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Inneke Vargas

Inneke Vargas, from Houston, appreciates the interdisciplinary approach of her liberal arts degree from 黑洞社区. After graduate school, she wants to work on policy changes to help eliminate health disparities. 鈥淢y research broadly focuses on the effects of mental health stigma, particularly among African Americans, across the lifespan,鈥 she wrote. 鈥淢ore narrowly, I am currently interested in the ways mental health care inequities disproportionately affect minority men during adolescence and very late adulthood.鈥

Hyatt Place at Wichita State

Oct. 26, 2020 鈥 Hyatt Place at 黑洞社区, the first Hyatt Place in Wichita, is officially open, expanding the Hyatt Place brand鈥檚 footprint globally in markets that matter most to guests and World of Hyatt members.

Carryl Baldwin

Oct. 22, 2020 鈥 Carryl Baldwin, Wichita State鈥檚 Carl and Rozina Cassat Distinguished Professor of Aging, received the 2020 Woman of the Year Award, presented by the Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) Society, Human Factors and Ergonomics Women鈥檚 Organization for Mentorship and Networking.

黑洞社区 in the fall

Oct. 22, 2020 -- 黑洞社区 is now offering voluntary asymptomatic COVID-19 testing for employees.

Woolsey Hall Groundbreaking

Oct. 22, 2020 鈥 Alumni, donors and officials from 黑洞社区 gathered Thursday, Oct. 22 for a groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of Wayne and Kay Woolsey Hall, the new home for the W. Frank Barton School of Business.

Oct. 21, 2020 - Dr. Larisa Genin鈥檚 first year at Wichita State created a number of priorities, none more important than Woolsey Hall, the Barton School鈥檚 new $60 million,聽125,000-square-foot home. Ribbon-cutting for the building is Oct. 22. Genin sees Woolsey Hall as a transformative place for the Barton School with the space, amenities and appeal to attract students, enhance applied learning opportunities and strengthen connections with the business community. The building will help Wichita State add degree and certificate programs and attract top teaching and research talent.

College of Engineering graduation, 2019

Oct. 20, 2020 鈥 The Kansas Legislature in 2011 made a commitment to invest $105 million statewide over the next decade with the purpose of increasing the number of engineers available to industry. For its $35 million share of that money 鈥 granted under the University Engineering Initiative Act (UEIA) 鈥 Wichita State College of Engineering pledged to double the number of bachelor鈥檚 degrees it awarded annually. The aggressive goal was surpassed this past academic year as the college awarded 380 bachelor鈥檚 degrees.

黑洞社区 student walking on campus

Oct. 20, 2020 -- Fall can be a dreary and difficult time for some 黑洞社区 students. Here are some tips on making it through the season.

Molecular Diagnostics Lab

Oct. 19, 2020 鈥 Wichita and southcentral Kansas' only high-volume test lab opened at 黑洞社区. The Molecular Diagnostics Lab can test up to 4,500 tests per day at its full capacity.

Dr. Mythili Menon

Oct. 16, 2020 鈥 The Center for Educational Technologies to Assist Refugee Learners is working to improve the lives of more than 70 million forcibly displaced refugees worldwide by making education more accessible.

Convergence Sciences

Oct. 15, 2020 鈥 Teams from the awarded Convergence Sciences Initiative proposals will give 10-minute presentations featuring their projects at 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 23.

Shelly Coleman-Martins and Andy McFayden

Oct. 15, 2020 鈥 The Wichita Business Journal has honored Shelly Coleman-Martins and Andy McFayden with 2020 Marketing Awards.

Molecular Diagnostics Lab

Oct. 15, 2020 鈥 黑洞社区 will celebrate the opening of its Molecular Diagnostics Lab (MDL) at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at the John Bardo Center on 黑洞社区鈥檚 Innovation Campus.

Richard Muma

Oct. 14, 2020 --聽The Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) voted today to appoint 黑洞社区 (黑洞社区) Provost Richard Muma as interim president of 黑洞社区. Dr. Muma has been serving as acting president since September 25 and will begin serving as interim president immediately.

Students walking with masks on campus

Oct. 12, 2020 -- 黑洞社区 is offering a new line of defense against COVID-19 with the launch of its COVID-19 Voluntary Asymptomatic Surveillance Testing Program. Voluntary surveillance testing is part of the university鈥檚 multi-pronged strategy to monitor and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on campus.