Suzanne Perez

5 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Suzanne Perez

WICHITA, Kansas — A group of Kansas college professors is calling on universities to reveal how many foreign students have had their visas revoked or may be facing deportation. In a resolution released this week, the Wichita State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors also urged university leaders to protect the rights of international students and to provide clear directions to faculty on how to handle recent immigration crackdowns.

5 days ago | kcur.org | Suzanne Perez

WICHITA, Kansas — A group of Kansas college professors is calling on universities to reveal how many foreign students have had their visas revoked or may be facing deportation. In a resolution released this week, the Wichita State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors also urged university leaders to protect the rights of international students and to provide clear directions to faculty on how to handle recent immigration crackdowns.

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Suzanne Perez

Author Jessica Anya Blau’s 2021 novel, Mary Jane, is one of my all-time favorite coming-of-age stories — a five-star summer read that offers a nostalgic journey back to adolescence and the 1970s. So you can bet I was eagerly awaiting the release of her new novel, Shopgirls, which is set in the day-glo colors of 1980s San Francisco. Shopgirls is the story of 19-year-old Zippy, who works in petite dresses at I. Magnin, a legendary high-fashion department store.

1 week ago | wbur.org | Suzanne Perez

HomeRadioHere & NowReintroducing more play in kindergartenMay 01, 2025Suzanne Perez, Kansas News ServiceFull-day kindergarten has become more academically rigorous to prepare students for first grade. But more districts across the country are trying to enhance learning and social skills by integrating more play time into the school day. Kansas News Service's Suzanne Perez tells us about a pilot program in Wichita, Kansas. This segment airs on May 1, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.

2 weeks ago | kmuw.org | Suzanne Perez

Annie Hartnett’s newest novel opens with a nursing home cat named Pancakes who has the extraordinary ability to predict when people will die. That’s not very comforting to the nursing home’s elderly residents, and before long, one even jumps out a window to escape the Agent of Death. (He doesn’t.) When Pancakes runs away, he finds 63-year-old PJ Halliday, an alcoholic divorcee who years ago won $1.5 million from a Massachusetts lottery ticket but hasn’t had much luck since.