Shocker Blast: June 22, 2020

  • Regents approve 2% tuition increase for Wichita State
  • Summer registration outage
  • WSU undergrad builds organization around social-impact engineering
  • College of Health Professions hosts interactive virtual information sessions
  • College of Health Professions donates face masks to WSU community
  • WSU men’s basketball team shares message to make change
  • Try the YMCA!
  • 'Pandemic Portraits' features Wichita State alumnus Alex Moore
  • MFA thesis show on view at ShiftSpace Gallery
  • Tuesday Talk with SHS and WSU students discusses The Real You & Feminizing Hormones
  • Participants needed for survey on LGBTQ+ healthcare
  • From one student to another: 10 self-improvement tips for Summer 2020
  • WSU announces changes to popular Lifelong Learning classes
  • University Libraries provides online checkouts

Breanna Boppre and her father

Criminal justice professor fights for prisoners' families

June 22, 2020 — Dr. Breanna Boppre, assistant professor of criminal justice, grew up while both her parents were incarcerated. She brings that experience into her classroom and focuses her research on families of those who are incarcerated.

Clinic in a Can

Clinic in a Can fills health care gaps across the globe

June 19, 2020 — Shocker alumnus builds customized medical units within an 8-foot wide by 20-foot long shipping container to care for patients on every continent.

WSU Today: June 19, 2020

  • Shockers celebrate Juneteenth
  • Regents approve 2% tuition increase for Wichita State
  • Register now for the Virtual Part-Time Student Employment Fair
  • WSU Foundation End of Fiscal Year Schedule
  • WSU undergrad builds organization around social-impact engineering
  • Virtual support offered by university subject librarians
  • Ulrich announces locations of first round of artistic billboards placed throughout Wichita
  • Celebrate JuneteenthICT!
  • Wichita State’s Michael Birzer used as subject-matter expert on national story
  • ‘Decolonizing methodologies: Anti-oppressive research an overview’
  • Father's Day Sale in the Shocker Store

Campus with downtown in the background

Shockers celebrate Juneteenth

June 19, 2020 -- As the nation celebrates the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, so too does Wichita State University.

WSU Today: June 18, 2020

  • Microsoft Teams Training is here!
  • WSU announces changes to popular Lifelong Learning classes
  • WSU men’s basketball team shares message to make change
  • Celebrate JuneteenthICT!
  • Career Development Center spring events recap
  • Fall 2021 admissions application opens July 1
  • Dell Technologies invites WSU researchers to attend a webinar on High Performance Computing Centers and Academic Research
  • Changes to your HSA/HRA/FSA for 2020 due to CARES Act
  • State Employee Health Plan updates in response to COVID-19
  • Carolyn Shaw’s comments are featured in University Business publication
  • Share your story
  • Wanted: Volunteers to help with 2020 bicycle and pedestrian count event

WSU Today: June 17, 2020

  • Deadline approaching to change to online course designation
  • RH: Shockers gear up for summer baseball
  • Share your story
  • University Libraries provides online checkouts
  • Celebrate JuneteenthICT!
  • CPA Exam award-winner leaned on WSU professors during her studies
  • Sport Management faculty member presents on department’s response to internship courses and their challenges during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Father's Day Sale in the Shocker Store
  • Fall 2020 Tuition Assistance deadline approaching
  • Feel free to share this with students who are interested in studying abroad

Self-improvement is important. Spend this summer becoming a better you.

From one student to another: 10 self-improvement tips for Summer 2020

June 17, 2020 - Developing friendships and entertainment are important to people’s wellbeing, but they shouldn’t be the only thing you focus on this summer. I think you should focus on self-improvement. Here are my 10 self-improvement tips for Summer 2020.

Hand assistive device

WSU undergrad builds organization around social-impact engineering

June 16, 2020 - Carlos Gatti, a junior biomedical engineering major, is building a Wichita State University student organization that provides affordable assistive devices to people in need. The team is designing a device for a client who plays the cello and one for a client who wants help with tasks such as cooking.

WSU Today: June 16, 2020

  • Open forum for CIO finalist today
  • College of Health Professions donates face masks to WSU community
  • Cowley, WSU add aerospace engineering to articulation agreement
  • A special announcement from the Ulrich Museum of Art
  • Virtual support offered by university subject librarians
  • The Heskett Center is open!
  • USS & UP joint senate meeting set for today
  • Last Week's Tuesday Talk with SHS is now on YouTube
  • Share your story
  • Campus visits have resumed