Media invited to WSU Army Aviation panel for new program announcement
July 27, 2022
By WSU Strategic Communications
Contact for News Reporters: Tracee Friess, director of communication and special programs for NIAR, at 316-978-5597
or tracee.friess@wichita.edu.
WHAT: Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research and FirePoint
Innovations Center host Army Aviation generals and Senator Jerry Moran for a new program
announcement.
WHO: Senator Jerry Moran Major General K. “Todd” Royar (AMCOM) Major General Walter “Wally” Rugen (FVL CFT) Brigadier General Robert “Rob” L. Barrie, Jr. (PEO AVN) WSU President Rick Muma WSU Senior V.P. for Industry & Defense Programs John Tomblin
WHEN: 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 30
WHERE: FirePoint Innovations Center (inside Airbus building) at Wichita State University,
1855 Innovation Blvd.
Wichita State University is Kansas' only urban public research university, enrolling
more than 16,000 students on its main campus and 9,000 students on its WSU Tech campuses
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.
