Media invited to news conference on WSU passenger-to-freighter conversion program
Sept. 7, 2021
By WSU Strategic Communications
Contact: Tracee Friess, director of communication and special programs for NIAR, at 316-978-5597
or tracee.friess@wichita.edu.
Wichita State University will host a news conference at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, Sept.
8, at 3800 S. Oliver.
Media are invited to attend.
The news conference will announce the next step in the rapidly growing Maintenance
Repair and Overhaul (MRO) program, a partnership with WSU’s National Institute for
Aviation Research WERX program and the Kansas Modification Center.
The following people will give remarks during the event:
WSU Senior Vice President for Industry and Defense Programs John Tomblin
WSU President Rick Muma
WSU Tech Dean of Aviation and Manufacturing Jim Hall
Kansas Modification Center President Jim Gibbs
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran
Wichita State University serves as the Kansas urban-based research university, enrolling
more than 15,000 students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries.
Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation
driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in
the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM),
Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of
applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one
of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing
over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
