Wichita, KS — April 10, 2024 —Today, Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech) proudly announces the grand opening of the Gene Haas Innovation Lab, a premier facility designed to propel technical education into a new era of excellence. The opening ceremony, hosted at WSU Tech's National Center for Aviation Training, [...]
Wichita, KS — In a significant display of dedication to the future of healthcare education, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas has generously donated $600,000 to the WSU Tech Foundation. The announcement was made at Thursday's grand opening and ribbon-cutting event for the FutureReady Healthcare Center. The donation will be used to support programming [...]
Wichita, KS — The WSU Tech Foundation has announced a $1 million gift from the Gene Haas Foundation. Funds will be used to expand the college’s efforts in reaching underrepresented and K-12 populations to cultivate knowledge and awareness of careers in machining and manufacturing through the addition of an Outreach Coordinator and a Metrology/Advanced Machining [...]
WICHITA, Kan., October 5, 2023 – The WSU Tech Foundation and B-29 Doc Pull a Plane event scheduled for Saturday, October 7, has been postponed due to the delayed return of B-29 Doc to Wichita from its nearly month-long tour in Utah, California and Arizona. The historic warbird was scheduled to return to Wichita on [...]
WSU Tech’s FutureMaker announces $155,000 lifetime gift from Goodwill Industries of Kansas, expanded program elements Wichita, KS -- WSU Tech and Goodwill Industries of Kansas are celebrating a continued partnership through the FutureMaker Mobile Learning Lab as Goodwill has contributed $25,000 to the WSU Tech Foundation to fund the mission of the mobile STEM unit. [...]
Cargill Inspires Next Generation of Culinary Leaders with Grant to WSU Tech’s New Culinary SchoolThe $400,000 grant will support the creation of a demonstration kitchen and provide scholarships to under-represented students Cargill’s North American protein business, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, is setting out to inspire the next generation of culinary arts professionals with a $400,000 grant [...]
WICHITA, KAN - On Wednesday, WSU Tech announced plans to open the National Institute for Culinary and Hospitality Education (NICHE) in the historic Henry’s building located in downtown Wichita. The property will be renovated to feature state-of-the-art commercial kitchens, classrooms, demonstration kitchen, an open-to-the-public food hall, student-ran café, and rooftop event center. Envision, a nonprofit [...]
Wichita, KS – The WSU Tech Foundation has announced a gift from Fidelity Bank in the amount of $100,000 to support the launch of the college’s new culinary arts program. Funds will be used to offset costs associated with program creation and curriculum development. “Fidelity Bank has been a longtime partner and supporter of [...]
Doc’s Friends and the WSU Tech Foundation will host a Pull a Plane event on Saturday, October 16 at the B-29 Doc Hangar, Education and Visitors Center at Eisenhower National Airport. Rescheduled from 2020, the unique event will feature teams of 25 people racing to pull Doc (a restored B-29 Superfortress, weighing in at [...]
