Jun 18, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — The Stafford High School Band is taking its annual band/senior trip to Denver. But first, the band will hold a memorial concert at the Colorado memorial for the 1970 мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø plane crash.

Zack Mesch is surrounded by мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø friends outside his hospital room. Pictured behind Mesch from l-r are Jody Oberthaler, Christine Schneikart-Luebbe, Megan Garcia, Ryan Floyd, WuShock, Kristen Luebbe and Liz Quinn.

May 12, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — When мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's mascot WuShock traveled to Denver to encourage Zach Mesch, a former мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø student who performed as WuShock last year, little did the mascot or anyone else know the story would take such a dramatic turn.

Wichita State's new walking path measures 1.5 miles.

May 19, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø will celebrate National Employee Health and Fitness Day with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that will open a new 1.5 mile marked walking path on campus at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 20.

May 20, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — "The Wiyos of Oz" is going on the road for a three-city Kansas tour with performances on May 22, 25 and 27. A live stage band and a big-screen film backdrop of Wichita places and people join мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø dancers for this original twist on "The Wizard of Oz." Link to March story: http://www.wichita.edu/j/?561

May 11, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Health care students from мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø and the KU School of Medicine-Wichita teamed up for the annual CLARION competition and earned third place from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

May 10, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Lake Afton Public Observatory, in conjunction with the Kansas Astronomical Observers (KAO), invites anyone who would like some pointers on how to use their own telescope to attend one or more Bring Your Own Telescope night programs at LAPO.

Jun 18, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — This issue of Academe recognizes our Wichita State colleagues' awards and honors, including those who have received distinguished service awards and faculty awards.

Andrew Bales joined his passion for the arts and literature with the passions of two graphic designers to create a community-connecting publication, Fractions.

May 6, 2010 — By Shae West — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø grad student Andrew Bales wants to connect the Wichita community to arts and literature through the free publication of the arts journal Fractions.

May 18, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø and the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Alumni Association joined with universities and colleges across Kansas as part of an unprecedented effort to emphasize the importance of higher education to the state's future.

May 5, 2010 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — A Facebook request to WuShock, мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's mascot, will result in the mascot traveling to Denver to meet and encourage Zach Mesch, a former мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø student who performed as WuShock last year. Mesch left school and was hospitalized in Denver after being diagnosed with leukemia in November.