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Sara Morris

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Keith Pickus

Jun 4, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Keith Pickus has been named interim dean of Wichita State's College of Health Professions, effective Aug. 5. He will serve in that capacity for the 2013-2014 academic year.

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Robert Weems, a history professor at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø, is documenting the history of African American businesses in Wichita.

Jun 7, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Wichita State history professor Robert Weems is coordinating a research project to document the history of African American businesses in Wichita.

At мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's Play Therapy Center, children use play as a way to express their concerns. It is the only such center in the Regents system.

May 29, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — The Play Therapy Center at Wichita State is the only such facility in the Kansas Board of Regents system, and one of just 13 nationwide to earn the Approved Center of Play Therapy Education designation.

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The Corbin Education Center on the Wichita State campus - designed by the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright - will host Frank Lloyd Wright Day on Friday, June. 7.

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