• What you need to know for the week of May 26
  • Health and Safety measures for employees, students, and visitors coming to campus
  • Faculty and Staff Virtual Town Hall today
  • NSF will require two new forms to be submitted in an NSF-approved format starting June 1
  • Office signage toolkits available now
  • WSU Parking Services will again enforce faculty / staff parking
  • Protect yourself and others by doing a wellness check before coming to campus
  • Sign up now for the June 8-12 Academic Resources Conference events
  • WSU’s Community Engagement Institute partners with Kansas organizations to Respond to COVID-19
  • University Libraries sets new hours for Shocker community
  • Parking lots near Duerksen Fine Arts Center will be closed next week
  • Shocker Innovation Corps now accepting applications for the online summer 2020 cohort
  • Summer 2020 E-Launch
  • Wichita State lab gets the scoop on poop, food archaeology
  • Boats & Bikes is back this Memorial Weekend!
  • WSU partners with Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to lead nationwide star party
  • Save on Shocker gear during the Memorial Day Sale
  • Shocker Store in Rhatigan Student Center reopening May 26
  • Wichita State biology students tell COVID stories by turning to creativity
  • Meet a Shocker: Andrew Cruz, marketing major and graphic design minor

Wichita State runner Rebekah Topham

May 22, 2020 - Wichita State runner Rebekah Topham needed help with reading when she arrived in 2015. She made great strides with the help of tutors and athletic department resources and carries a 3.89 grade-point average. She wants other struggling students to know her story.

Summer orientation will be hosted virtually this year

May 21, 2020 -- Like most summer activities, the way Wichita State’s campus orientation is held looks different than it has in years past. The Office of Student Success will instead host summer orientation through online modules and virtual college connection sessions.

  • Safety ‘starter kits’ to be supplied to offices for May 26 phased opening
  • Faculty and staff virtual town hall coming Friday
  • Suffering from meeting fatigue? Let’s take Friday meeting breaks.
  • The Office of Research invites Notices of Intent to apply for NSF’s Major Research Implementation program
  • LETC, university benefit from partnership
  • Let future Shockers know about this yard sign contest
  • GoCreate collaborates with partners to make face coverings
  • New syllabus template available
  • Boats & Bikes is back this Memorial Weekend!
  • WSU partners with Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to lead nationwide star party
  • Record lectures and flip your class
  • Political science professor article published in English
  • Mau publishes manuscript in journal
  • Let Your Fellow Shockers Know That They're #NotAlone | WSU CAPS
  • Invitation Extended by Councilman Brandon Johnson, Wichita City Council, District 1
  • Meet a Shocker: Claudia Rojo, aerospace engineering graduate
  • Meet a Shocker: Felicia Smith, Bachelor of Social Work

Creators of "Luke the Longhorn" stand outside building on the Wichita State campus.

May 20, 2020 — Jay Price, director of the public history program at Wichita State University, decided to make a series of graphic novels to commemorate the trail."

  • Faculty and staff virtual town hall coming Friday
  • What you need to know for the week of May 26
  • WSU technology breathes new life into aging Army helicopter fleet
  • Record lectures and flip your class
  • Congratulations to the first Open Alternative Textbook grant recipients!
  • Convergence Sciences Initiative proposal deadline extended to June 8
  • Sign up now for the June 8-12 Academic Resources Conference events
  • Tuition Assistance applications for fall 2020 now being accepted
  • Help available for hybrid course design process
  • Join KMUW for Digital Democracy on Tap: Advice from the Frontlines
  • Perspectives on the Pandemic series now on Fairmount College YouTube channel
  • Virtual campus visits
  • Webinar on health care language access today
  • Join us for a Real Talk program
  • State Employee Health Plan Updates in response to COVID-19
  • Changes to your HSA/HRA/FSA for 2020 due to CARES Act
  • McCleary-Jones receives two-year appointment to planning sub-committee
  • Student Health Services has a YouTube Channel
  • You can help prevent suicide
  • Wichita State student makes her dream a reality for all to enjoy
  • Meet a Shocker: Abel Barraza, Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical engineering
  • Meet a Shocker: Carter Bryant, Bachelor of Fine Arts in art history

COVID-19 painting of a person wearing a mask on a bench.

May 19, 2020 - COVID-19 turned Human Organism, Biology 106 into a current events class, with art, music and poetry added to help students learn about and deal with the pandemic. Dr. Mary Liz Jameson adapted to remote learning by turning her students’ creativity loose. They designed their own face masks. They wrote stories and poetry, performed songs and painted.

  • Wichita State’s engineering graduate programs are now the highest ranked in Kansas
  • Wichita laboratory scientist gives inside perspective on the fight against COVID-19
  • Meet a Shocker: Spring 2020 graduates
  • Meet Wichita State University's new Golden boy
  • Shocker Innovation Corps now accepting applications for the online summer 2020 cohort
  • Enjoy free online self-paced courses!
  • JoVE Science Library streaming free for WSU students and faculty
  • Perspectives on the Pandemic series now on Fairmount College YouTube channel
  • Join us for a Real Talk program
  • Koch Innovation Challenge winners advance to national competition
  • Review the Office of Diversity and Inclusion's Annual Celebration Programs
  • RSC reopening information
  • Save on Shocker gear during the Memorial Day Sale

Black Hawk

May 19, 2020 -- The Army is turning to “digital-twin” technology from Wichita State University to resolve challenges and boost efficiencies for its enduring fleet of Black Hawk helicopters.

  • What you need to know for the week of May 26
  • Fall 2020 course plans
  • Help available for hybrid course design process
  • Meet Wichita State University's new Golden boy
  • Wichita State University students continue work-study program through distance learning
  • Shocker Innovation Corps now accepting applications for the online summer 2020 cohort
  • USS & UP joint senate meeting today
  • Join us for a Real Talk program
  • Jackson serving as chair of nursing honor society committee
  • RSC reopening information
  • Gravestones teach history student lessons of the past
  • Meet a Shocker: Brandon Eckerman, Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering
  • Meet a Shocker: Terry Blount, education graduate