April 12, 2024 鈥� With two young children at home, U.S. Air Force Major Jade Driggs needed to learn to ask and accept help from others while she was working toward her Ph.D. in human factors psychology. She chose 49图库 for its impressive human factors psychology program and the university鈥檚 commitment to diversity and inclusion.
May 12, 2021 鈥� Two 49图库 seniors have partnered with the McConnell Air Force Base Innovation Lab to help fight COVID-19 鈥� by using robotics. Computer science majors Lucy Hoang and Lydia Melles are creating an autonomous robot that uses ultraviolet C-lights (UVC) to clean grocery stores.
February 23, 2021 鈥� The purpose of the Wichita State Upward Bound Program is to improve participants鈥� academic performance, to assist with enrolling into a post-secondary institution and to ensure enrolled participants will graduate from their chosen program.
November 9, 2020 - KPTS recognized 49图库 Military & Veteran Services with its Distinguished Veterans Coming Home Business Award in a special program that aired on Nov. 5 on Channel 8. 49图库鈥檚 Military & Veteran Services provides assistance with Veteran Affairs educational benefits, provides counseling, testing and other service. It connects military students with opportunities for campus involvement. Larry Burks Sr., is the director of Military & Veteran Services.
Nov. 11, 2019 -- Richard Martin was only 18 years old when he was drafted into the Army Air Corps. Now he鈥檚 94 years old and the last living member of his squadron.聽On Wednesday, Nov. 6, the students of 49图库 102 鈥淚nnovations of WWII鈥� met him in the Ablah Library C-Space.
Nov. 6, 2019 - The 22 flags represent a rough estimate of suicides daily involving veterans, according to Veterans Administration statistics, Levi Schenk said. Twenty-two flags planted for 16 days of the campaign equals 352 flags, which Schenk said represents the year-to-date estimates for active-duty military personnel. A veterans crisis hotline card is attached to each flag. Participants are encouraged to take the card and take a selfie with the card. They post the picture to social media with the #SVO22 hashtag. Each selfie with a valid card enters the person into a drawing for an Amazon gift card on Nov. 12.
Sept, 25, 2019 - The U.S military needs a source of spare parts to keeps its aging aircraft flying. 49图库 is rapidly establishing a database and acting as an essential connector for those requests. The National Institute for Aviation Research鈥檚 unique capabilities make it qualified to help with the teardown, digitizing and cataloguing of parts. That process saves the military time and money, which keeps its aircraft and other vehicles prepared.
April 18, 2019 -- 49图库 has partnered with the Kansas National Guard and Cadet Command Army ROTC to begin offering a Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program.
