Jul 18, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Tim Pett, formerly the director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, has resigned from the university effective Aug. 31. Lou Heldman, an experienced business and campus leader, has been acting director of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Center for Entrepreneurship since June 2, and will continue serving in that role.

Jul 19, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Jessy Clonts has been named public relations and marketing manager of the Ulrich Museum of Art at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. She fills the position previously held by Teresa Veazey, who resigned in May to become public relations manager at the Wichita Art Museum.

Jul 17, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is partnering with the Public Management Center at the University of Kansas to bring the Emerging Leaders' Academy to Wichita.

Jul 16, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Jeremy Hill, director of Wichita State's Center for Economic Development and Business Research, will present Wichita's Economic Outlook 2013 Review and 2014 Forecast at the 34th Annual Wichita Area Economic Outlook Conference.

Jul 12, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — On Monday, July 15, more than 60 participants from the TRIO Upward Bound Math Science program, grades 9 through 12, will participate in the Annual Research Symposium and Science Fair at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Jul 12, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The July ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Current Conditions and Leading Economic Index are now available at www.index.CEDBR.org. The current index is down 0.6 percent from April to May, and the current economic activity is 0.3 percent higher than it was in May of 2012.

Jul 12, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State's Summer Symphony Orchestra will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 19, in Miller Concert Hall. Tickets can be purchased through the Fine Arts Box Office at 316-978-3233 or wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice.

Jul 11, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Ravi Pendse, vice president for information technology and chief information officer at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, has been named vice president for computing and information services at Brown University.

Jul 23, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Former Kansas Board of Regents chairman Clay Blair has established a fellowship at Wichita State in honor of a Kansas entrepreneur he calls a "rags-to-riches success story."

Aug 12, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Alumni Drive will be closed permanently in early August at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. The closing is part of the overall plan to create a permanent pedestrian walkway on campus. Alumni Drive runs from near Morrison Hall south to Perimeter Road.