Wichita State Poised For Massive Growth

[Shocker-maniac]

Here is an article about the splint that WSU developed with the DoD grant:

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunew...ease/?nid=2575

[Shocker-maniac]

Here is an interesting fact, campus visits for the 2013/14 academic year were 38% higher than the prior period. The student recruitment activities are showing good results.

@wheatweet: 3700 visitors to @WichitaState last year! MT @mandyjoan43 @Lindsmshirk speaking at Admissions Campus Visit workshop! http://t.co/CuDF9zo9tX
09/17/2014

[RoyalShock]

More on the innovation campus from the WBJ:

The New-Look Wichita State

[Shocker-maniac]

More on the innovation campus from the WBJ:

The New-Look Wichita State

Of note:

1. The first three buildings in Bardo’s innovation campus could come out of the ground next year, beginning with work on an experiential engineering building in the first quarter of next year.

2. Why start with engineering? The program is rapidly evolving at WSU, with about 300 new students enrolled this year, new faculty added and new courses outside traditional engineering, such as computer engineering and computer science. Twenty-two engineering faculty have been added in the past year and more are expected in the coming months.

3. Lomax [NC State] is impressed by the speed with which the first three Wichita State buildings are slated to go up. “It sounds like they are off to a great start,” she says. “It’s pretty remarkable that WSU is getting this going so quickly.”

[Shocker-maniac]

Wichita State unveils high-tech trading center inside business school

I have seen articles published on this throughout the State, including KC, Topeka, Lawrence, and Hutch.

The center comprises a renovated 800-square-foot room with a 60-foot-long digital financial ticker that runs along the ceiling, five flat screen monitors on the walls that display live market data and television channels, and 30 PC workstations with two screens each that provide students with real-time financial data.

Bardo said the trading center fits with WSU’s strategy of preparing students to have the knowledge and skills to immediately enter the workforce upon graduation.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/business/...#storylink=cpy

Additional article:

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=2455

[Shocker-maniac]

Through the Applied Technological Advancement Institute (ATAI) new partnership with ANSWR, Wichita State students will be involved in the research of transforming Internet searching.

Story: http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/stories/story.asp?si=2594

ANSWR website: http://answr.com/

[Shocker-maniac]

Estate gift gives Wichita State researchers access to vast acreage in the Flint Hills

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/stories/story.asp?si=2597

[Kung Wu]

Estate gift gives Wichita State researchers access to vast acreage in the Flint Hills

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/stories/story.asp?si=2597

Whoa.

[WstateU]

Maybe someday Klee (pronounced "Clay") and Jennifer Watchous can add to the acreage; they are 'great' Shocker supporters and 'salt of the earth' people.

http://www.salina.com/news/RedAngusFandR032513

[Dave Stalwart]

Maybe someday Klee (pronounced "Clay") and Jennifer Watchous can add to the acreage; they are 'great' Shocker supporters and 'salt of the earth' people.

http://www.salina.com/news/RedAngusFandR032513

#watchous?

[The Mad Hatter]

3.1% growth in enrollment, 15,003 students, and new WSU record for total credit hours because 73% of students are now full-time. 18% increase in enrollment from high school seniors enrolling in college for the first time.

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/stories/story.asp?si=2601

[Shocker-maniac]

Wichita State to announce major gift for its College of Engineering

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/n...s.html?ana=twt

[WuDrWu]

18% increase in enrollment from high school seniors enrolling in college for the first time.

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/stories/story.asp?si=2601

That's the number that gets me going...Keep that trending along the same lines and we've really got something good going on.

[Dave Stalwart]

Every time I read the title of this thread, I think of a "massive growth," medical style.

[Kung Wu]

18% increase in enrollment from high school seniors enrolling in college for the first time.

Of which 95% are females thinking they will have a chance to meet messieurs Ron Baker or Fred Van Vleet.