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 31, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Vishwanath (Vish) Prasad will assume the position of interim dean of the College of Engineering at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, effective Monday, Jan. 28.

Jan 23, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Michelle Dreiling and Pamela O'Neal will present in person, and Deborah Ballard-Reisch, Jessica Freeman and Jack Brand will present via Skype, their model for the Hunger Awareness Initiative during the Ethical Student Leadership Conference at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas.

Jan 22, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Shift Space, a student art gallery in downtown Wichita, will host a reception from 6-10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, for the opening of "Going MAD: The Ramblings of Mr. & Mrs. Nightingale." The exhibit is a showcase for artwork by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's fine arts seniors.

Feb 1, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Matthew Cecil, a media historian with a strong professional communication background, has been selected as the next director of the Elliott School of Communication at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Jan 17, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Office of Continuing Education will offer noncredit classes to the general public for the spring 2013 semester. For the complete list of classes and their prices, go to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=noncredit&p=/SpringCourses/.

Jan 15, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Center for Innovation and Enterprise Engagement has awarded a development grant to Nitride Solutions, a Wichita company that is developing and producing aluminum nitride substrates that will enable the next generation of solid-state power electronics for hybrid vehicles, ultraviolet light-emitting diodes for air and water purification, and ultraviolet laser diodes for hi

Jan 14, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — President Barack Obama won a second term by defeating Mitt Romney in the presidential election, but now he faces a challenge with deep roots in political history – what historians and commentators call the "second-term curse." ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ political scientist Ken Ciboski looks at some reasons why second-term presidents often struggle.

Jan 14, 2013 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Center for Community Support and Research has restructured its management. CCSR helps individuals, organizations and communities with leadership development, organizational capacity building, community-based consulting, research and evaluation and through its Mental Health Consumer initiative.