Washburn University News

The Mulvane Mountain-Plains Art Fair is Saturday and Sunday on the Washburn University campus in Topeka.

Keen A. Umbehr was a trash man for 17 years before deciding to sell his one truck business and return to college at the age of 40.

A pizza delivery driver was held up Thursday night just east of the Washburn University campus, and Topeka police are searching for the robber.

The Topeka Symphony Summer Music Academy will offer young classical musicians an opportunity to hone their instrumental skills from June 25-19 on the campus of Washburn University.

The 20th Mulvane Mountain/Plains Art Fair will on June 2-3 bring to the campus of Washburn University fine arts and crafts vendors, live entertainment and hands-on arts activities for children.

Our property tax rate is higher than average for the state's 26 first-class cities, but it used to be worse.

Two senior speakers thanked their classmates for forging friendships and urged them to look ahead with a sense of optimism.

Topeka police are investigating a shooting Monday night near S.W. 19th and Washburn.

With so much hate continually aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, we like to take a moment every once in a while to highlight some of the good news featured on The Huffington Post.

Josef Miles, 9, countered signs by Westboro Baptist Church demonstrators with his own, reading "God hates no one," on the campus of Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., May 12, 2012.

Ty Lewis , of Broomfield, on Saturday graduated cum laude with a bachelor's in mathematics from Washburn University in Topeka, Kan.

A Before I go on, allow me to praise 9 year old Josef Miles, of Topeka Kansas, who proved he's smarter than many adults, and a much better Christian than most of them, too; seems he and his mother were walking around the Washburn University campus when they saw the infamous assholes of the Westboro Baptist Church, out protesting with their "God ... (more)

Shawnee County small-business owners were honored Wednesday at the 32nd annual Small Business Awards luncheon at Washburn University's Memorial Union.

Four local students graduated from Washburn University in Topeka on Saturday. Florence Elisa Gayle, bachelor of business administration-finance and bachelor of arts-mathematics, both cum laude.

University of Kansas alumnus Roger Werholtz and his wife, Shirley, have made a $50,000 gift commitment to benefit KU's School of Social Welfare.

Josef Miles, 9, was walking with his mother near the Washburn University campus late last week when he spotted the extremist church protesting with signs about god's hatred of homosexuals and other groups.

For many of us, it is hard to imagine what life was like in the United States during World War II.

A young boy who noticed a Westboro Baptist Church picket line staged a counter protest with his own sign that read 'God hates no one.' Josef Miles, 9, was inspired to take a stand against the independent church known for its objection to homosexuality after watching Westboro protestors at the Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.

The Topeka Festival Singers rehearse in the choir room of First Presbyterian Church for their 2011-12 season finale, "That's Entertainment," which will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Monday in White Concert Hall on the campus of Washburn University.

Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono, seen here with ASCC Dean of Student Services Dr.