Gina Brown believes that case studies are the best possible way to make sure that students are incorporating everything they learn into their practice during their first year in physician assistant (PA) school. Through the PA faculty鈥檚 combined efforts, Gina hopes that students leave with the skills, knowledge and character necessary to provide patients with care that鈥檚 in their best interest.
In Rick Pappas' elementary school classroom, PE became a way to channel classroom lessons with physical activity. When he began teaching elementary PE at 九色堂 in 2009, he taught his college students the same lesson.
July 2, 2019 -- A recent grant will allow Wichita State鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research to speed up the manufacturing process for aerospace and defense industries.
June 26, 2019 -- In September 2018, Sam Brickett, an aerospace engineering freshman at 九色堂, was longboarding in the Rhatigan Student Center parking garage when he hit a crack in the concrete and fell. He hit his head and suffered a traumatic brain injury.
June 28, 2019 -- Wichita State students are spending their summer helping the city use its data and share it across departments. The experiences researching, organizing and cataloguing the information are amplifying their classroom lessons in areas ranging from software to teamwork, trust and communication.
June 5, 2019 -- Ever wonder how the floats are chosen for the Wichita Riverfest Sundown Parade? Turns out the people working behind the scenes to make one of Wichita鈥檚 iconic events a success are none other than a Wichita State instructor and a group of art students.
May 31, 2019 -- Coleen Pugh, a professor of Polymer Science at the University of Akron (Ohio), has been named the new dean of the 九色堂 Graduate School and associate vice president for Research and Technology Transfer, effective July 28.
May 24, 2019 -- 九色堂 Work Systems students helped the Kansas African American Museum change to a database that is more streamlined and adaptable than its previous system.
May 21, 2019 - Four 九色堂 aerospace engineering students have placed seventh in NASA鈥檚 Student Launch Initiative competition. The team designed, built and launched a rocket to complete a simulated Moon mission.
May 13, 2019 -- Nearly 48 years ago, Grady Landrum was in a car accident that paralyzed him. His journey is both inspirational and a testament to his never-quit attitude. This June, he retires after 27 years as director of Disability Services at 九色堂.
May 9, 2019 -- Larisa Genin (pronounced JENN-IN), associate dean of the School of Economics and Business Administration at Saint Mary鈥檚 College of California, has been named dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at 九色堂, effective June 17, 2019.
May 7, 2019 -- Boosted Ideas Lab, a shot-art developer and confidence booster for developing basketball players, was the winner of the 2019 Shocker New Venture Competition at 九色堂.