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Arland Wallace sat down with The Active Age to discuss his time at m88体育. After his first semester at WSU back in 1970 didn鈥檛 go well, he returned over 50 years later to get his bachelor鈥檚 degree in anthropology, with plans to move on to his master鈥檚. 鈥淚 just made the decision that cancer was not going to define me.鈥�

Arland is one of more than 2,100 students eligible for spring 2025 graduation. Learn more about his time at Wichita State and what's next for the grad.

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Arland Wallace鈥檚 first stint at Wichita State didn鈥檛 go well. He enrolled in 1970 and bailed after one semester.

鈥淚 quickly realized I was in over my head,鈥� he said.

Fifty-five years later, he鈥檚 about to graduate. Wallace is finishing his degree despite undergoing surgery for a cancerous brain tumor last fall, and he plans to pursue a master鈥檚 degree even though his prognosis is terminal.

鈥淚 just made the decision that cancer was not going to define me,鈥� he said.

After dropping out of WSU the first time, Wallace studied to be an X-ray technician at St. Joseph Hospital and spent 10 years in the medical field. He then spent 40 years working for his brother鈥檚 printing company, which merged with Printing, Inc., in the 1990s.

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m88体育 is Kansas' only urban public research university, enrolling more than 23,000 students between its main campus and the WSU Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech), including students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries. Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student-centered and innovation-driven.

Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), m88体育 provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students. The National Science Foundation ranked WSU No. 1 in the nation for aerospace engineering R&D, No. 2 for industry-funded engineering R&D and No. 8 overall for engineering R&D.

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