• Enrollment starts soon!
  • Free Dental Screenings on Oct. 8
  • Free lunch in Shocker Hall
  • Stay safe with SAC!
  • Relax during midterms with Puppies & Yoga class on Wednesday, Oct. 9!
  • Low-cost flu vaccines available for WSU students
  • The Fourth Annual Ad Astra Conference for first-generation students is scheduled for Oct. 25-26
  • HEALTH Student Association encourages students to come to next meeting
  • BMES Mini-Symposium on Oct. 9
  • SGA Hiring for Chief of Operations position
  • SGA is looking for members to sit on the Student Fees Committee
  • SGA is looking for election commissioners!
  • Public opinions sought on Prison Food Survey
  • WSU Women’s Basketball in need of graduate assistant
  • Register today for Big Pink Volleyball
  • Host a trunk at Trunk or Treat!
  • Transition Mentor application is open!
  • An adaptation of Camus's The Fall, with dance sequences, comes to campus on Oct. 8
  • WSU Concert Chorale, A Cappella Choir and special guest Andover Central H.S. choirs in concert!
  • Join Counseling and Prevention Services for National Depression Screening Day
  • Learn about career management and leadership with the Career Readiness series
  • Make a difference as a Prevention Ambassador
  • Engage ICT and 1A Across America present Women in Politics & The GOP
  • The Global Learning Center of Wichita to host presentation -- "International War Crimes"
  • Come see the resume doctors for help at the Resume Rx
  • Men's Basketball student ticket pick-up dates have been announced!
  • WSU Madrigal Singers & Women's Glee Club w/Goddard High School
  • Shocker Quidditch to host Shocker Quidditch Cup
  • Mortar Board hosts book drive
  • Language and comics study
  • Contraception coffee chats
  • LGBTQ+ research volunteers needed!
  • Get your idea off the ground with E-Launch!
  • Go cosmic bowling during Fall Break for only $1
  • Soup is back at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes!
  • Receive an extra discount on clearance merchandise at the Shocker Store

  • Message from President Andy Tompkins and Vice President Werner Golling about E-Verify
  • Register to attend the Business Continuity table top exercise
  • 2020 benefits Open Enrollment events
  • WSU’s Center for Real Estate releases 2020 Kansas Housing Market Forecast
  • There’s still time to create a First-Year Seminar!
  • Free lunch in Shocker Hall
  • How to Prepare a Budget for SBIR/STTR Proposals Webinar
  • Last chance to RSVP for the fourth annual Strategic Communications Seminar
  • Sign up to judge the Wallace Invitational for Scholarships in Engineering (WISE)
  • The Global Learning Center of Wichita to host presentation -- "International War Crimes"
  • Enrollment starts soon!
  • An adaptation of Camus's The Fall, with dance sequences, comes to campus on Oct. 8
  • WSU Concert Chorale, A Cappella Choir and special guest Andover Central H.S. choirs in concert!
  • Join Counseling and Prevention Services for National Depression Screening Day
  • Learn about career management and leadership with the Career Readiness series
  • Sign up for an upcoming Preventing Suicide Training by CAPS
  • Get ready for this year's Trunk or Treat!
  • Host a trunk at Trunk or Treat!
  • Engage ICT and 1A Across America present Women in Politics & The GOP
  • Career Development Center to hold Resume Rx
  • SGA Chief of Operations application is open
  • Get your idea off the ground with E-Launch!
  • WSU Madrigal Singers & Women's Glee Club w/Goddard High School
  • Go cosmic bowling during Fall Break for only $1
  • Soup is back at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes!
  • Receive an extra discount on clearance merchandise at the Shocker Store
  • One student's coffee review: Fairmount Coffee Co.

  • Building dedication in honor of Dr. Bardo at Sip & See 2019
  • Enjoy events, food and fun at WSU’s Open House
  • Post Office to close early today (Friday, Oct. 4)
  • Join WSU’s largest volunteer opportunity!
  • WSU enrollment exceeds 16,000; highest student credit hours in university history
  • Costa Rica Study Abroad - Sustainability
  • Mentalist Eric Dittelman to present show today (Friday, Oct. 4)
  • Garba Night 2019 on Oct. 5 in RSC Shirley Beggs Ballroom
  • Come paint your stress away at this year's Shocker Paint Night!
  • ISME Colloquium today (Friday, Oct. 4)
  • ‘Real-Time Control of a Powered Wheelchair using Neural Network Trained Hybrid Human-Machine Interface Technology’
  • Volunteers needed for Fall Commencement
  • Sign up for an upcoming Preventing Suicide Training by CAPS
  • Engage ICT and 1A Across America present Women in Politics & The GOP
  • WSU Cyber League team leads region in national rankings
  • Basketball scrimmage, garage sale set for Oct. 5
  • Empty Bowls Chili Cook-off Oct. 5 brings community together to fight hunger in Kansas
  • An adaptation of Camus's The Fall, with dance sequences, comes to campus on Oct. 8
  • One student's coffee review: Fairmount Coffee Co.
  • Shock Doc: Healing Kansas, a special initiative by WSU students
  • Here’s this week’s university update
  • WSU Concert Chorale, A Cappella Choir and special guest Andover Central H.S. choirs in concert!
  • LGBTQ+ research volunteers needed!
  • Volunteers needed for the Pumpkin Run
  • Get ready for this year's Trunk or Treat!
  • WSU Women’s Basketball in need of graduate assistant
  • Register today for Big Pink Volleyball
  • The Fourth Annual Ad Astra Conference for first-generation students is scheduled for Oct. 25-26
  • Shocker Quidditch to host Shocker Quidditch Cup

