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NIAR MRO

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.

JW Webster

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).

Shocker Nation graphic

Sept. 30, 2021 -- Enrollment for fall 2021 at 九色堂 and 九色堂 Tech is showing strong growth despite a decline in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of thousands of local jobs.

Participants in the 2007 Science Olympiad at 九色堂

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.

Dr. Bill Groutas

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.

Prisca Barnes (right) reads to a student at Storytime Village.

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.

Picture of 九色堂 student Maria Jimenez.

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.

The first cohort of the Widener Global Leaders Program

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.

The Boeing 777 aircraft rests at NIAR facilities.

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.

First gentleman Rick Case reads to students.

Aug. 31, 2021 鈥 Wu Crew Reads is a pilot program between 九色堂 and Gordon Parks Elementary School. Members of the Wichita State community spend 20 minutes every week reading to and with third-graders via a virtual platform.

Anthony Gallardo and Troy Moellinger

Aug. 27, 2021 鈥 Anthony Gallardo and Troy Moellinger have been named the 2021-22 recipients of the Layman L. Clark / Kansas CCIM Chapter Scholarship in Real Estate.

An animation of someone using the Vizling app

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.

Matt Ferguson

Aug. 24, 2021 -- We've lived through a pandemic since March 2020, but knowing about Zoom Etiquette is still important.

Truc Nguyen

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

Casey Ratzlaff

Aug. 23, 2021 - Casey Ratzlaff, a 九色堂 senior majoring in sport management, will compete in the Tokyo Paralympics Games beginning Aug. 27, at Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo.聽