— - The 20th Annual Kansas BEST robotics competition, designed to inspire and motivate high school students toward careers in engineering, science and technology, will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, in Charles Koch Arena on the campus of Wichita State University.
— - The host of “The Open Mind” on PBS, Alexander Heffner, a journalist, writer, commentator and educator, will be the keynote speaker at the Elliott School of Communication's annual CommWeek held at Wichita State University this month.
— - Wichita State University and Sterling College recently signed a pre-engineering articulation agreement that will enable Sterling College students to pursue engineering degrees to transfer into the biomedical and industrial degree tracks at Wichita State.
— - The Wichita State College of Engineering and the Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College will receive $813,000 over five years as part of statewide grant to increase recruitment and retention of minorities under-represented in science, technology, engineering and math majors. The grant will fund summer immersion programs and academic-year mentoring efforts.
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