WSU Today: March 25, 2019

  • Annual training on budgeting system coming April 29-May 3
  • Business dean candidate to visit campus this week
  • myPerformance Evaluation Planning is available for Managers of USS and Non-Teaching UP Employees
  • WSU earns national ranking for its efforts to support low-income students
  • $2 million grant will fund advanced composites technology at WSU
  • Visiting candidate for assistant professor position to present lecture today (Monday, March 25)
  • Faculty invitation to lunch and discussion with Anne Krook on March 29
  • Zamora to present talk on two AfrolatinX feminists
  • ‘Thank you’ from WSU Police Department
  • Seeking Academic Affairs Fellows
  • Open forum planned for USS and UP staff
  • Judges needed to volunteer for GRASP symposium poster session
  • World Trade Council of Wichita invites you to dinner talk featuring Cargill
  • Applications are open for Shocker Leadership Awards
  • Faculty Artist Series presents the Orfeo Trio
  • Registration for Edible Book Festival due this Wednesday
  • Upcoming Events at University Libraries
  • Shockers think 30
  • Summer Leadership Institute needs faculty / staff squad leaders
  • Sign up for Outdoor Adventures baseball game at the K
  • Donate now: Professional clothing items
  • Virtual Career Fair tomorrow (Tuesday, March 26)
  • Registration open for WSU engineering ‘Design, Build, Code’ summer camps

Tammy Dorsey

WSU women in STEAM feature: Tammy Dorsey

March 25, 2019 -- Tammy Dorsey graduated from Wichita State University with a biomedical engineering degree and is studying in the Master of Innovation Design program.

Chase Rawlings

WSU team creates robotic 3D-printed hand for local boy

March 22, 2019 -- Chase Rawlings, a local 3rd grader, was born without a fully developed left hand. A team at WSU led by senior engineering major Chelsea Sewell created a 3D-printed robotic hand for Chase.

Students on campus

WSU is the No.1 transfer destination for community college transfer students, again

March 22, 2019 - Once again, Wichita State has been named the No.1 transfer destination from Kansas community colleges to public state universities. Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) recently released its annual Transfer Feedback Report, announcing that WSU remains the No. 1 transfer destination for eight years in a row.

John Tomblin at a podium

$2 million grant will fund advanced composites technology at WSU

March 22, 2019 -- Wichita State University has received a $2 million grant contract from the U.S. Economic Development Association to develop and demonstrate advanced composite material manufacturing technology.

WSU Today: March 22, 2019

  • Wichita State University and EDA to announce significant grant
  • Service-Learning Faculty Training coming April 12
  • Innovation Campus update
  • Graduate School - Annual Awards for Academic Year 2019-20
  • Do you need $10,000 for a project you’re working on?
  • Gartner IT Town Halls coming April 3 for students/ staff / faculty
  • Traditions Committee is in search of judges for 91st Annual Hippodrome
  • Apprenticing in auctioning
  • Alumni Weekend Set for March 29-31
  • Mark your calendar for Edible Book Festival on April 1
  • Submit your summer camp information
  • Shockers host invitational to open outdoor season
  • Join ISU’s Interfest to have a taste of foods from around the world or be a vendor if you / your team can cook!
  • Do you love some friendly March competition? Bounce on over to Meritrust Madness!
  • Wu Lifts coming in April
  • Shocker baseball opens AAC play this weekend at Eck Stadium

Students graduating

WSU earns national ranking for its efforts to support low-income students

March 22, 2019 -- Wichita State University has been named to CollegeNET Inc.’s list of Social Mobility Innovators for 2019. Making the list means WSU has a proven track record of successfully enrolling students from low-income backgrounds and graduating them into promising careers.

GoCreate's Ken Wiseman and Catherine Helms.

GoCreate partners with downtown library for free classes and workshops

March 21, 2019 -- Wichita State's GoCreate space and the downtown Wichita Public Library are in a partnership to host classes and workshops.

WSU Today: March 21, 2019

  • Celebration of life for John Bardo planned for Thursday, May 9
  • Faculty / staff invited to interactive lecture on 'Creativity as the Competitive Advantage'
  • Faculty invitation to lunch and discussion with Anne Krook on March 29
  • Nationally known speaker to lead three events at WSU next week
  • Police sergeant candidates to give campus presentations today (Thursday, March 21)
  • Gartner IT Town Halls coming April 3 for staff / faculty / students
  • Gearhart to give legislative update tomorrow (Friday, March 22)
  • ISME Colloquium to be held tomorrow (Friday, March 22)
  • 2019 Shocker Philosophy Undergraduate Conference to be held tomorrow (Friday, March 22)
  • ‘Mikrokosmos’ 65th Edition Release Party tomorrow (Friday, May 22)
  • Candlelight event tomorrow (Friday, March 22) in memory of victims of Ethiopian airline crash
  • Faculty Senate to meet on Monday, March 25
  • Open forum planned for USS and UP staff
  • There is still time to Register to attend the 6th Annual Gender & Sexuality Conference
  • Registration open for WSU engineering ‘Design, Build, Code’ summer camps
  • Birzer to be panel moderator of Wichita Public Library’s Candid Conversations
  • Nominate an advisor for the Excellence in Academic Advising Award
  • 2019 SGA Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate set for March 29
  • Fifteen high schoolers win Rudd Scholarship to attend WSU

Shocker Blast: March 20, 2019

  • 2019 SGA Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate set for March 29
  • Wichita State students benefit from applied learning at Help Hangar
  • WSU ranks in top 100 engineering grad schools, top 50 in engineering research dollars
  • Applications are open for Shocker Leadership Awards
  • Resume RX today (Wednesday, March 20)
  • Student input sought on price and use of textbooks
  • WSU Weekly Briefing to feature varsity esports coordinator
  • Hundreds pay respect to President Bardo during his last ride through campus
  • Sign up for workshop - Creativity as Your Career Proof Competitive Advantage
  • WSU presents “The Theory of Relativity," the musical
  • ‘Preparing a Research Poster’ to be presented March 21
  • WSU Graduate Student of the Year competition results
  • International Admissions announces T-shirt Design Contest
  • Wichita Space Initiative to feature WSU graduate student Calem Gimar
  • RSC Unplugged features Vince Serrioz today (Wednesday, March 20)
  • Shockers selected for NIT; open today (Wednesday, March 20) at Furman
  • Shockers start 10-game homestand with Kansas today (Wednesday, March 20)
  • Kansas on tap for Shocker baseball today (Wednesday, March 20)
  • T-shirt Madness at the Shocker Store
  • Barbeque Cook-Off coming Thursday, March 21
  • Join ISU’s Interfest to have a taste of foods from around the world or be a vendor if you / your team can cook!
  • Take advantage of March Rewards in SSGL
  • Graduate student seeking participants for coping with depression research project
  • Faculty Artist Series presents the Orfeo Trio
  • Apply for fall 2019 tutor positions
  • Research study: Coping with negative thoughts