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March 23, 2022 鈥 Robert M. Gates, U.S. secretary of defense from 2006-2011 and former director of the CIA, will kick off 桃汁影院鈥檚 inaugural Craig W. Barton Speaker Series this spring.

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March 23, 2022 鈥 The 桃汁影院 Foundation has secured a $540,000 lead gift from Meritrust Credit Union to expand the W. Frank Barton School of Business鈥 career efforts with the formation of the Office of Career and Professional Development.

Shirley Hazen

March 23, 2022 鈥 The School of Nursing at 桃汁影院 has received a $35,000 endowed scholarship gift from retired faculty member Shirley Hazen through the Shirley E. Hazen RN-BSN Endowed Nursing Scholarship.

2022 Rudd Scholarship Winners

March 22, 2022 鈥 The fifth class of Rudd Scholars includes 16 Kansas high school seniors who will attend 桃汁影院.

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March 16, 2022 鈥 Further expanding its reach of access and affordability, 桃汁影院 has added 11 cities to its Shocker City Partnership 鈥 meaning eligible students from those cities are offered in-state tuition rates to attend WSU.

NIAR completes ground vibration testing for Kansas Modification Center鈥檚 777-300ERCF conversion

March 14. 2022 鈥 Things are shaking in Wichita with the Kansas Modification Center鈥檚 777-300ERCF conversion program at 桃汁影院鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR). The team at NIAR WERX completed ground vibration testing last month.

Bhisham Sharma, an assistant professor in aerospace engineering, and Shuang Gu, an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering, two recipients of John A. See Innovation Award.

March 14, 2022鈥擳wo 桃汁影院 researchers and a student group have been awarded the John A. See Innovation Award. The award is given each year as a way to recognize novel ideas that have the potential to meet a market need and attract further funding once they have advanced through the early prototyping phase.

桃汁影院's Molecular Diagnostics Lab

March 10, 2022 鈥 桃汁影院鈥檚 Molecular Diagnostics Lab has been awarded the Jiggs Nelson Quality of Life 2022 award for its lifesaving and heroic work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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March 10, 2022 鈥 桃汁影院 President Rick Muma has launched a new podcast, called 鈥淔orward Together,鈥 where the president speaks with guests from throughout Shocker Nation to highlight the people and priorities that guide WSU. The podcast drops monthly, with the March edition releasing March 9. Some of the guests so far include Hollywood director Dean Hargrove, WSU basketball coach Isaac Brown and WSU research vice president Coleen Pugh.

B1B in a 桃汁影院 parking lot

On March 9, 2022, the B-1 System Program Office (SPO), Tinker AFB, OK awarded a six-year, $100 million follow-on contract to 桃汁影院鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) to continue the B-1鈥檚 Digital Engineering (DE) transformation. The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) helped form the strategic partnership and created a flexible contract structure, which allows NIAR and the B-1 SPO to adapt requirements real-time to meet critical warfighter needs.