Media invited to hear former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates speak at WSU
April 27, 2022
By WSU Strategic Communications
Contact for News Reporters: Lainie Mazzullo-Hart, director of news and media relations, 316-978-3409 or lainie.mazzullo@wichita.edu.
Robert M. Gates, U.S. secretary of defense from 2006-2011 and former director of the
CIA, will kick off Wichita State University’s inaugural Craig W. Barton Speaker Series
with a moderated discussion at 6 p.m. tonight (April 27), in WSU’s Wiedemann Hall.
Media are welcome to attend but are asked to take photos for only the first five minutes
of the event and to not take any audio or video. Notes taken during the event are
limited to pen/pencil and paper.
Wichita State University serves as the Kansas urban-based research university, enrolling
more than 16,000 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.