  • Building dedication in honor of Dr. Bardo at Sip & See 2019
  • Enjoy events, food and fun at WSU’s Open House
  • Flu Shot Clinic for today (Friday, Oct. 4) has been canceled
  • 2020 benefits Open Enrollment events
  • RSVP for the fourth annual Strategic Communications Seminar
  • ISME Colloquium today (Friday, Oct. 4)
  • ‘Real-Time Control of a Powered Wheelchair using Neural Network Trained Hybrid Human-Machine Interface Technology’
  • Costa Rica Study Abroad - Sustainability
  • How to Prepare a Budget for SBIR/STTR Proposals Webinar
  • Postal Services Manager to retire
  • Post Office to close early today (Friday, Oct. 4)
  • Professional studio portraits available at Strategic Communications
  • An adaptation of Camus's The Fall, with dance sequences, comes to campus on Oct. 8
  • The Kansas African American Museum presents Trailblazers award to Deltha Q. Colvin
  • WSU Cyber League team leads region in national rankings
  • Here’s this week’s university update
  • Register for the Shocktoberfest Door Decorating Competition!
  • Volunteers needed for a research study
  • Empty Bowls Chili Cook-off Oct. 5 brings community together to fight hunger in Kansas
  • Garba Night 2019 on Oct. 5 in RSC Shirley Beggs Ballroom
  • Women of WSU Membership Drive
  • Engage ICT and 1A Across America present Women in Politics & The GOP
  • WSU Concert Chorale, A Cappella Choir and special guest Andover Central H.S. choirs in concert!
  • LGBTQ+ research volunteers needed!
  • Finding hope and healing: How one WSU student is beating the odds
  • Volunteers needed for the Pumpkin Run
  • WSU Women’s Basketball in need of graduate assistant
  • Mortar Board hosts book drive
  • Register today for Big Pink Volleyball
  • Shocker Cheer Clinic set for Nov. 3

Students in “First-Year Seminar: Food and Culture in the Hispanic World

Oct. 3, 2019 -- Beginning in fall 2021, first-year freshmen will be required to take one first-year seminar course for introduction to life at Wichita State. The courses will not be required for returning or transfer students, but are encouraged for those new to WSU.

  • WSU enrollment exceeds 16,000; highest student credit hours in university history
  • Join WSU’s largest volunteer opportunity!
  • Spring tuition assistance now open
  • Strategic Planning Initiative assessment tool training sessions
  • Faculty Town Hall meetings conclude today (Thursday, Oct. 3)
  • Parking lot closure for tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 4)
  • 2020 employment forecasts released for Kansas, Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City
  • Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program accepting Rapid Response Research (R3) proposals
  • New Shock the World campaign videos highlight priorities
  • Political Science is hosting a speaker on Ranked Choice Voting and the 2020 Elections
  • Writing Now / Reading Now series features WSU's newest creative writing faculty member Ben Nickol
  • Register to attend the Business Continuity table top exercise
  • The Fourth Annual Ad Astra Conference for first-generation students is scheduled for Oct. 25-26
  • Basketball scrimmage, garage sale set for Oct. 5
  • Join the Graduate School for writing a literature review in the sciences and engineering
  • Shock Doc: Healing Kansas, a special initiative by WSU students
  • Sickle Cell Knowledge and Perceptions Study
  • Volunteers needed for a research study
  • Send first-gen students to TRIO Student Support Services
  • Career Development is reorganizing
  • Women of Wichita Brown Bag Lunch on Oct. 9
  • Ulrich Museum of Art seeks presenters for PechaKucha style presentations highlighting campuswide research
  • Special scholarships available for study abroad summer 2020
  • WSU School of Performing Arts Theatre presents ‘The Moors’ by Jen Silverman
  • Volunteers needed for fall commencement ceremony
  • Transition Mentor application is open!
  • Host a trunk at Trunk or Treat!
  • Shocker Ticket Office introduces Pick-3 package
  • Mentalist Eric Dittelman to present show on Oct. 4

