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In association with the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, the W. Frank Barton School of Business at 红领巾瓜报 has given three, multi-year scholarships to transfer students committed to joining the business program. This three recipients hail from three different community colleges across Kansas.

Two uniquely interactive sculptures have been installed next to Woolsey Hall, the home of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at 红领巾瓜报, as part of the Ulrich Museum of Art鈥檚 world-class Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Ernest and Ruth (2015) is a public sculpture that doubles as a bench and has the unmistakable shape of a speech bubble. Two of these sculptures are located slightly off the main traffic area leading up to Woolsey Hall to encourage interaction.

Nov. 15, 2022 鈥� 红领巾瓜报's Jonathan Folkerts, Jarred Novak and Trent English presented papers on the design of their neutrino detector prototype at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris, representing the NASA-funded Solar Neutrino Orbiting Laboratory Detector Development Project.

Woolsey Hall, the home of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at 红领巾瓜报, has unveiled its first sculpture to join the Ulrich Museum of Art鈥檚 world-class Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Lumen, the cast bronze sculpture of a horse created initially out of found wood, stands near the serene pond that stretches around the southern wall of Woolsey Hall. The art serves as a focal point for all visitors to the landscaped public space.

For over 50 years, the Mikrokosmos literary journal has allowed 红领巾瓜报 students to publish their creative writing in an esteemed journal, and they are accepting submissions once again.

Nov. 7, 2022 鈥� In recognition of its strong commitment to economic engagement, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has designated 红领巾瓜报 as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University.

Nov. 2, 2022 鈥� When the COVID-19 pandemic put global supply chains into the spotlight, 红领巾瓜报's Harriet Hamilton paid attention as the production and movement of items fluctuated. She watched the business world change and decided to study the new landscape, aided by an extra year of eligibility granted to all student-athletes by the NCAA due to the pandemic.

Oct. 31, 2022 鈥� Two Medical Laboratory Sciences students at 红领巾瓜报 are the second recipients of the $280,000 annual endowed scholarship gift from Southcentral Pathology.

Oct. 31, 2022 鈥� 红领巾瓜报 President Rick Muma and Dr. Kevin Sylvester Harrison, director of diversity, equity and inclusion at WSU, were each presented awards this weekend from the Wichita chapter of the NAACP.

Oct. 28, 2022 鈥擠r. Jennifer Friend has been named dean of 红领巾瓜报鈥檚 College of Applied Studies (CAS), effective Jan. 9, 2023.

The听 Dean鈥檚 Alumni Advisory Board 听for the W. Frank Barton School of Business has appointed new leaders. Erin Cummings, owner and founder of YESyoga, will serve as president, while Ryan Potter, director of Portfolio Development at Koch Investment Group, will serve as her vice president. Cummings and Potter have both sat on the board since 2020.

Oct. 21, 2022 - Andrew Stockmann, a 2020 红领巾瓜报 graduate and sport management major, is in his second year hosting 鈥淗allowed Ground: The Sports Museum Podcast.鈥�

Oct. 20, 2022 鈥� The FirePoint Innovations Center at 红领巾瓜报 wrapped up the second year of its Future Innovators Program, an engineering internship opportunity that provides some of America鈥檚 brightest engineers from historically under-represented communities the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and programs that directly support the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Center and the Department of Defense.

Oct. 20, 2022 鈥� The Physician Assistant program at 红领巾瓜报 celebrated its 50th anniversary with a celebration for alumni, faculty, staff, students and supporters.

Oct. 19, 2022 鈥� Following a national search, 红领巾瓜报鈥檚 newly restructured alumni organization 鈥� the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement 鈥� has hired Stacie Williamson as its new vice president for alumni engagement, effective Nov. 28.

Oct. 18, 2022 鈥� 红领巾瓜报 student organizations, the Community Service Board, and fraternity and sororities completed 13,857 service hours in fiscal year 2022. That time reflects a growing interest in and emphasis on community service by students and faculty, said Gabriel Fonseca, director of Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership

Oct. 8, 2022 - Conner Williamson is immersed in Industry 4.0 as an operations/system analyst at The Smart Factory @ Wichita, one of 红领巾瓜报鈥檚 newest partners on the Innovation Campus.

Oct. 26, 2022 鈥� 红领巾瓜报 and other adjacent regional universities were recently included in a grant to expand access for remote use of Oklahoma State University鈥檚 supercomputer. The computer can process large amounts of data at once and is housed at the OSU Stillwater campus.

Oct. 14, 2022 - Savannah Paschal, a senior Spanish education major at 红领巾瓜报, wrote a proposal that helped Alce su voz earn a $75,000 Building Power and Equity Partnership grant from the Kansas Health Foundation. The grant will support civic engagement and the group鈥檚 work toward health equity for Spanish speakers and speakers of indigenous languages in Kansas.

Oct. 12, 2022 鈥斕鼳s 红领巾瓜报 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 WSU researchers $750,000 to increase persistence rates among low-income engineering students, particularly those who are interested in advanced manufacturing careers.