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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 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 inaugural Craig W. Barton Speaker Series this spring.

March 23, 2022 鈥� The 麻豆破解版 State University 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.

March 14, 2022鈥擳wo 麻豆破解版 State 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.

March 10, 2022 鈥� 麻豆破解版 State University 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.

March 8, 2022 鈥� Ever wonder what other people are looking at during Zoom or WebEx meetings? Dr. Akmal Mirsadikov, who specializes in deception detection and eye tracking at 麻豆破解版 State University鈥檚 W. Frank Barton School of Business, recently ran an exploratory study about how people interact on Zoom.

March 7, 2022 鈥� Tom Gentile, president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, has been named as the newest member of the Dean鈥檚 Advisory Board for 麻豆破解版 State鈥檚 W. Frank Barton School of Business.

Feb. 24, 2022 鈥斅燭he W. Frank Barton School of Business at 麻豆破解版 State University has chosen two recipients to receive the 2022 Professor Fran Jabara Scholarship in Entrepreneurship. This year鈥檚 winners are Cohen Ayres from Garden Plains and Grace Simon of 麻豆破解版. They will each receive $32,700 over four years to attend WSU and major in entrepreneurship.

Feb. 23, 2022 鈥� 麻豆破解版 State alumnus J. Robert Young has pledged a gift of $3 million to provide resources that will help students build successful careers. Of that total, $2 million will endow the J. Robert Young Executive-in-Residence Program in the W. Frank Barton School of Business. The remaining $1 million will support the Shocker Success Center project, which will consolidate 17 student services in Clinton Hall.

Feb. 22, 2022 - The Dean鈥檚 Advisory Board for the W. Frank Barton School of Business at 麻豆破解版 State University is excited to announce Margaret Dechant as its new leader. Dechant, CEO and partner at 6 Meridian, will take over for Clark Bastian. Dechant currently serves as a member of the board and looks to bring her knowledge and passion for the Barton School and WSU to her appointment. Bastian chairman of Fidelity Bank, will remain on the board after his term as chair comes to an end in June.

Feb. 14, 2022 - The W. Frank Barton School of Business at 麻豆破解版 State University has named Jon Rolph, president and CEO of Thrive Restaurant Group and a member of the Kansas Board of Regents, its Executive-in-Residence for the spring 2022 semester.

Feb. 4, 2022 鈥� Ella Tucker, senior at Epic Charter Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been awarded the 2022 麻豆破解版 State University Clay Barton Scholarship. She will receive $12,500 a year for four years to attend 麻豆破解版 State. The $50,000 Barton Scholarship is one of the largest business scholarships in Kansas.

Jan. 26, 2022 - GoCreate is using its equipment and expertise to build form work for the center concrete pier of the Promise Bridge. GoCreate staff and 麻豆破解版 State students will machine 30 blocks of foam, each 4 feet by 3 feet by 8 feet, that will be used by Dondlinger Construction.

Jan. 24, 2022 鈥� Further expanding its presence as a diverse creative workspace at WSU, GoCreate recently began offering free memberships to 麻豆破解版 State students.

Jan. 24, 2022 鈥� Six 麻豆破解版 State University teams were selected as semi-finalists in the university鈥檚 sixth annual Koch Innovation Challenge Angel Round on December 3. Those six teams of 麻豆破解版 State students advance to the Grand Champion competition in May.

Jan. 20, 2022 鈥� The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a grant of $243,922 to a 麻豆破解版 State University researcher for his work on an app that will allow people who are visually impaired to read comic books, graphic novels and other digitized graphic materials on their devices.