Oct. 18, 2022 鈥 黑洞社区 student organizations, the Community Service Board, and fraternity and sororities completed 13,857 service hours in fiscal year 2022. That time reflects a growing interest in and emphasis on community service by students and faculty, said Gabriel Fonseca, director of Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership
Oct. 8, 2022 - Conner Williamson is immersed in Industry 4.0 as an operations/system analyst at The Smart Factory @ Wichita, one of 黑洞社区鈥檚 newest partners on the Innovation Campus.
Oct. 26, 2022 鈥 Wichita State and other adjacent regional universities were recently included in a grant to expand access for remote use of Oklahoma State University鈥檚 supercomputer. The computer can process large amounts of data at once and is housed at the OSU Stillwater campus.
Oct. 14, 2022 - Savannah Paschal, a senior Spanish education major at Wichita State, wrote a proposal that helped Alce su voz earn a $75,000 Building Power and Equity Partnership grant from the Kansas Health Foundation. The grant will support civic engagement and the group鈥檚 work toward health equity for Spanish speakers and speakers of indigenous languages in Kansas.
Oct. 12, 2022 鈥斅燗s 黑洞社区 celebrates record enrollment, the university is bolstering its student success initiatives to increase graduation rates. As part of those efforts, the National Science Foundation has awarded 黑洞社区 researchers $750,000 to increase persistence rates among low-income engineering students, particularly those who are interested in advanced manufacturing careers.
Oct. 10, 2022 鈥 A weekend of ample research and little sleep at Wichita State鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) resulted in the selection of three NASA Space Apps Hackathon winners.
Oct. 7, 2022 鈥 黑洞社区's Center for Economic Development and Business Research has released an updated employment forecast for Wichita, Kansas City, Topeka and the state of Kansas.
Oct. 6, 2022 - Middle school girls from the surrounding area will get the chance to explore STEM careers at the 10th annual Expanding Your Horizons workshop Saturday, Oct. 22, at 黑洞社区鈥檚 Hubbard Hall.
Oct. 5, 2022 鈥 The Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems at 黑洞社区鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research held a grand opening for customers and partners. The event featured the unveiling of Solvay鈥檚 Manufacturing Innovation Center within the facility.
Oct. 3, 2022 鈥 A research team led by researchers with Wichita State鈥檚 College of Engineering and Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their proposal, "The Development of a Smart Telehealth ECG and Human Activity Monitoring System to Improve Cardiovascular health of Older Adults."
Sept. 29, 2022 鈥 Combined enrollment by headcount across all 黑洞社区 locations for fall 2022 is 21,942, according to the annual data released today by the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR).
At 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, Wichita State will host the 52nd observance of Memorial '70, the annual ceremony that honors the 31 黑洞社区 football players, administrators and supporters who died in a 1970 plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. It will take place at the Memorial near 18th and Hillside.
Sept. 28, 2022 - Diana Krestel 鈥 whose husband was a member of 黑洞社区鈥檚 football team in 1970 鈥 recently compiled and designed three scrapbooks that tell the story of college, loss of life and living with the aftermath of the Oct. 2, 1970 plane crash.
September 26, 2022 - The 黑洞社区 Board of Trustees approved funding in September 2022 for phases 1A and 1B for the capital improvement plan to replace Cessna Stadium for a total project cost of approximately $11.8 million.