Wichita State University

A McDonald's was robbed Saturday night. Employees said they never saw a weapon. The robbery happened at the McDonald's in the 1800 block of N. Hillside, across the street from Wichita State University. A clerk was ordered to take money out of a safe. No one was hurt and no one has been arrested yet.

Wichita State is in session Tuesday. Many students are questioning the university's decision to open on the heels of the winter storm. WSU had been out since the end of classes last Wednesday because of the historic back-to-back snow storms. Some students we spoke with had genuine concern about driving and safety, others just got used to the break and didn't want it to end. Still, the main student parking lots were filled with cars by mid-morning. Click here for Storm Shots One student told us he had an important exam at 8:00 a.m. so he couldn't skip.

Emily Deaver is not only Miss Kansas.  She's also a musician studying jazz at Wichita State University!

Perry Ellis has named four schools he will consider scholarships from this fall. The four schools are: The University of Kansas Kansas State University Wichita State University The University of Kentucky Ellis has scheduled in-home visits with University of Kansas and Kansas State for September 9.  

High School juniors are at Wichita State University today to look at what the school has to offer. Colleges and Universities are courting the students to apply in the fall. U.S. Senator Jerry Moran visited WSU today, along with the students, to see the Advanced Networking Research Institute (ANRI)'s state-of-the-art technology at the school.

Two local students will receive $52,000 scholarships to Wichita State University.  The Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship winners were announced Thursday morning. The winners are Amanda Johnson, who will be graduating from Wichita's Northwest High School, and Reegan Innes who will be graduating from Mulvane High School.  Each student will receive $13,000 per year for four years. The Gore scholarship is one of the largest in the state.  A total of 413 students competed for the prize.

Simone P. Culver, PA-C grew up in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. She received training in Surgical Technology with the United States Air Force. Ms. Culver spent 13 years working in surgery with the Air Force. She then went back to school and received her training as a Physician Assistant at Wichita State University. She is registered as a Physician Assistant Certified. Ms. Culver assists our surgeons by caring for our patients during their hospital stay, as well as assisting in surgery.

The Rotary Club of East Wichita Foundation announced Thursday the establishment of the George F. Fahnestock scholarship for an incoming freshman attending Wichita State University.   Fahnestock was a Charter Member of East Wichita Rotary and proud alum of WSU. Each year the Foundation will award a $2,000 scholarship to a graduating Sedgwick County high school senior who plans to attend Wichita State.   The Fahnestock Scholarship will be in addition to other scholarships the Foundation awards annually.

Gregg Marshall is staying put as the head coach at Wichita State University. Marshall says he's staying at the school because he has a "great situation. " Marshall led the Shockers to the NIT title last week, beating Alabama to finish 29-8, a school record for wins in a season. The former Winthrop coach had been linked to the vacant job at North Carolina State. He said he didn't want to address rumors that he had turned down offers from other schools. It was Marshall's fourth season at Wichita State.

Heather Robben and BreAnna Dawkins will not return to the Wichita State University women’s basketball team, Head Coach Jody Adams announced today.     Robben will transfer to NCAA Division II Emporia State for her senior season while Dawkins has not announced her future plans.     “We appreciate the time Heather and BreAnna gave to Wichita State and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors both on and off the basketball court,” Adams said.

How to improve the product, but keep costs down.  That's just one of the challenges facing Wichita State University.  WSU president John Bardo met Wednesday with faculty and staff. He wanted to give them an update on his first few months on the job.  Bardo says schools across the country are facing much the same issues. "I think the challenges that we're all going to face is that the rules are going to continue changing at the federal level and the accredidation level. Where we're going to be focusing on, the questions of who are you graduating, how are you getting them there, what do they know and what can they do," Bardo said.

Wichita State is in session Tuesday. Many students are questioning the university's decision to open on the heels of the winter storm. WSU had been out since the end of classes last Wednesday because of the historic back-to-back snow storms. Some students we spoke with had genuine concern about driving and safety, others just got used to the break and didn't want it to end. Still, the main student parking lots were filled with cars by mid-morning. Click here for Storm Shots One student told us he had an important exam at 8:00 a.m. so he couldn't skip.

Two local students will receive $52,000 scholarships to Wichita State University.  The Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship winners were announced Thursday morning. The winners are Amanda Johnson, who will be graduating from Wichita's Northwest High School, and Reegan Innes who will be graduating from Mulvane High School.  Each student will receive $13,000 per year for four years. The Gore scholarship is one of the largest in the state.  A total of 413 students competed for the prize.

A McDonald's was robbed Saturday night. Employees said they never saw a weapon. The robbery happened at the McDonald's in the 1800 block of N. Hillside, across the street from Wichita State University. A clerk was ordered to take money out of a safe. No one was hurt and no one has been arrested yet.

Wichita State University inaugurated its 13th President today.  John Bardo took over the job back in July. He replaced Donald Beggs, who stepped down after 12 years. Governor Sam Brownback presented Bardo with the Presidential Medallion. The medallion is worn by the president during ceremonial events. The inauguration ceremony was at the Hughes Metroplex.

A dedication ceremony for the Olympic oak tree was held Friday morning at Wichita State University. The tree honors the gold medal win for two former University of Wichita basketball players and a former coach back in the 1936 Olympics.  Those games were the first time men's basketball was a feature sport. The U.S. team won the gold medal over Canada...that squad had two players from Wichita State on it. As an award the team received the gold medal and an oak seed from the German government.

A woman survives a fall out of a fifth floor window at Wichita State University.  Investigators are still looking into how she fell.  It happened around 4:00 Tuesday afternoon at the Wheatshocker Apartments, on the far southeast side of campus. Emergency crews were called to the buildings around 4:30 in the afternoon with news that a woman had fallen some 40 feet out a window. “She had somehow fallen out of the window, was holding on to the ledge and… and two individuals who saw it, one on the golf course, one walking up to the building, were calling for assistance,” said Wade Robinson, Vice-President of Campus Life at WSU. Before help could arrive at the Wheatshocker apartments where the 27-year-old woman lived she lost her hold on the ledge and fell to an awning below.

Thirty-one students from Wichita and local area schools are taking part in Wichita State University's summer Kodaly choir camp this year. Elaine Quilichini, the conductor, says the program is focused to teach kids the technical, emotional and physical aspects of singing. "Here their focus is choir, they come here to sing, everything is to help them sing," says Quilichini. "The counselors are there to hep them get enough rest and to make sure they get the right food because they learn a singer is like an athlete.

A special anniversary in Old Town Monday, as Airbus celebrates ten years in Wichita. Back then it was the company's first engineering and design facility in the U.S., now it is the largest. When airbus first opened in Old Town, it had 27 engineers. John Papadatos was one of them. "It was an exciting period, where a new company was starting fresh from the ground floor," Papadatos said. "I thought it was a great opportunity to join airbus. " 17 of the originals are still working here a decade later, along with more than 350 others who have been hired since then.

One of the Kansas prairie's best known musical events took place this weekend, the Symphony in the Flint Hills. Seven thousand people attended the sold out concert to hear the performances by the Kansas City Symphony. "There's no where else on earth where they have something like this," said State Representative Vince Wetta, who attended the concert. "It's a Kansas treasure. " Other people, like another audience member Gilbert Louk, came out to see the nature. "Whenever you're out here you can learn about the prairie, the plants and the flowers," said Louk.