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• Deaths.(PEOPLE)(Obituary)

  - 2007-02-13

  Harold T. Edwards, 69, on Aug. 1, 2006, in Port Orange, FL. He was an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders of the College of Education at Wichita State University WSU until retiring due to illness in 2003. Much of his research focused...

  Tags: CAREER, professor, Wichita State University

• Bill Romenius.(U.S. Peace Corps appointed)

  - 2005-11-01

  When just out of college, Bill Romenius volunteered to join the U.S. Peace Corps. Who would've known that would be a backdrop for what has ultimately become a varied finance-based career that is full of international travel? Title: Director -- International Business Compliance ...

  Tags: Boeing Co., CAREER, director, Manufacturing, MBA, Wichita State University

• Retirement

  - 2005-03-13

  Maj. Ken Pierce Retirements Maj. Ken Pierce, of the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, will retire on Friday with more than 35 years of service. A reception in his honor will be from 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday in the lobby of the sheriff's office. ...

  Tags: CAREER, FINANCE, sheriff, Wichita State University

• Marsha A. Meili Honored with the Society of Women Engineers' 2004 Distinguished Service Award

  - 2004-10-11

  CHICAGOCHICAGO -- Marsha A. Meili is recognized at annual conference for her significant contributions to SWE and its members. The Society of Women Engineers SWE today announced Marsha A. Meili, structural design engineer for The Boeing Company, recipient of the 2004 SWE Distinguished Service Award for dedication to the...

  Tags: CAREER, conference, Wichita State University, women

• [ Claude Lee says he has the time to educate voters about who he is

  - 2004-07-26

  Claude Lee says he has the time to educate voters about who he is and what he will do if elected Shawnee County District Attorney. Lee, 68, of Topeka, chairman of the Democratic Party's second congressional district, is unopposed in the Democratic primary and in November will face...

  Tags: Benefits, CAREER, Kansas, U.S. Department of Labor, Wichita State University

• [ Student achievements ]

  - 2001-04-21

  - Student achievements - Katie Lynn Nuss, Hiawatha, has completed nursing degree requirements as of fall 2000. - Karen Dabney, Topeka, returned recently from four weeks of study in New York City as part of St. Olaf College's domestic and international studies program. -...

  Tags: CAREER, Wichita State University

• Deaths and funerals

  - 2000-12-28

  Marie Barnett GARNETT --- Marie Barnett, 77, Garnett, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, at a Waverly hospital. Mrs. Barnett was a nurses' aide at the Anderson County Hospital for 25 years. She was born March 12 1923, in Boonville, Mo., the daughter of Jesse...

  Tags: CAREER, HEALTHCARE, Missouri, Wichita State University

• Travel Fellowships Awarded for Ninth Annual Research Symposium.(Brief Article)

  - 1999-10-19

  Seven young scientists and clinicians will be awarded travel fellowships to the Ninth Annual Research Symposium, "NIDCD-Sponsored Institute: Brain Plasticity in Learning and Recovery," to be held Friday, Nov. 19, in conjunction with the 1999 ASHA Convention in San Francisco. ...

  Tags: CAREER, University of Massachusetts, Wichita State University

• Melva M. Owens

  - 1996-02-01

  A Chance to Share Her Leadership Secrets An editorial in The Wichita Eagle about a year ago called Melva Owens "simply one of the best educational leaders in the state." So why is Owens back in a classroom occupying a faculty office on a university campus and not...

  Tags: CAREER, Leadership, principal, superintendent, Wichita State University