native Americans, called "Native American Storytelling," at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16.

Aug 31, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Motivational speaker and author Grant Baldwin will give a talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. North. Admission is free.