WSU Today: July 27, 2020

  • Faculty and Staff Virtual Town Hall on July 30
  • Shocker Profile Headshots to resume with new format
  • Join the Community Engagement Institute (CEI) in our Rising to the Challenge Virtual Workshop Series
  • WSU Microsoft Office Power User Credential: Remote sessions available!
  • Student Health will be closed July 29
  • College of Health Professions hosts interactive virtual information sessions
  • Submit your WelcomeFest events
  • Weems to give talk on book about Anthony Overton
  • Registration required for two exciting virtual artist talks hosted by Ulrich Museum this week
  • July 28 Tuesday Talk with SHS will accept parent questions about health management on campus
  • Updates to New Employee Orientation
  • Student and graduate assistant positions open at University Libraries
  • WuShock bobbleheads now available at the Shocker Store
  • Join us this summer at Boats & Bikes!

Fuel measuring equipment

Wichita State student 'breaks things' as software tester to help customers

July 27, 2020 - Wichita State University student Kristen Bruce works as a software tester for Flint Hills Group, founded by Shocker alum Dave Cunningham. Over the past year, Bruce played an important role in Flint Hills Group’s work with McAlister, a fuel distributor and wholesaler in Wellington. McAlister needed to replace its software used to monitor fuel flow for billing. Bruce helped Flint Hills Group beat coming issues and move to a new system, while some of McAlister’s competition encountered problems.

WSU Today: July 24, 2020

  • Classroom Technology Training Schedule
  • Updates to New Employee Orientation
  • Faculty and Staff Virtual Town Hall on July 30
  • McNair Scholars 25th Annual Closing Symposium
  • Register for the Kansas Economic Outlook Conference
  • The Kansas NSF EPSCoR office is seeking white papers for Major Initiatives to Improve Research Infrastructure
  • July 28 Tuesday Talk with SHS will accept parent questions about health management on campus
  • Robert Weems featured on NPR’s ‘Marketplace’
  • Fraternity and Sorority Life Congratulates the Chi Chapter
  • Wallace Hall to close July 24-25 for electrical replacement work
  • GoBabyGo students work through pandemic to get children moving

WSU Today: July 23, 2020

  • The Kansas NSF EPSCoR office is seeking white papers for Major Initiatives to Improve Research Infrastructure
  • WSU researcher awarded $1.1 million grant to create adaptive wayfinding system
  • Register for the 2020 Workforce Conference
  • Weems to give talk on book about Anthony Overton
  • WSU Wellness departments double down to deliver free resources at students’ fingertips
  • McNair Scholars 25th Annual Closing Symposium
  • Student Government Association bi-weekly Town Hall for students
  • Two Fairmount College staff recognized for performance
  • Wallace Hall to close July 24-25 for electrical replacement work
  • Office of Adult Learning Summer 2020 Giveaway
  • We need your help!
  • Men's Basketball Team earns NABC academic honor

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Grant fuels digital transformation, applied learning opportunities

July 23, 2020 — The Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, which receives funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, recently awarded Wichita State $250,000 to assist in creating a workforce development database focused on compiling a map of educational programs and resources that provide skills required for today’s advanced robotics and manufacturing careers.

GoBabyGo car and child

GoBabyGo students work through pandemic to get children moving

July 22, 2020 - The Wichita State University College of Engineering sponsors GoBabyGo, an interdisciplinary program that modifies toy cars for use by children with disabilities. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the semester and several students returned over the past month to help finish and deliver the six cars.

WSU Today: July 21, 2020

  • Join the Community Engagement Institute (CEI) in our Rising to the Challenge Virtual Workshop Series
  • Badges transitioning from Credly to Acclaim
  • Join us this summer at Boats & Bikes!
  • USS & UP joint senate meeting set for today
  • Today's Tuesday Talk with SHS will discuss health management on campus for new US citizen students
  • Dr. Muma will join KMUW to discuss back-to-school preparedness at the next Digital Democracy on Tap
  • Changes to your HSA/HRA/FSA for 2020 due to CARES Act
  • State Employee Health Plan updates in response to COVID-19
  • Wilson publishes book chapter
  • Office of Adult Learning Summer 2020 Giveaway
  • WuShock bobbleheads now available at the Shocker Store
  • Wichita State Career Closet funding
  • We need your help!
  • Shocker Track and Field Earns 10 All-Academic Honors

Campus Connection: July 21, 2020

  • WSU researcher awarded $1.1 million grant to create adaptive wayfinding system
  • Wichita State hires new dean for College of Health Professions
  • SBIR/STTR Proposal Preparation Webinars
  • Dr. Muma will join KMUW to discuss back-to-school preparedness at the next Digital Democracy on Tap
  • WSU shows commitment to visually impaired students with state-of-the-art braille printer
  • Ulrich + You free membership
  • Join us this summer at Boats & Bikes!
  • Wanted: Volunteers to help with 2020 bicycle and pedestrian count event
  • WuShock bobbleheads now available at the Shocker Store
  • Volleyball season tickets on sale now

WSU Today: July 17, 2020

  • From the president
  • WSU researcher awarded $1.1 grant to create adaptive wayfinding system
  • Teaching This Fall: Day 10 Questions about Accessibility and Applied Learning
  • Banner 9 Scheduling Building Training – July 21 & 22
  • Badges transitioning from Credly to Acclaim
  • July 21 Tuesday Talk with SHS will discuss health management on campus for new US citizen students
  • Child participants needed for online study on COVID-19
  • Harpool quoted in Forbes
  • Save 30% during the Christmas in July Sale
  • Ulrich + You free membership

WSU Today: July 16, 2020

  • Teaching This Fall: Day 9 Questions about Communication
  • WSU shows commitment to visually impaired students with state-of-the-art braille printer
  • USS & UP joint senate meeting set for July 21
  • Wichita State graduates team up to tell 1980s story of Wings indoor soccer
  • Episode 3 of ‘Hindsight: Looking Back at 100 Years of Women's Suffrage’ is out now
  • Wichita State University Foundation announces new board members and officers for FY21
  • Information every employee needs to know about and comply with if they are exhibiting symptoms, have been exposed or diagnosed with COVID 19
  • Wallace Hall to close July 24-25 for electrical replacement work