Jun 12, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — The Wichita Community Foundation (WCF) is investing $1 million to create the Talent Ecosystem Fund at WCF. The fund will invest in Wichita's workforce issues, talent development and lifelong learning. "This is the single largest commitment made by WCF in our 32 years as an organization," said WCF president and CEO Shelly Prichard. "While the Talent Ecosystem Fund is not the only solution or out

Jun 13, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — * Through a new initiative supported by the Kansas Board of Regents, students wanting to return and finish their degree at Wichita State now have an easier road. The initiative is called the Adult Higher Education Accessible Degrees (AHEAD) and is funded by the Lumina Foundation. Go to https://wsu.news/retadultsdegree * Dining Services summer hours of operation are in effect. Check out our summ

Jun 12, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Elizabeth King, CEO and president of the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Foundation, will will be one of three 2018 Women in Business Hall of Fame inductees this August at a Wichita Business Journal's (WBJ) event. Inductees to the Hall of Fame are selected internally by the Wichita Business Journal from past Women in Business honorees. In 2003, King was named to the inaugural class of the Wichita Business Journal's to

Jun 14, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — The 2018-19 Career Development Center Employer Recruitment Guide is hot off the press! View a digital copy of the booklet at https://wsu.news/cdcempreguide. If you are an office / program that would benefit from having some hard copies on hand, email мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÍøHire@wichita.edu, and we will send some right over. Do you know a business / organization who should be hiring мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø students for internships, or

Jun 12, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Elaine Neville, a junior accounting major, attended мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Beta Alpha Psi's Meet the Firms event where she met representatives from Grant Thornton tax firm. After making this connection with the organization, she applied for their open tax intern position on Handshake and was offered the job for the spring semester. "The event on campus allowed me to network and hear about this amazing opportunit

Jun 12, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — The мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø women's basketball team will be one of eight teams to participate in the 2018 Duel in the Desert, Dec. 19-21, at UNLV's Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, it was announced earlier this month. The Shockers will join Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Northwestern, Utah, Washington State and host-school UNLV. The field will be split into two divisions of four teams, the Rebel Division and Desert Division,

Jun 11, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — David Hunsicker, assistant professor of trumpet at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø, has invented the Gapper, a flexible plastic device that helps musicians control the third valve slide on the trumpet. https://wsu.news/gapperstory

Jun 11, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Our city has many activities and attractions to get you off-campus and exploring all Wichita has to offer including the Sedgwick County Zoo, Final Fridays, The Keeper of the Plains, The Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita's River Festival and much more. https://wsu.news/wichitaactforstudents

Jun 11, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Recently, Wichita State's College of Education received accreditation for its educator preparation programs by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). CAEP is the sole nationally recognized accrediting body for educator preparation. Educator preparation providers seeking accreditation must meet rigorous CAEP national accreditation standards to better prepare tomorrow's te

Jun 19, 2018 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Through a new initiative supported by the Kansas Board of Regents, students wanting to return and finish their degree at Wichita State now have an easier road. The initiative is called the Adult Higher Education Accessible Degrees (AHEAD) and is funded by the Lumina Foundation. https://wsu.news/retadultsdegree