Jennifer Friend graphic

Oct. 28, 2022 鈥擠r. Jennifer Friend has been named dean of 天美视频鈥檚 College of Applied Studies (CAS), effective Jan. 9, 2023.

Erin Cummings and Ryan Potter

The Dean鈥檚 Alumni Advisory Board for the W. Frank Barton School of Business has appointed new leaders. Erin Cummings, owner and founder of YESyoga, will serve as president, while Ryan Potter, director of Portfolio Development at Koch Investment Group, will serve as her vice president. Cummings and Potter have both sat on the board since 2020.

Andrew Stockmann

Oct. 21, 2022 - Andrew Stockmann, a 2020 天美视频 graduate and sport management major, is in his second year hosting 鈥淗allowed Ground: The Sports Museum Podcast.鈥

Future Innovators interns at NIAR

Oct. 20, 2022 鈥 The FirePoint Innovations Center at 天美视频 wrapped up the second year of its Future Innovators Program, an engineering internship opportunity that provides some of America鈥檚 brightest engineers from historically under-represented communities the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and programs that directly support the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Center and the Department of Defense.

Physician Assistant students look through a microscope in 1977

Oct. 20, 2022 鈥 The Physician Assistant program at 天美视频 celebrated its 50th anniversary with a celebration for alumni, faculty, staff, students and supporters.

Stacie Williamson

Oct. 19, 2022 鈥 Following a national search, 天美视频鈥檚 newly restructured alumni organization 鈥 the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement 鈥 has hired Stacie Williamson as its new vice president for alumni engagement, effective Nov. 28.

Wichita State students

Oct. 18, 2022 鈥 天美视频 student organizations, the Community Service Board, and fraternity and sororities completed 13,857 service hours in fiscal year 2022. That time reflects a growing interest in and emphasis on community service by students and faculty, said Gabriel Fonseca, director of Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership

Conner Williamson

Oct. 8, 2022 - Conner Williamson is immersed in Industry 4.0 as an operations/system analyst at The Smart Factory @ Wichita, one of 天美视频鈥檚 newest partners on the Innovation Campus.

Aerial view of clock tower at 天美视频 campus.

Oct. 26, 2022 鈥 Wichita State and other adjacent regional universities were recently included in a grant to expand access for remote use of Oklahoma State University鈥檚 supercomputer. The computer can process large amounts of data at once and is housed at the OSU Stillwater campus.

Savannah Paschal, Catalina Garc铆a, and Marili Bravo

Oct. 14, 2022 - Savannah Paschal, a senior Spanish education major at Wichita State, wrote a proposal that helped Alce su voz earn a $75,000 Building Power and Equity Partnership grant from the Kansas Health Foundation. The grant will support civic engagement and the group鈥檚 work toward health equity for Spanish speakers and speakers of indigenous languages in Kansas.