From left to right, WSU engineering students Jacob Lewis, Brendan Lajza and Meghana Ravi assist Katlyn with the use of her new stylus and optimized Proloquo2Go software.

Dec. 13, 2019 -- Katlyn, a student at USD 259’s Levy Special Education Center, has cerebral palsy and is nonverbal. Three Wichita State Engineering students have made communication a lot easier for her as a class project this semester.

  • Tompkins' warm personality, dedication to WSU will be remembered
  • Meet a Shocker: Fall 2019 graduates
  • More than 1,100 students eligible to graduate in WSU’s fall commencement
  • Registrar’s Office will be closed for a time today (Friday, Dec. 13)
  • Financial processing deadlines for December
  • Haley's expertise on trade and investment profiled in China Daily and Reuters
  • Open / Alternative Textbook (OAT) application forms are open
  • Tilford Symposium will be held on campus Feb. 27 and 28
  • Weekly Briefing university update
  • Nominations now open for 2020 Distinguished Service Awards
  • Classroom Technology Training Schedule for spring 2020
  • Faculty, staff and alumni invited to attend Shocker Legacy Day
  • Graduate School will close for the lunch hour on Dec. 19
  • Help available with Strategic Planning Initiatives
  • Tickets still available for WSU Intrust Bank Arena game
  • RH: ‘That was my first picture with Coach’
  • 12 Days of Christmas sale continues today (Friday, Dec. 13)
  • Shop the Shocker Store for doorbuster tumblers and more on Saturday
  • Bring your pups to the 7th Annual Puppy Paddle!
  • Join WSUSSLHA's annual Barnes and Noble fundraiser
  • Come watch Christmas on Ice!

  • Meet a Shocker: Fall 2019 graduates
  • More than 1,100 students eligible to graduate in WSU’s fall commencement
  • Tompkins' warm personality, dedication to WSU will be remembered
  • Student tickets still available for Intrust Bank Arena game
  • Application due for the alternative spring break in 2020
  • Registrar’s Office will be closed for a time today (Friday, Dec. 13)
  • Graduate School will close for the lunch hour on Dec. 19
  • Rhatigan Student Center closing early on Dec. 20
  • Wichita State University holiday shutdown hours
  • Participants wanted for online study investigating adjectival meaning
  • Submit your applications for Senior Honor awards
  • SGA Scholarship applications are open
  • WSU graduate student's business makes Most Fundable Company list
  • Enhance degree and career options with an undergraduate certificate
  • Check out these badge classes for degree-bound students
  • Testing Services will close for expansion
  • Fire Safety conducting quarterly fire sprinkler alarm testing
  • Tilford Symposium will be held on campus Feb. 27 and 28
  • Apply now for the 2020 John A. See Innovation Award
  • Apply for the International Leadership Program in Peru for Summer 2020
  • Weekly Briefing university update
  • Textbook Buyback and Rental Return Dates
  • 12 Days of Christmas sale continues today (Friday, Dec. 13)
  • Bring your pups to the 7th Annual Puppy Paddle!
  • Join WSUSSLHA's annual Barnes and Noble fundraiser
  • Cookies with Santa in Fairmount Park
  • Come watch Christmas on Ice!
  • Are you interested in joining a Fraternity or Sorority next semester?
  • Shop the Shocker Store for doorbuster tumblers and more on Saturday
  • Volunteers needed for SHOCKERTHON, an applied learning opportunity
  • New Student Wellness Center opening in January
  • SAC invites you to a Roaring '20s Party
  • Soup available for $2.99 at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes

Gateway to IP health professions photo

Dec. 12, 2019 -- A key component in the advancement of innovation is protecting intellectual property. WSU Ventures recently initiated a new program to place Wichita State University students at the forefront of this field.

Stella Yang, economics grad, standing near the Christmas foliage in the Airbus lobby

Dec. 12, 2019 -- Stella Yang has served in many roles on campus since she enrolled in 2016, including business senator and treasurer of Student Government Association, as well as vice president of Asian Student Conference.

  • Open / Alternative Textbook (OAT) application forms are open
  • Help available with Strategic Planning Initiatives
  • Apply now for the 2020 John A. See Innovation Award
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers wide variety of services to employees at no charge
  • SEM Update: Goal 4
  • Personal finance grant presentation will be hosted at Wichita State’s John Bardo Center
  • WSU graduate student's business makes Most Fundable Company list
  • Wichita State University holiday shutdown hours
  • Submit your applications for Senior Honor awards
  • Higher Education in Student Affairs Graduate Weekend
  • Invitation to the Governor’s budget listening session
  • Sign up for Instructor Training Day on Jan. 15
  • Testing Services will close for expansion
  • Fire Safety conducting quarterly fire sprinkler alarm testing
  • Tickets still available for WSU Intrust Bank Arena game
  • 12 Days of Christmas sale continues today (Thursday, Dec. 12)
  • Help us reduce WSU’s carbon footprint; we need your help!
  • Teen study participants needed
  • Call for Fiscal Year 2021 Educational Opportunity and Student Fee Funding Requests
  • Shop the Shocker Store for doorbuster tumblers and more on Saturday
  • Join WSUSSLHA's annual Barnes and Noble fundraiser
  • Submit info by noon today (Thursday, Dec. 12) for the last Shocker Blast edition of fall

Noah and Shauna Holloway

Dec. 11, 2019 -- Noah and Shauna Holloway are education majors in the Teacher Apprentice Program at Wichita State. They are parents of two who took classes while teaching full-time. They earned their degrees with help from family and by working with professors when life intervened.

Tammy Dorsey, middle

Dec. 11, 2019 -- Wichita State graduate student Tammy Dorsey and her company, Prenatal Hope, recently reached a No. 11 rank on the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s Most Fundable Companies List.

Interim president Andy Tompkins and Wichita State students

Dec. 11, 2019 -- In nine months, interim president Andy Tompkins impressed almost everyone by putting a full-time effort into a temporary job, walking the campus almost every morning, touring every building, learning names and backgrounds and using his avuncular personality to put people at ease during a time of transition at Wichita State University.

Gavrilla Arya

Dec. 11, 2019 -- Wichita State senior Gavrilla Arya excelled as a biological sciences major and helped the golf team to the 2016 NCAA regional. A native of Indonesia, Arya earned academic All-American honors four times.