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The public is invited to attend a joint grand opening for GoCreate makerspace and Youth Entrepreneurs from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, in the Experiential Engineering Building at Wichita State University. GoCreate, a Koch Collaborative, is a premier makerspace open to creators of all ages and experiences. The 18,000-square-foot space offers sophisticated tools and equipment, expert training and a supportive community.
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Wichita State University and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world's leading management consulting firms, have entered into a strategic partnership to increase collaboration and advance the Wichita manufacturing industry.
The partnership allows Wichita State to gain access to BCG's expertise and thought leadership on digital operations, and for BCG to benefit from the extensive advanced manufacturing resources at WSU.
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Wichita State's first free-standing Starbucks will open on the Innovation Campus at 5 a.m. Friday, March 17. The 2,000-square-foot building is just north of WSU's Woodman Alumni Center near 21st Street and Mike Oatman Drive. Hours will be 5 a.m.-10 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays. The location accepts Starbucks gift cards and rewards and will have mobile order and pay for faster service. This is the first retail building on the Innovation Campus. Located along what will eventually be the east pedestrian mall, Starbucks includes a drive-thru and a large plaza with outdoor seating next to the building.
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Wichita State University and the Greater Wichita YMCA announced they are in advanced discussions to build a new YMCA on the Innovation Campus to serve WSU students. Under the plan, WSU students would automatically be Y members and have access to the nine full-service YMCAs located in Sedgwick, Butler and Harvey counties. The 60,000-square-foot facility being discussed would also include state-of-the-art workout facilities, student health and wellness services and a drop-in daycare center.
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A new apartment complex under construction on Wichita State's Innovation Campus is now leasing and will be ready for residents to move in starting Aug. 1. The
Flats at WSU is at the intersection of Innovation Boulevard and Mike Oatman Drive, just southwest of the Marcus Welcome Center. The privately owned apartment complex will feature 112 apartment units, with full occupancy for 280 residents. Each apartment will be fully furnished, have a full bathroom with every bedroom, a full kitchen and laundry, and balconies for nearly all of the apartments. All utilities except electric are included. There will be security cameras on site and 24-hour on-site staff and maintenance / custodial response.
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Wichita State's Innovation Campus has a new partner. Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has formed a technology partnership with WSU and will lease 3,000 square feet of space near the university's 3DExperience Center in the Experiential Engineering Building. Through this partnership, educators and students will have access to Hexagon software and precision
metrology systems for the collection, analysis and active use of measurement data in industrial sectors such as aerospace, automotive, power generation and medical.
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The original Pizza Hut building at Wichita State will be moved to WSU's new Innovation Campus and turned into a museum dedicated to the history of the world-famous pizza chain. Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 by brothers Frank and Dan Carney, students at what was then the University of Wichita. A $1.2 million campaign has been started by the WSU Foundation to move the 500-square-foot building from its location north of the Newman Center to just south of the Marcus Welcome Center.
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Wichita State University President John Bardo sees the new engineering building on campus as a metaphorical billboard - or, for those in Gen Z, a metaphorical promoted post in their Facebook feed. The Experiential Engineering Building is an ad, in a way, for the university, its engineering program and for Bardo's efforts to make the university an economic development engine for Wichita. And those efforts are progressing nicely. The building - already dubbed the EEB - is now done and students and classes are in the process of moving in.
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