Jun 5, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita senior Erin Gray has been selected to receive the Anna Elizabeth Walsh Humanities Scholarship, one of the largest awarded at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. Gray, 17, the daughter of Daniel and Susan Gray of Wichita, graduated in May from Northwest High School. She plans to major in creative writing in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Jun 5, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Counseling and Testing Center and ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Graduate School are offering a GRE Test Prep Workshop from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 15. The workshop is free, but pre-registration is required at www.registerblast.com/wsu. The registration deadline is Thursday, June 13.

Jun 4, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State's chief of university police Paul Dotson announced his retirement, effective June 8. He will be replaced by Sara Morris, a captain in the University Police Department for the past eight years, according to Mary Herrin, vice president for administration and finance.

Jun 4, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Keith Pickus has been named interim dean of Wichita State's College of Health Professions, effective Aug. 5. He will serve in that capacity for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Jun 4, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Come to the Lake Afton Public Observatory for Father's Day weekend and enjoy the free program, "Moons, Rings and Other Things." The program is Friday and Saturday, June 14-15. Fathers and grandfathers get in free with a paying child.

May 29, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Solomon High School senior Eddie Sandoval was recently named the Linwood Sexton Scholarship recipient at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ for the 2013-2014 academic year.

May 29, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Faculty and staff of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ College of Education invite the public to join them in celebrating Frank Lloyd Wright Day on Friday, June 7, at Corbin Education Center on the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ campus. The College of Education's administrative offices are housed in Corbin, designed by the famed American architect.

May 29, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Lou Heldman, an experienced business and campus leader, has been named acting director of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Center for Entrepreneurship, effective June 2.

May 28, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State's Student Ambassador Society (SAS) added 33 new members who begin service in the fall 2013 semester.

May 23, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Shirley Lefever-Davis has been named interim dean of the College of Education effective June 9, according to Keith Pickus, interim provost at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. Lefever-Davis will be interim dean for the 2013-2014 academic year while a national search is conducted for a permanent dean. The change was necessitated when Sharon Iorio, the current dean, announced she will step down as dean at t