Jan 14, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback proclaimed January as Support Group Awareness Month in a signing ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 10, in Topeka.

Jan 22, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Angela Buzard is director of the Environmental Finance Center, housed in мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's Hugo Wall School for Urban and Public Affairs. She graduated from мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø in 2006 with a master's in public administration. Through her graduate studies, she found a desire to work with local governments and got an internship with the city of Wichita.

Jan 9, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Wichita State junior Sarah Thompson was featured in a Salina Journal article about her choice to give part of her liver to an ailing friend. The story on Thompson, a мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Gore Scholar, can be read at http://www.salina.com/news/story/sarah-and-charlie-update-1213.

Jan 9, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Salina High School South senior Margarette Long has been selected as the 2012-2013 recipient of Wichita State's Ark Valley Chisholm Trail Scholarship. Circle High School senior Emily Hoover is the runner-up.

Jan 8, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø'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. 19, at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø. The workshop will present general test-taking tips and practice questions for the English, reading, math and science test sections. The cost for the workshop is $32, and registration can be done online at www.registerblast.com/

Jan 22, 2013 — By Lainie Rusco — Three months ago, longtime Texas racer Al Lamb made history by riding his Honda motorcycle a two-way average speed of more than 262 miles per hour -- a new world record. One of the biggest factors in Lamb's success was the ability to speed test his motorcycle in the Walter H. Beech Wind Tunnel at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's National Institute for Aviation Research.

Dec 21, 2012 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — MFA students from across the region are included in the juried exhibition "How Much Can We Control?" on view through its closing reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in Clayton Staples Gallery, McKnight Art Center at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø. Graduate student-artists discuss through various media the presence or lack of control in every aspect of art and life.

Mar 5, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Most Wichita State offices will be closed at some point for the holiday shutdown from Saturday, Dec. 22, through Tuesday, Jan. 1.

Dec 20, 2012 — By Erika Elving — Wichita State senior Brian Simpson and New Mexico State University student Jadee Isler both participated in the National Student Exchange (NSE) program during the 2011-2012 academic year. Simpson, who studied at the University of Montana, wanted to meet new people and experience a different location. While at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø, Isler used her time to build her professional resume through taking beneficial commu

Dec 18, 2012 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has donated aircraft structural parts and kits worth more than $800,000 to мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's National Institute for Aviation Research for use in its research laboratories and training classes. Airbus is donating an elevator for a horizontal tail and two APU change kits.