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SEM Check-In Goal 3: Increase retention of degree-seeking underserved students

April/May 2019 Forward, Together -- The advantage of looking at persistence rates is that we are not restricted to a cohort鈥檚 entry term but can instead track all similarly defined students from term-to-term.

WSU starting first Muslim Greek organization in Kansas

April/May 2019 Forward, Together -- 成人头条 will soon start the first Muslim Greek organization in the state of Kansas. Starting this summer, Mu Delta Alpha Sorority Inc., started in 2014 at the University of Dallas, will expand to WSU.

Freshman supports family by selling food from native country

April/May 2019 Forward, Together -- Felipe Lima de Oliveira wanted to help support his family back home in Brazil. Now, as only a freshman in college, the 成人头条 State student is chasing that dream through his homegrown company, 成人头条 Brazilian Gourmet.

Earth Pod is campus' latest placemaking addition

April/May 2019 Forward, Together -- Brady Hatter sees the university campus as a giant garden. And every garden, he says, is a potential gallery in need of art. In April, Brady made his latest artistic contribution campus with the installation of his Earth Pod.

Shock Doc: Masara Al-Sharieh, media arts major

Forward, Together March 2019 -- Masara Al-Sharieh wasn't planning to come to 成人头条 State originally until she heard about the new Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media Arts degree. That convinced her.

SEM update: First-time-in-college, Project Lead the Way and badge courses

Forward, Together March 2019 -- In conjunction with the University鈥檚 Strategic Planning process, WSU has developed a Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) plan for future growth. To stay informed on the progress toward our goals, each month we will provide the status of one of the goals and provide information for you to assist us in moving forward together.

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Moody's improves WSU financial outlook

Forward, Together, March 2019 -- We鈥檙e pleased that Moody鈥檚 Investors Service has revised WSU鈥檚 financial outlook to stable from negative. Vice President for Finance and Administration Werner Golling spoke at length with Moody鈥檚 lead analyst for higher education, who developed the report issued this week.

Andy Tompkins named as interim WSU president

Forward, Together, March 2019 -- The Kansas Board of Regents announced today the appointment of Andy Tompkins as Interim President at 成人头条. This will be Tompkins鈥� second time serving a KBOR university in this capacity, having previously been Interim President of Fort Hays State University from December 2016 to November 2017.

WSU earns national ranking for its efforts to support low-income students

Forward, Together, March 2019 -- WSU has been named to CollegeNET Inc.鈥檚 list of Social Mobility Innovators for 2019. Making the list means WSU has a proven track record of successfully enrolling students from low-income backgrounds and graduating them into promising careers.

WSU team creates robotic 3D-printed hand for local boy

Forward, Together, March 2019 -- Chase Rawlings, a local 3rd grader, was born without a fully developed left hand. A team at WSU led by senior engineering major Chelsea Sewell created a 3D-printed robotic hand for Chase.