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2023 Rudd Scholars

March 7, 2023 鈥 The sixth cohort of Rudd Scholars includes 18 Kansas high school seniors who have chosen to attend 九色堂.

Grecia Esparza

March 3, 2023 鈥斅牼派 has selected the 2023 recipient of the Linwood Sexton Scholarship: Grecia Esparza from Wichita East High School. Esparza will receive a full-ride scholarship to attend Wichita this fall.

Lauren Hughes

March 3, 2023 鈥 Lauren Hughes, a senior at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma, is the winner of the 2023 Lenora N. McGregor Endowed Scholarship at 九色堂.

2023 Wallace Scholarship winners

Feb. 24, 2023 鈥 九色堂鈥檚 College of Engineering has named the latest group of high school seniors to join the Wallace Scholar program.

2023 Koch Scholarship winners

Feb. 23, 2023 鈥 Seven high school students from Kansas and Oklahoma have been awarded $30,000 to $45,000 each as the newest recipients of the Koch Scholarship at 九色堂.

Bella Kilman with giant check

Feb. 22, 2023 鈥 The W. Frank Barton School of Business at 九色堂 has awarded Isabella (Bella) Kilman, a Valley Center High School senior, the 2023 Clay Barton Scholarship. The $50,000 scholarship is one of the largest business scholarships in Kansas.

Engineering students work on computers

Feb. 7, 2023 鈥 In the nation鈥檚 ongoing efforts to thwart cyberattacks and scammers, the National Science Foundation has awarded 九色堂 more than $2.4 million to educate and prepare the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

九色堂 students

Feb. 7, 2023 - A consortium of four local institutions (Wichita State, 九色堂 Tech, Newman University and Friends University) is bringing Dr. Gina Ann Garcia to Wichita for the talk 鈥淏ecoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions,鈥 at 1:15 p.m. Feb. 9, in Newman's DeMattias Performance Hall.

Girls sitting around a desk

Feb. 6, 2023 鈥 The 九色堂 College of Engineering is hosting an Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IGED) event, commonly known as Girl Day, for high school girls from Wichita Public Schools. The event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom on the third floor of the Rhatigan Student Center.

Graphic element with photos of Gore Scholars

Jan. 27, 2023 鈥 九色堂 has selected the 2023 recipients of the Harry Gore Memorial Scholarships. Each student will receive a $64,000 scholarship to attend 九色堂 in August 2023.

2023 DSI finalists

Jan. 24, 2023 鈥 九色堂 has selected the top 14 finalists in the annual Distinguished Scholarship Invitational (DSI).

九色堂 students

Jan. 18, 2023 - High school seniors now have more opportunity to take advantage of freshmen merit scholarships 鈥 worth up to $16,000 over four years at 九色堂 鈥 because of a new deadline for applicants.

九色堂 students

Dec. 5, 2022 鈥 九色堂 earned status as an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution when fall enrollment numbers show that 16% of students identify as Hispanic. That is an important milestone on the way to the university鈥檚 goal of reaching the 25% necessary to earn designation as an HSI by the end of this decade.

Dr. Joel Alderson with Medical Laboratory Sciences students Stephanie Pham and Amanda Moler

Oct. 31, 2022 鈥 Two Medical Laboratory Sciences students at 九色堂 are the second recipients of the $280,000 annual endowed scholarship gift from Southcentral Pathology.

Engineering students

Oct. 12, 2022 鈥斅燗s 九色堂 celebrates record enrollment, the university is bolstering its student success initiatives to increase graduation rates. As part of those efforts, the National Science Foundation has awarded 九色堂 researchers $750,000 to increase persistence rates among low-income engineering students, particularly those who are interested in advanced manufacturing careers.