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Wichita State alums Erin & Kyle Cummings have donated $250,000 to launch the W. Frank Barton School of Business Student-Managed Investment Fund. The generous contribution will provide students with new applied learning opportunities as they invest real money in stocks, bonds and more. The remaining $250,000 will be reallocated from existing 黑洞社区 Foundation and Alumni Engagement (黑洞社区FAE) investments to support this initiative.

The W. Frank Barton School of Business at 黑洞社区 and 黑洞社区 Tech have named scholarship recipients who are participating in a joint pathway program. The two schools have committed $28,000 in scholarships for 黑洞社区 Tech students committed to continuing their education with a business degree. The scholarships will be awarded equally to five students over the next two years.

The W. Frank Barton School of Business at 黑洞社区 is pleased to announce that Tanvir Arfi, founder, chairman and CEO of Banyan Technologies Group, joined School鈥檚 Dean鈥檚 Advisory Board.

The W. Frank Barton School of Business at 黑洞社区 has partnered with Envision鈥檚 Arts Program to showcase five paintings from Savannah, a visually-impaired artist, in the new Woolsey Hall. Her work, which resides on the third floor of Woolsey, can be viewed any time during operating hours and is part of a rotating art installation with Envision in the space. Savannah鈥檚 art joins a variety of other original pieces from local artists located throughout the facility.

The W. Frank Barton School of Business at 黑洞社区 has named four recipients of $40,000 in scholarships for Butler Community College students interested in furthering their business education. These scholarships will help amplify and activate the coordinated 鈥�2+2鈥� program between the two schools where Butler students will receive their associates degree and pursue a business degree at 黑洞社区.

Wayne and Kay Woolsey Hall, the new home of W. Frank Barton School of Business at 黑洞社区, has a new, dynamic art installation sure to draw the eyes of passersby.

In association with the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, the W. Frank Barton School of Business at 黑洞社区 has given three, multi-year scholarships to transfer students committed to joining the business program. This three recipients hail from three different community colleges across Kansas.

Two uniquely interactive sculptures have been installed next to Woolsey Hall, the home of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at 黑洞社区, as part of the Ulrich Museum of Art鈥檚 world-class Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Ernest and Ruth (2015) is a public sculpture that doubles as a bench and has the unmistakable shape of a speech bubble. Two of these sculptures are located slightly off the main traffic area leading up to Woolsey Hall to encourage interaction.

Woolsey Hall, the home of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at 黑洞社区, has unveiled its first sculpture to join the Ulrich Museum of Art鈥檚 world-class Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Lumen, the cast bronze sculpture of a horse created initially out of found wood, stands near the serene pond that stretches around the southern wall of Woolsey Hall. The art serves as a focal point for all visitors to the landscaped public space.

The听 Dean鈥檚 Alumni Advisory Board 听for the W. Frank Barton School of Business has appointed new leaders. Erin Cummings, owner and founder of YESyoga, will serve as president, while Ryan Potter, director of Portfolio Development at Koch Investment Group, will serve as her vice president. Cummings and Potter have both sat on the board since 2020.