WSU Today: June 28, 2019

  • WSU research studies affect of space gravity on the human brain
  • WSU Ventures develops, licenses innovative medical technology
  • Traumatic brain injury brings student closer to his Shocker family
  • Seeking artist proposals for outdoor staircase at Clinton Hall
  • Lock Systems Specialist Senior, Plumber Specialist Senior, and Painter Senior positions open to WSU employees only
  • Candidate to visit campus for tenure-track position in EECS
  • Admissions application for fall 2020 opens July 1
  • WSU faculty awarded grant to host NASA Celebration Conference
  • Scholarships are now available for WSU badge courses!
  • Cleaning out your closet?
  • TBT single-session tickets on sale
  • BRAKES Teen Driving Courses coming to WSU

WSU Today: June 27, 2019

  • Tuition assistance deadline approaching
  • Upcoming change to WSU travel booking process at Sunflower Travel
  • Take advantage of the campus chemical cleanup event
  • WSU Print Shop is featured in ‘In-Plant Impressions’ magazine
  • Classroom Technology Training Schedule – Fall 2019
  • Tenure and Promotion Workshop coming July 16
  • Q&A with Gordon Vadakin on Wichita State bowling, his memories and his plans
  • Parking lot closure this week
  • A SculpTour Affair – The biennial benefit event for the Ulrich Museum of Art
  • Submit your fall events for the Welcomefest listing
  • Spirit Squad to host pickleball tournament and silent auction

WSU freshman Sam Brickett during his recovery in Omaha, NE

Traumatic brain injury brings student closer to his Shocker family

June 26, 2019 -- In September 2018, Sam Brickett, an aerospace engineering freshman at Wichita State University, was longboarding in the Rhatigan Student Center parking garage when he hit a crack in the concrete and fell. He hit his head and suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Person with neuro interface device on head

WSU research studies affect of space gravity on the human brain

June 26, 2019 -- A NASA-funded Wichita State University research project will seek to understand how the human brain responds to gravity while in space.

WSU Today: June 26, 2019

  • Opportunity to develop new First-Year Seminars coming July 10
  • New WSU research will help the Air Force fleet stay mission ready
  • Second Annual Kansas Prevention Conference to be held this October
  • Hanover Research enrollment survey results
  • NC3 announces new vice chairwoman to the NC3 Board of Directors
  • Environmental Finance Center Director Michele Pugh dies
  • Kudos to WSU’s Child Development Center
  • KMUW calendar stickers are back for the 2019-20 academic year
  • Stressed? Keep Calm and Breathe On
  • Starbucks Happy Hour in RSC on Thursday, June 27
  • Student Body President Kitrina Miller to appoint Vice President Michael Bearth as acting president
  • Sponsorships help support professional development for youth economic and financial literacy

Wichita State students at Cornerstone Data

Shocker students help city improve its use of data

June 28, 2019 -- Wichita State students are spending their summer helping the city use its data and share it across departments. The experiences researching, organizing and cataloguing the information are amplifying their classroom lessons in areas ranging from software to teamwork, trust and communication.

Campus Connection: June 25, 2019

  • Experiential Engineering Building will be renamed John Bardo Center
  • Presidential search profile gets KBOR approval
  • Wichita State’s request for no tuition increase approved for 2019-20
  • Scholarships are now available for WSU badge courses!
  • WSU Summer Choir and Summer Orchestra to present concert of American music
  • Traveling aviation-themed art exhibition at WSU Haysville; coming to WSU South
  • A SculpTour Affair – The biennial benefit event for the Ulrich Museum of Art
  • Work on new shuttle stop has begun; traffic reduced to one lane
  • Parking lots to be resurfaced east of Grace Wilkie and MRC
  • Cleaning out your closet?
  • Starbucks Happy Hour in RSC on Thursday, June 27
  • Shockers unveil 2019 volleyball schedule
  • Plan to attend the AfterShocks Tourney Tip-Off event!
  • Volleyball Dinner and Auction set for Aug. 24
  • WSU graduate empowers girls through clothing brand
  • Patriotic Shocker shirt available at Shocker Store in RSC

Cayleigh Beshears in her white coat

Personal experiences inspire first-gen grad to pursue career in physical therapy

June 19, 2019 - Cayleigh Beshears, a recent graduate of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, has let her circumstances guide her, but never define her.

WSU Today: June 25, 2019

  • CEI partners with Oral Health Kansas to create multi-year strategic plan
  • Work on new shuttle stop has begun; traffic reduced to one lane
  • WSU Foundation end of fiscal year schedule
  • Parking lots to be resurfaced east of Grace Wilkie and MRC
  • Registration for Campus Safety: Active Threat Incident Planning is available
  • A SculpTour Affair – The biennial benefit event for the Ulrich Museum of Art
  • Ranked choice voting is a step in the right direction
  • Shukura Bakari-Cozart to retire this month
  • Admissions application for fall 2020 opens July 1
  • Shocker Store in RSC closing for inventory
  • SGA students and staff advocate for students in Washington, D.C.
  • Tuition assistance deadline approaching

John Tomblin introduces Senator Jerry Moran and U.S. Air Force officials to NIAR research

New WSU research will help the Air Force fleet stay mission ready

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory recently awarded WSU’s National Institute for Aviation Research a $23.5 million contract for modeling composite inspection and repair techniques for aircraft in active service.