Welcome to WSU!
Strolling our campus—inside lecture halls, outside computer labs and on the Rhatigan Student Center patio—it is easy to encounter the university experience. It is also easy to encounter WSU throughout our community. That is what makes Wichita State so unique.
Saturday nights at the Wichita Symphony, you can hear WSU students and faculty perform Bach to Beatles. Walking through the doors of our hospitals, health clinics and dental offices you will witness WSU in action.
Through our Cooperative Education and Work-Based Learning program, WSU students receive hands-on experience and many are mentored by alumni.
It is exciting to hear of so many WSU graduates staying in the area and bringing our urban-serving mission to life.
The collaboration between WSU and local industries also is amazing. When I witness WSU students, faculty and local businesses working toward a single goal that is a win-win situation for all, it is inspiring. One example of this is the goal to motivate students toward careers in engineering, science and technology through the Kansas Best competition. Businesses including Bombardier Learjet, The Boeing Company, Spirit AeroSystems, Cessna Aircraft Company, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation and LSI Corporation sponsor this event with their time, talent and finances working shoulder-to-shoulder with WSU.
There is a great deal of Shocker pride throughout our community. The growth and success of Wichita has been enhanced by your investments in the students, faculty, staff and programs of Wichita State.
Thank you for realizing our vision, taking responsibility and shaping the Shocker future.
Thinkers, Doers, Movers & Shockers!
Respectfully,
Donald L. Beggs
President
Wichita State University