Hannah Scott, a ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ School of Art and Design design student, is getting work experience on top of her coursework as a part-time house artist for ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ alum and Bluebird Arthouse owner Emily Brookover, background.

Sep 29, 2011 — By Shannon Littlejohn — Wichita State graduate Emily Brookover opened Bluebird Arthouse in June. She says her time at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ helped prepare her for her career and, in turn, she provides ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ students working at her store with real-world experience.

Sep 29, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Don Borut, executive director of the National League of Cities, will be the featured speaker at Hugo Wall Day, Friday, Sept. 30, at the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. N. Borut will discuss the changes and challenges in public service.

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Sep 28, 2011 — By Joe Hartup — Arnold Durel Deffo Nde traveled to Lexington, Ky., for the 2011 U.S. National Mathematics Championship in August and positioned himself as runner-up in the overall competition.

Jun 12, 2012 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Enrollment at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ for fall 2011 is 15,100 students, an increase of 294 students or 2 percent compared to fall 2010, according to the official enrollment report given to the Kansas Board of Regents following the 20th day of classes. It is the first time since 2002 that ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's fall enrollment has surpassed 15,000 students.

Sep 27, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Counseling and Testing Center is offering workshops to help high school students prepare for the ACT from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 1, at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ South Campus, and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 8, at the main campus. The workshops will present general test-taking tips and practice questions for the English, reading, math and science test sections.

Sep 28, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Wichita State's Center for Innovation and Enterprise Engagement will receive a nearly $2 million federal interagency grant to create more jobs by supporting advanced manufacturing innovators to get commercially viable processes and products into production faster.

Sep 23, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Approximately 1,240 elementary and middle-school students will participate in "JASON Days: Terminal Velocity," an 8-day science program at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, Sept. 23-Oct. 4.

A $3 million public fundraising campaign to preserve the Miro mural at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ starts next week.

Sep 23, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Come "See Miro Go!" at noon Tuesday, Sept. 27. This special event kicks off the deinstallation of the 26-by-52-foot mosaic on the facade of the Ulrich Museum of Art at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, and a launch of the $3 million public fundraising campaign to preserve every piece of this campus and community icon.

A portion of the $8.5 million estate gift from Evelyn D. Cassat, pictured here with husband Paul Cassat, was realized during the dedication of the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic Sept. 20.

Sep 21, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — A portion of the $8.5 million estate gift from Evelyn D. Cassat, announced in May 2008 by the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation, was realized during the dedication of the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic Sept. 20.

Sep 20, 2011 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — National employment declined 0.8 percent in 2010. Year-over-year average annual employment grew a meager 0.4 percent in June 2011, and only modest gains are expected in 2012. That's according to the 2011 Kansas Economic Outlook, just released by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Center for Economic Development and Business Research.