Center director Ruth Hitchcock (center) flanked by (l-r) ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ President Donald Beggs, Adjunct Faculty and Community Partner Richard Gaskill, College of Education Dean Sharon Iorio, and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research Gary L. Miller.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ designated as Approved Center of Play Therapy Education

Feb 8, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The College of Education Play Therapy Center at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has earned designation as an Approved Center of Play Therapy Education.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ honored with Corporation of the Year Award

Feb 1, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ recently received the 2010 Corporation of the Year Award from the W.G. Williams Community Foundation Inc.

Newsline: Is it better to fight germs with soap or sanitizer?

Jan 14, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The best way to reduce the number of bad germs on your hands is to wash with soap and water, not hand sanitizers, according to Fawn Beckman, a biology lab technician and germ expert at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Office of Multicultural Affairs holding MLK Unity Week events

Jan 13, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Office of Multicultural Affairs at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ invites the public to enjoy MLK Unity Week events on the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ campus in observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Newsline: State economic forecast remains mostly cloudy

Jan 7, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Jeremy Hill, director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, says there are some positive economic signs for Wichita.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ joins effort to address shortage of math, science teachers

Jan 7, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Public research university leaders representing some 120 universities, including ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, pledged to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers in a letter presented to President Barack Obama.

ACT prep workshop set for Jan. 16 at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ

Jan 5, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Counseling and Testing Center is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT from 8 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Jan. 16.

Stellar life cycles, space colonization at the public observatory

Jan 5, 2010 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — On moonless evenings when the sky is darkest on Jan. 8-9 and 15-16; Feb. 5-6 and 12-13; and March 5-6 and 12-13, Lake Afton Public Observatory will present “Life Story of a Star.â€Â

National Public Radio to air Wichita StoryCorps on Christmas Day

Dec 23, 2009 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The story of Wichitan Paul Wilson and how he met the person who changed his life while riding the elevator at the Lassen Hotel will air across the United States on National Public Radio Friday, Dec. 25.

Jeremy Hill

Wichita State's CEDBR updates 2010 Wichita and Kansas forecasts

Dec 21, 2009 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Center for Economic Development and Business Research at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has updated its 2010 employment forecast for the Wichita MSA and the state of Kansas.