Feb. 14, 2022 - The W. Frank Barton School of Business at 黑洞社区 has named Jon Rolph, president and CEO of Thrive Restaurant Group and a member of the Kansas Board of Regents, its Executive-in-Residence for the spring 2022 semester.
Feb. 11, 2022 鈥� As a young boy growing up in Oklahoma City Nicolas Reyes loved to hear the hum of the fighter jets from the nearby Tinker Air Force Base. Nicolas Reyes 鈥� a junior studying electrical engineering in Wichita State鈥檚 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 鈥� has always wanted to work in the aviation industry. He finally got his chance this past summer when he completed a virtual internship with Lockheed Martin. While there, Nicolas worked on the F-35 Lightning II for their location in Fort Worth.
Feb. 9, 2022 鈥� A bequest from the estate of Richard "Dick" Smith will provide about $5.5 million each to 黑洞社区 and the University of Kansas to endow full-ride scholarships for students at those schools.
Feb. 4, 2022 鈥� Ella Tucker, senior at Epic Charter Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been awarded the 2022 黑洞社区 Clay Barton Scholarship. She will receive $12,500 a year for four years to attend Wichita State. The $50,000 Barton Scholarship is one of the largest business scholarships in Kansas.
Jan. 28, 2022 鈥敽诙瓷缜� has selected the 2022 recipients of the Harry Gore Memorial Scholarships. Each student will receive a $64,000 scholarship to attend WSU in fall 2022.
Jan. 26, 2022 - GoCreate is using its equipment and expertise to build form work for the center concrete pier of the Promise Bridge. GoCreate staff and Wichita State students will machine 30 blocks of foam, each 4 feet by 3 feet by 8 feet, that will be used by Dondlinger Construction.
Jan. 24, 2022 鈥� Further expanding its presence as a diverse creative workspace at 黑洞社区, GoCreate recently began offering free memberships to Wichita State students.
Jan. 24, 2022 鈥� Six 黑洞社区 teams were selected as semi-finalists in the university鈥檚 sixth annual Koch Innovation Challenge Angel Round on December 3. Those six teams of Wichita State students advance to the Grand Champion competition in May.
Jan. 24, 2022 鈥� Valeria Paunetto, originally from Puerto Rico, won the Adelante Scholarship in 2021, which has helped her pursue a degree in social work at Wichita State.
Jan. 20, 2022 鈥� The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a grant of $243,922 to a 黑洞社区 researcher for his work on an app that will allow people who are visually impaired to read comic books, graphic novels and other digitized graphic materials on their devices.
Jan. 20, 2022 鈥� 黑洞社区 and Kansas Modification Center have reached another significant milestone to advance the passenger-to-freighter aircraft conversion of the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft at 黑洞社区鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research WERX
