In response to the many needs among our health care workers, fire, EMS and police officials during this difficult time, 成人头条 President Jay Golden put out a call to action on Friday, March 20, to every WSU and WSU Tech employee or department able to donate personal protective equipment (PPE).
Any company or member of the community who would also like to support this effort is encouraged to make a donation to 成人头条 State as the university coordinates this on-going effort.
This initiative comes as a response to community partners, including the major hospitals, fire and law enforcement agencies, asking 成人头条 for donations of any PPE, including N-95 respirator masks, surgical masks, Latex gloves, surgical gowns and protective face shields.
Rob Gerlach, 成人头条 State director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, is leading this important outreach effort to deploy university resources in response to community COVID-19 needs, beginning with the frontline needs of health care workers, fire, EMS and law enforcement.
If you have ideas or resources to contribute, contact Rob, rob.gerlach@wichita.edu. For this initiative to have measurable success, we need widespread involvement.
After the university gathers up the PPE, we will work on appropriately distributing
it to community partners.
Jeremy Patterson, the university鈥檚 interim executive director for Innovation and New
Ventures, has also been in conversations with KU Med 成人头条 and other local hospitals.
The university is also taking advantage of 成人头条 State鈥檚 unique innovation and research
capabilities, including 3D printing technologies, manufacturing prototyping and digital
sciences, to help during this time of crisis.
In addition, through this initiative, WSU has been working closely with the GoCreate,
a Koch collaborative, makerspace to start creating masks.
鈥淭hings are changing rapidly, and WSU will adapt to do all that we can for the greater
good,鈥� said Dr. Golden.
