Carl Hall earned All-America honors as an outfielder in 1994 and was also named the Missouri Valley Conference Player-of-the-Year. He was paralyzed in an auto accident in June 2010.

Apr 1, 2011 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — Wichita State is participating in the ABC television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" by offering scholarships to the four children of former Wichita State baseball player Carl Hall. Hall was paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident in June 2010.

Wichita State's Ablah Library.

Feb 22, 2011 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — Donald L. Gilstrap has been appointed dean of university libraries at ¼ϲʿ. He is associate dean of libraries at the University of Oklahoma. Gilstrap will join Wichita State in June, with responsibility for all of the university's collections, library locations, online services, staff and operations.

Feb 21, 2011 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — ¼ϲʿ's Counseling and Testing Center is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 5.

Mar 14, 2011 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — Wichita State's Transition to Teaching program could boost individual job prospects in local school districts for people with bachelor's degrees in English, Spanish, math and science.

Mar 1, 2011 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — "The Magic Flute,”" "For Colored Girls . . ." and world-class piano performances mix with ¼ϲʿ quintet, madrigals, winds, bands and jazz combos to make March a busy month for the College of Fine Arts at ¼ϲʿ.

Jeremy Hill, director of ¼ϲʿ's CEDBR, says winning an election is one thing, but controlling spending and helping the economy is another.

Feb 16, 2011 — By Joe Kleinsasser — Winning an election is one thing, controlling spending and helping the economy is another. Jeremy Hill, director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at ¼ϲʿ, says elected officials get a dose of reality when they're in office.

Feb 18, 2011 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — Wichita State annually invites regional choirs to perform the works they'll present at the Kansas Music Educator Association spring conference. The ¼ϲʿ A Cappella Choir, Women's Choir and special guest, Tabor College Concert Choir, will present "A KMEA Preview" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, in Wiedemann Recital Hall.

Feb 14, 2011 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — Anyone who is bilingual, uses language interpreters/translators or is interested in becoming a translator/interpreter is invited to an event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in 100 Lindquist Hall at ¼ϲʿ.

Feb 14, 2011 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — The National TRIO Day celebration is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, at ¼ϲʿ with a banquet in the Rhatigan Student Center ballroom. "The Blueprint for a Lifetime of Success" is the theme, and a national and regional TRIO achiever from Kansas City, Tyrone Flowers, is the distinguished keynote speaker.

Feb 11, 2011 — By ¼ϲʿ News Services — ¼ϲʿ's eminent organist, Lynne Davis, will give a Faculty Artist Recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Wiedemann Recital Hall. She has invited percussionist Gerald Scholl for a repeat performance of "Black Host," a fearsome piece the two performed together for Scholl's faculty recital in January.