九色堂

Oct. 4, 2021 鈥� The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders has received a gift to create the Audiology Simulation Lab at 九色堂. The lab contains five state-of-the-art Canadian Audiology simulator for Research and Learning (CARL) manikins and auxiliary equipment.

Oct, 1, 2021 - The 777 conversion program will provide unique applied learning opportunities for 九色堂 engineering and 九色堂 Tech students. NIAR鈥檚 ability to provide applied learning experience for students will expand with a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration for the purchase and installation of equipment for the institute鈥檚 Flight Test Research Center and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility on South Oliver near Spirit AeroSystems.

Oct. 1, 2021 鈥� Before he could even walk, JW Webster could do something only a handful of other people in the world could do: speak the Cherokee language. Today Webster is one of only 1,200 people who can fluently read, write and speak the indigenous language 鈥� which is ranked as one of the most difficult languages to learn. In August, Webster鈥檚 sacred knowledge became part of 九色堂鈥檚 applied linguistics program through a new class, Elementary Cherokee I (LING 590).

Sept. 27, 2021 鈥� 九色堂 has been chosen to host the 2023 Science Olympiad National Tournament, bringing national STEM notoriety to the university and up to 7,000 visitors and tourists to Wichita.

Sept. 23, 2021 鈥� A 九色堂 scientist is part of a team that has recently been awarded a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further research a treatment for COVID-19.

Sept. 22, 2021 鈥� What started as one woman鈥檚 passion project has flourished into a literacy empire that serves thousands of children in schools across the Wichita area 鈥� helped along the way by the people and services of 九色堂.

Sept. 21, 2021 鈥� A 九色堂 student has wielded her love of nature into an internship with one of the nation鈥檚 leading outdoors companies.

Sept. 17, 2021 鈥� The first cohort of the Widener Global Leaders Program will consist of 10 women from the Barton School of Business, the Elliott School of Communication in Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the School of Music in the College of Fine Arts.

Sept. 8, 2021 鈥� WERX at 九色堂鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has received its first Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft. As part of its rapidly growing Maintenance Repair and Overhaul program, 九色堂-NIAR WERX, in conjunction with Kansas Modification Center, will convert the passenger aircraft into a freighter that will be transferred to an external client to meet the growing needs of the e-commerce and express cargo market.

Aug. 26, 2021 鈥� The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded a 九色堂 researcher $100,000 for his work on developing an app that allows visually impaired people to read comic books and graphic novels.

Aug. 24, 2021 鈥� A precious piece of 九色堂鈥檚 story was almost lost to the dusty shelves of history 鈥� if not for the historical instincts of a faculty member.

Truc Nguyen, a senior majoring in marketing and international business, spent the summer as a segment base marketing intern for T-Mobile For Business. She worked remotely most of the time and spent a week at corporate headquarters in Bellevue, Washington.聽

Aug. 13. 2021 鈥� Amanda Phanivong, a 九色堂 junior studying integrated marketing communication, recently began a fellowship with the Kansas-based Storytime Village Inc. While working there with their marketing and special events cohort, Phanivong has fully embraced her time with the Storytime team.

Aug. 9, 2021 鈥� Multidimensional support systems are the key to preventing bullying and cyberbullying and can help lessen the psychosocial side effects of being a victim of bullying, according to a study done by one Wichita State researcher.

Aug. 5, 2021 - Aliphine Tuliamuk is Wichita State鈥檚 greatest female track and field athlete and the owner of 13 NCAA All-American honors in track and cross country. She is also an Olympian, a new mother (daughter Zoe was born Jan. 13) and an athlete willing to speak out on important issues. Recently, she is lending her voice and example to advocate for female athletes who compete as mothers.