Jan 6, 2014 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø has chosen the top 12 finalists in the annual Distinguished Scholarship Invitational.

Jan 2, 2014 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — John A. See has given $1 million to establish the John A. See Research Award, a prize for мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø faculty and students who are conducting outstanding research or producing other significant work, the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Foundation announced.

Westar Energy presents a $125,000 oversized check to representatives of мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø and the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Foundation to upgrade a power systems lab.

Jan 3, 2014 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Westar Energy has committed $125,000 to мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø to help the College of Engineering expand and update its laboratory for teaching power systems.

Feb 10, 2014 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Most Wichita State offices will be closed at some point for the holiday shutdown from Saturday, Dec. 21, through Wednesday, Jan. 1. Here's a list of some of those closings.

Dec 16, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — To find out how astronomers learn about stars, visit the Lake Afton Public Observatory for "Discovering Stellar Secrets" starting Friday and Saturday, Jan. 3-4.

Erin Jundt

Dec 13, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø junior Erin Jundt started college at the age of 16 and was recently chosen by her peers to be the president of her nursing class.

Angela Proffitt

Dec 16, 2013 — By Travis Gillespie — Angela Proffitt, who graduated from мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø on Sunday, Dec. 15, has already turned her hands-on education into a professional career as a speech-language pathologist for Catholic Care Center.

Dec 16, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Mike Wood has been named interim director of radio and general manager of KMUW effective Thursday, Dec. 12. A national search will be conducted to find a permanent director and general manager, according to Tony Vizzini, vice president for Academic Affairs at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø.

Dec 11, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Teams representing Kansas BEST were once again dominant at the regional Frontier Trails BEST competition at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Dec. 9-10.

Cindy Claycomb, left, and Bailey Bryand

Dec 20, 2013 — By мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø News Services — Bailey Bryand, a senior at Wichita Northwest High School, has won мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø's 2014 Clay Barton Scholarship in Business. He will receive $11,000 a year for four years to attend мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø. The $44,000 Barton Scholarship is the biggest business scholarship in the state.