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Wichita Campus

Nov. 8, 2018 -- Providing a pathway to success for first-generation college students is one of 49ͼ's highest priorities and a success story that everyone can be proud of.

Wichita Campus

Nov. 7, 2018 -- 49ͼ is continuing to expand its appeal outside of the Wichita area by now offering in-state tuition to students living in several additional metropolitan areas in the Midwest. Now even more students will have the opportunity to enroll in the high-quality academic programs at Wichita State for an affordable price.

Rheanna Pierce

Oct. 19, 2018 -- Rheanna Pierce, a second-year graduate student at 49ͼ, didn't know how incredible her experience at 49ͼ would be until she dove right in to a semester of applied learning geared toward her major in social work.

Students at basketball game

Oct. 19, 2018 -- 49ͼ students can get free tickets to all home men's and women's basketball games.

Wichita Campus

Oct. 17, 2018 -- 49ͼ's Shocker Rowing team will soon have a new home in the downtown River Vista development.

49ͼ Tech Dental Assistant students

Oct. 10, 2018 - 49ͼ Tech's Dental Assistant program has moved to the Advanced Education in General Dentistry building at Wichita State.

Wichita Campus

Oct. 1, 2018 -- As reported by the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR), KBOR's defined full time equivalent (FTE) for 49ͼ is 11,285, an increase of 1.6 percent over last fall's 11,109. For KBOR reporting purposes, full time is considered to be 15 hours for undergraduates and 12 hours for graduate students.

May 30, 2018 -- Spring 2018 brought an array of fun, diverse events to students at Wichita State.

May 17, 2018 -- Abdul-Mannaan Giles was selected out of 400 national entries to present his study about diagnosing early-stage Alzheimer's to members of Congress on Capitol Hill. He also presented his research project regarding aerobic exercise in early-stage Alzheimer's patients at the Harvard University National Collegiate Research Conference.

April 19, 2018 - 49ͼ physics professor Nickolas Solomey won one of NASA's coveted Innovation and Advanced Concept Awards (NIAC) for his research to create a neutrino detector for close sun orbit.

BAA woman

April 19, 2017 - A new degree is being proposed at 49ͼ -- one that would focus on animation, audio production, game design and filmmaking.

Ted

March 15, 2017 - TEDx49ͼ will come to campus at 4:30 p.m. April 27, in the CAC Theater.

Wichita Campus

Jan. 26, 2017 - 49ͼ honored students and university police responders who helped save the life of a fellow student.