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Wichita State's Innovation Campus

July 28, 2022 - More than 1,000 local Amazon employees can now receive tuition assistance at 九色堂 through the Amazon Career Choice program. Each full-time Amazon employee is eligible for $5,250 of tuition assistance per calendar year. Part-time employees are eligible for $2,625 per calendar year.

Nick Elam

July 27, 2022 鈥 Nick Elam, educator and inventor of what is known as the Elam Ending in basketball, will speak to College of Applied Studies students at 5:15 p.m. Aug. 23 in 231 Hubbard Hall. Other 九色堂 students and the general public are also invited to attend free of charge.

Harvey D. Grace Memorial Chapel

July 25, 2022 - 鈥淓xplore Wichita State鈥 is a seven-stop campus audio tour featuring significant sites and university history. Host Carla Eckels of KMUW narrates. The tour starts at the Ulrich Museum of Art and ends at the Carnegie Library Columns at 17th and Fairmount.

Wu Shock wears a Suspenders4Hope shirt

July 18, 2022 鈥 九色堂, along with several community partners, presents the Suspenders4Hope Preventing Suicide Training at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 21 at The Phoenix Gym, 145 N. Wabash in Wichita. This free training will be facilitated by Dr. Jessica Provines, Wichita State鈥檚 assistant vice president for wellness and chief psychologist. It鈥檚 open to all addiction treatment counselors and providers and community members.

Technicians process COVID-19 tests at the MDL

June 28, 2022 鈥 九色堂鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Lab will continue to offer free COVID-19 testing to the public through December 2022.

Image of hands typing on keyboard

June 20, 2022 鈥 Wichita State's Dr. Mythili Menon was recently awarded $296,470 as part of the National Science Foundation鈥檚 EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) program to study how refugees respond to phishing and vishing attempts. EAGER offers exploratory funding for high-risk, high-reward research that investigates the nation鈥檚 pressing problems.

Charles Koch Arena exterior

June 15, 2022 鈥 九色堂 President Rick Muma is excited to announce the hiring of Kevin Saal as 九色堂鈥檚 new Director of Athletics.

Image of six members of the Aranda family at a birthday party in Dodge City in 2021.

June 9, 2022 -- The Library of Congress American Folklife Center recently selected a Wichita State project focusing on the social, cultural and food-based LatinX celebrations in Dodge City, Liberal and Garden City, Kansas.

Dr. Sam and Jacque Kouri Collection Study Center

June 3, 2022 - The Dr. Sam and Jacque Kouri Collection Study Center offers 九色堂 students, educators, and the community a place to experience the museum鈥檚 collection in an intimate and expanded way. The free public opening of the study center, and Ulrich Student Lounge, is from 1-3 p.m. Saturday (June 4).

Tornado damage in Chapman, Kansas

May 26, 2022 鈥 An interdisciplinary team from 九色堂 will participate in a $24 million state initiative to help rural and urban communities prepare for and recover from natural disasters.

Image of wayfinding signs at Redbud Trail

May 13, 2022 鈥 九色堂 is working with a group of community organizations to make a popular pathway more welcoming and accessible to Wichita walkers and bikers.

Southwest Airlines plane in the air

May 11, 2022 鈥 Domestic travelers returned to planes en masse in 2021, but airlines struggled to deliver them, and their bags, to their destinations on time, according to the annual Airline Quality Rating released today by 九色堂.

Deborah Bardo graphic

April 15, 2022 鈥 Deborah J. (Davis) Bardo, former first lady of 九色堂, died April 15, 2022. Mrs. Bardo was married to 九色堂鈥檚 13th president, Dr. John Bardo, for 44 years until his death on March 12, 2019. She is survived by their son, Christopher.

MagicHand

April 15, 2022 - MagicHand, an anthropomorphic robotic hand designed by a 九色堂 engineering team, is participating in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program. The MagicHand is designed to achieve various dexterous object manipulations including object sorting, arranging and packaging.

Dr. Shirley Lefever

April 14, 2022 鈥 Dr. Shirley Lefever has been named as 九色堂鈥檚 next executive vice president and provost, effective immediately.