成人直播

For WSU News and WSU Today content older than July 2018, search the WSU News Archive.

WSU News Archive   Return to WSU News Home

Teachers and students

Nov. 8, 2021 -- In just four years since its inception, the Teacher Apprentice Program at 成人直播 State University鈥檚 College of Applied Studies has had a big impact on school districts and communities across Kansas.

NAIR WERX

Nov. 4, 2021 - A $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce will help 成人直播 State University鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) purchase tools and supplies to support Flight Test Research Center and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility at NIAR WERX.

成人直播 State students pose with Alyssa in her Elsa costume made as part of the Walkin' & Rollin' program.

Oct. 29, 2021 鈥 Most children love trying on costumes this time of year, but for children with special needs, finding the right costume can be a challenge.

Lauryn McIntyre

Oct. 20, 2021 鈥 While Lauryn McIntyre, who is majoring in marketing with a minor in personal selling, is growing out of her comfort zone in her internship, she isn鈥檛 doing it without support. That is the key feature to the applied learning model used by Shocker Career Accelerator to match 成人直播 State students with industry partners in a way that invests time in building a relationship that helps both parties.

audiology student examines simulation manikin

Oct. 4, 2021 鈥 The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders has received a gift to create the Audiology Simulation Lab at 成人直播 State University. The lab contains five state-of-the-art Canadian Audiology simulator for Research and Learning (CARL) manikins and auxiliary equipment.

NIAR MRO

Oct, 1, 2021 - The 777 conversion program will provide unique applied learning opportunities for WSU engineering and WSU Tech students. NIAR鈥檚 ability to provide applied learning experience for students will expand with a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration for the purchase and installation of equipment for the institute鈥檚 Flight Test Research Center and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility on South Oliver near Spirit AeroSystems.

Shocker Nation graphic

Sept. 30, 2021 -- Enrollment for fall 2021 at 成人直播 State University and WSU Tech is showing strong growth despite a decline in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of thousands of local jobs.

Prisca Barnes (right) reads to a student at Storytime Village.

Sept. 22, 2021 鈥 What started as one woman鈥檚 passion project has flourished into a literacy empire that serves thousands of children in schools across the 成人直播 area 鈥 helped along the way by the people and services of 成人直播 State University.

Picture of WSU student Maria Jimenez.

Sept. 21, 2021 鈥 A 成人直播 State University student has wielded her love of nature into an internship with one of the nation鈥檚 leading outdoors companies.

A physician assistant student practices on a simulation mannequin.

Sept. 20, 2021 -- The College of Health Professions has reorganized its general health science courses into the Scientific Foundations Division. The restructuring is intended to expand student exposure to clinical expertise of the college鈥檚 faculty, as well as the unique facilities within the college. The new divisional structure will build on the college鈥檚 nationally recognized educational experience for students in the health professions.聽

The Boeing 777 aircraft rests at NIAR facilities.

Sept. 8, 2021 鈥 WERX at 成人直播 State University鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has received its first Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft. As part of its rapidly growing Maintenance Repair and Overhaul program, WSU-NIAR WERX, in conjunction with Kansas Modification Center, will convert the passenger aircraft into a freighter that will be transferred to an external client to meet the growing needs of the e-commerce and express cargo market.

Amanda Phanivong

Aug. 13. 2021 鈥 Amanda Phanivong, a 成人直播 State University junior studying integrated marketing communication, recently began a fellowship with the Kansas-based Storytime Village Inc. While working there with their marketing and special events cohort, Phanivong has fully embraced her time with the Storytime team.

Dr. Ajita Rattani, assistant professor in the College of Engineering's School of Computing, has been awarded $200,000 by the NSF to study fairness in facial recognition software.

Aug. 2, 2021 鈥 The National Science Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to Dr. Ajita Rattani, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering鈥檚 School of Computing, that seeks to improve facial recognition technology, addressing civil liberties concerns that some demographic groups are more likely to be misidentified.

Dr. Saideep Nannapaneni

July 13, 2021 鈥 The National Science Foundation has awarded a $175,000 grant to 成人直播 State University鈥檚 Dr. Saideep Nannapaneni for research that has implications for increasing the speed and accuracy of data-driven decision-making.

Robotics at NIAR

July 12, 2021 鈥 成人直播 State University鈥檚 partnership with the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute (ARM) has resulted in the Department of Engineering Technology being among the first programs in the nation to earn an ARM endorsement for their mechatronics track 鈥 a certification that will translate to stronger job prospects for graduates.