  • Honored to tell their story: How journalists remember their work on 1970 WSU plane crash coverage
  • Shocker Dining Services moves in sustainable direction
  • Low-cost flu vaccines available for WSU students
  • Parking lot closure for Friday
  • Save the date for the 2020 URCAF
  • Join the Green Group in moving sustainable initiatives forward
  • Finding hope and healing: How one WSU student is beating the odds
  • Order class rings and graduation announcements
  • First meeting for Students Who Are Parents (SWAP) to take place Oct. 3
  • Join WSU’s largest volunteer opportunity!
  • WSU community needed to help shape the Riverfront Legacy Master Plan
  • Fall 2019 Chemistry Colloquium Series today (Wednesday, Oct. 2)
  • Wednesdays in Wiedemann today (Wednesday, Oct. 2)
  • RSC Unplugged features Nikki Moddelmog
  • Transition Mentor applications are open!
  • This week, learn how to avoid plagiarism and compare citation management software
  • WSU Weekly Briefing to feature College of Engineering dean Dennis Livesay
  • Graduate Student Council hosts Pizza Night on Thursday, Oct. 3
  • Join First-Year Programs for pancakes and pajamas!
  • WSU School of Performing Arts Theatre presents ‘The Moors’ by Jen Silverman
  • New Shock the World campaign videos highlight priorities
  • Building dedication in honor of Dr. Bardo at Sip & See 2019
  • The Epsilon Alpha Chapter presents Formal Rush on Saturday, Oct. 5
  • The Global Learning Center of Wichita to host presentation -- "International War Crimes"
  • Let E-Launch help you build your idea
  • Mentalist Eric Dittelman to present show on Oct. 4
  • Admissions to host Future Shocker Baby Crawl on Saturday, Oct. 5
  • In search of male practice players for the Wichita State Women's Basketball team
  • Free Dental Screenings on Oct. 8
  • SGA Hiring for Chief of Operations position
  • SGA is looking for members to sit on the Student Fees Committee
  • SGA is looking for election commissioners!
  • Public opinions sought on Prison Food Survey
  • Make a difference as a Prevention Ambassador
  • Garba Night 2019 on Oct. 5 in RSC Shirley Beggs Ballroom
  • Volunteers needed for Fall Commencement
  • Join Counseling and Prevention Services for National Depression Screening Day
  • Host a trunk at Trunk or Treat!

  • Honored to tell their story: How journalists remember their work on 1970 WSU plane crash coverage
  • 2020 Open Enrollment events
  • October HealthQuest upcoming events
  • Flu shots on campus – More appointments added!
  • Strategic Planning Initiative assessment tool training sessions
  • Faculty Town Hall meetings continue today (Wednesday, Oct. 2)
  • Wednesdays in Wiedemann today (Wednesday, Oct. 2)
  • WSU community needed to help shape the Riverfront Legacy Master Plan
  • Accessibility Tip of the Week: Know the exceptions process
  • Shocker Dining Services moves in sustainable direction
  • Share your faculty story for a chance to win $50 to the Shocker Store
  • Fall 2019 Chemistry Colloquium Series today (Wednesday, Oct. 2)
  • Director of Free Expression Initiatives at the Charles Koch Institute to speak at WSU
  • ‘Real-Time Control of a Powered Wheelchair using Neural Network Trained Hybrid Human-Machine Interface Technology’
  • Admissions welcomes your input for two Black and Yellow Days in October
  • We need your help! Sign up to observe at DSI
  • WSU Weekly Briefing to feature College of Engineering dean Dennis Livesay
  • This week, learn how to avoid plagiarism and compare citation management software
  • Graduate Student Council hosts Pizza Night on Thursday, Oct. 3
  • Admissions to host Future Shocker Baby Crawl on Saturday, Oct. 5
  • Sign up for an upcoming Preventing Suicide Training by CAPS
  • Volunteers needed for Fall Commencement
  • Save the date for the 2020 URCAF
  • Let E-Launch help you build your idea
  • SGA Chief of Operations application is open
  • Join Counseling and Prevention Services for National Depression Screening Day
  • Special ticket price for Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2019
  • Come paint your stress away at this year's Shocker Paint Night!
  • SGA is looking for members to sit on the Student Fees Committee
  • Pancakes and Pajamas in SSGL!
  • Register for the Shocktoberfest Door Decorating Competition!
  • RSC Unplugged features Nikki Moddelmog

Students at WSU

Oct. 2, 2019 -- For the first time in nearly 30 years, more than 16,000 students have enrolled for fall classes at Wichita State University. The total headcount at WSU for fall 2019 is 16,058 students, an increase of 274 students, or 1.7%, over fall 2018.

Jennifer Raymo with the Healing Chair

Oct. 1, 2019 - Jennifer Raymo, a Wichita State student earning her graduate degree in social work, recently became the Wichita Chapter director of The Healing Chair. The non-profit is a Kansas City based organization aimed at helping breast cancer and mastectomy survivors find comfort, hope and healing.