WICHITA, Kan. Meritrust CU announced a $225,000, three-year grant to support Wichita State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship outreach programs.
The $500-million credit union wants to strengthen its relationship with Wichita State to serve students and businesses in the region, according to James Nastars, its president. “We want to align with the university in areas that reflect our core values and our business mission, which includes helping our business members succeed,” Nastars said.
The Center for Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University fosters and promotes entrepreneurial thinking through a wide range of academic and community programs, the school said. It is located in the largest city in Kansas Wichita the birthplace of many nationally known corporations, Pizza Hut and Koch Industries included.
Meritrust has been a sponsor of Barton Business Week at the university, which brings together Kansas business representatives and students in the W. Frank Barton School of Business for a week of meetings and events each spring. It also supports WSU athletics and student services and is a Lifetime Distinction Member in the WSU Foundation Fairmount Society.
