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Feb. 08, 2021— During the fall 2019 semester, Sierra Brown traveled to five out-of-state interviews and received five internship offers, accepted an internship with Goldman Sachs, and has since been offered a full-time position with the firm.

• Employee and student COVID-19 testing 
• COVID-19 surveillance vaccine update
• Critical resources are available
• Provide feedback for WSU presidential search
• Wichita State professor wins innovation award to create accessible comic book app
• Ulrich Museum of Art celebrates Black History Month with exhibitions and virtual programs
• New Campus Visitor Guides now available
• Expert subject librarians are available to help with virtual instruction
• Accepting proposals and abstracts for virtual Diverse Women’s Summit
• Faculty Senate meeting set for today
• Women's Studies presents Diverse Women's Summit
• Wichita State Baseball unveils 2021 schedule
• Understanding Finance at WSU event set for Feb. 25
• Physics Spring 2021 Seminar Series begins this week
• Shocker Softball to host Virtual FanFest
• SGA scholarships now open
• Public Policy and Management Center looking for community development manager
• Save on popular Uscape Shocker apparel

Feb. 5, 2021 - The Dockum Drug Store sit-in of 1958 is attracting new attention during Black History Month, in part thanks to NBC’s Today and Wichita native Sheinelle Jones. Several University of Wichita students participated in the sit-in, which is increasingly recognized as a landmark event in the Civil Rights Movement. NBC’s Today featured the events in a recent broadcast.

• COVID-19 surveillance testing and vaccine update
• Update on Fraudulent Unemployment Claims and 1099-G Forms
• Provide feedback for WSU presidential search
• Celebrate Black History Month at Wichita State
• Wichita State's Rémi Chou wins top NSF early career research award
• Faculty nominations sought for president's distinguished service award
• President's Town Hall for Fairmount College faculty and staff
• Donate blood and receive a $5 Amazon e-gift card
• Mathematical Sciences presents Dr. Gisuk Hwang in a lecture series today
• Disaster Resilience Analytics Center hosts monthly speaker seminar
• Public Policy and Management Center looking for community development manager
• Student Involvement event listing: Part 1
• Hanna Chastain's aptitude for research on display in work with oralfacial device
• Office of Student Money Management spring 2021 tax support available
• Heskett Center Valentine's Day massage specials

Feb. 4, 2020 — Amidst the chaos, confusion and grief of the coronavirus pandemic, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty are stretching their teaching skills and using the experience for teachable moments.

• COVID-19 surveillance testing and vaccine update
• Prioritizing mental health throughout campus
• Update on Fraudulent Unemployment Claims and 1099-G Forms
• Provide feedback for WSU presidential search
• Celebrate Black History Month at Wichita State
• Today in Black History...
• Join the work of the First-Gen Coordinating Council
• ShiftSpace develops Critical Analysis Worksheet as a resource for the WSU community
• Award for Research/Creative proposals due Feb. 12
• New Campus Visitor Guides now available
• Deadline extended to Feb. 5 for staff nominations for Distinguished Service Awards
• President's Town Hall for Fairmount College faculty and staff
• Women's Studies presents Diverse Women's Summit
• Shocker Softball to host Virtual FanFest
• Understanding Finance at WSU event set for Feb. 25
• Biology Department Seminar Series starts Feb. 8
• See virtual comedian LeClerc Andre
• No-cost webinar to highlight trademark role in intellectual property protection
• Volunteers needed for a research study
• Heskett Center Valentine's Day massage specials
• GRASP 2021 abstract submission closes Feb. 11
• SGA elections: Encourage students to take part
• SGA scholarships now open
• Nominate your student employee for SGA's 2021 Student Employee of the Year Award 

Feb. 3, 2021 — Dr. Rémi A. Chou, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the most prestigious award granted by the NSF to early career researchers. Chou's grant – worth $519,000 over five years – will support his work in bringing more robust security to wirelessly transmitted data.

Feb. 3, 2021 — Kapow! Zap! Pop! Zoinks! A Wichita State University researcher is working to develop an app to make those words come alive for visually impaired comic book readers, Dr. Darren DeFrain, associate professor of English and director of Wichita State’s writing program, has recently been granted $11,000 from the John A. See Innovation Award to develop Vizling.