Campus Connection: May 14, 2019

  • General John M. ‘Mike’ Murray visits NIAR
  • WSU names Larisa Genin dean of Barton School of Business
  • Here are updated employment forecasts for Kansas, Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City
  • WSU spring commencement schedule, speakers
  • Top 10 reasons to become a summer Shocker
  • WSU men's and women's tennis offers free tennis clinics on Wednesdays
  • Campus Credit Union invites members and interested persons to lunch today (Tuesday, May 14)
  • Senior Wednesday - 2019 ADCI MFA graduates
  • World Trade Council of Wichita to feature look at USMCA trade agreement
  • Kouri Parcourse dedication to be held Tuesday, May 21
  • WSU Summer Choir rehearsals start June 3
  • Learn how to become a FUN presenter
  • Device to improve basketball shot wins student business competition
  • LaunchPrep Demo Day to feature six businesses
  • Participants needed for website evaluation
  • Shockers shaping the next gen at Martens
  • Photovoice exhibit coming Wednesday, May 22
  • Seeking volunteer Jump!Star performers this summer
  • Shocker women win program's first AAC outdoor title
  • Student expands his 'horizons' with community-based project
  • Outdoor Adventures announces Royals baseball game trip on June 22
  • My career starts here
  • Outdoor Adventures Worlds of Fun trip
  • Sale on Uscape merchandise

WSU Today: May 14, 2019

  • WSU spring commencement schedule, speakers
  • Joint UP and USS General Meeting today (Tuesday, May 14)
  • Join University Libraries for Trademark Tuesday
  • Campus Credit Union invites members and interested persons to lunch today (Tuesday, May 14)
  • Learn how to become a FUN presenter
  • World Trade Council of Wichita to feature look at USMCA trade agreement
  • LaunchPrep Demo Day to feature six businesses
  • Participants needed for website evaluation
  • Opportunity to develop new First Year Seminars on May 29
  • Training for preventing suicide to be offered
  • Photovoice exhibit coming Wednesday, May 22
  • Seeking volunteer Jump!Star performers this summer
  • Fall tuition assistance is open
  • Shocker women win program's first AAC outdoor title
  • Easterling to succeed Jones as head men’s golf coach
  • Student expands his 'horizons' with community-based project
  • Textbook Buyback and Rental Return dates
  • Personal Trainer summer course to be offered
  • Save the date for the Kansas Economic Outlook Conference
  • Outdoor Adventures announces Royals baseball game trip on June 22
  • WSU men's and women's tennis offers free tennis clinics on Wednesdays
  • Sale on Uscape merchandise

Grady Landrum

An anniversary Grady Landrum chooses not to celebrate

May 13, 2019 -- Nearly 48 years ago, Grady Landrum was in a car accident that paralyzed him. His journey is both inspirational and a testament to his never-quit attitude. This June, he retires after 27 years as director of Disability Services at Wichita State University.

Devin Martin

Meet a Shocker: Devin Martin, math major

May 13, 2019 -- Struggle has built character for Devin Martin, a math major at Wichita State University.

Colton Russell

Meet a Shocker: Colton Russell, engineering grad

May 13, 2019 -- As an engineering major, Colton Russell found himself looking at many options of where to go to college. Wichita State University, he says, "just felt right."

Shocker Blast: May 13, 2019

  • Get some stress relief today (Monday, May 13)
  • Top 10 reasons to become a summer Shocker
  • Textbook Buyback and Rental Return dates
  • Want to win $500 in textbooks?
  • Device to improve basketball shot wins student business competition
  • Airbus opens employee training to WSU community and more
  • Campus Credit Union invites members and interested persons to lunch
  • Senior Wednesday - 2019 ADCI MFA graduates
  • WSU spring commencement schedule, speakers
  • Training for preventing suicide to be offered
  • Meet a Shocker: Caleb Gimar working on project with NASA
  • WSU Summer Choir rehearsals start June 3
  • Student Health Services to adjust clinic hours starting today (Monday, May 13)
  • Seeking volunteer Jump!Star performers this summer
  • Youth mentoring opportunity for three credit hours
  • Sign up for group interviews at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes
  • Child Development Center is hiring teaching assistants
  • Help wanted for Language and Comic Study
  • Timely information from VISTA
  • Study Abroad opportunity in summer 2020
  • Starbucks finals week hours
  • Sale on Uscape merchandise

WSU Today: May 13, 2019

  • Faculty Senate to meet today (Monday, May 13) in Shirley Beggs Ballroom, RSC
  • Airbus opens employee training to WSU community and more
  • WSU Foundation honors award recipients, top donors at Fairmount Society event
  • Senior Wednesday - 2019 ADCI MFA graduates
  • Retirement reception planned for Rick Pappas this Thursday
  • Shuttle bus metro route adjusted during Finals Week
  • World Trade Council of Wichita to feature look at USMCA trade agreement
  • Openings posted for fall 2019 Recruitment Faculty Fellows - Application deadline is Friday, May 17
  • Device to improve basketball shot wins student business competition
  • Top 10 reasons to become a summer Shocker
  • Training for preventing suicide to be offered
  • IDEA will not be available next year for course evaluations
  • Annualized Salary Spread for Academic Year 2019-20
  • Wanted: Spring commencement volunteers
  • WSU Summer Choir rehearsals start June 3
  • My career starts here
  • Shocker Alert System adds instant National Weather Service tornado warnings
  • Student Health Services to adjust clinic hours starting today (Monday, May 13)
  • Relive this year's Shock the Yard Step Show

Karen Abshire-Gordon

Meet a Shocker: Karen Abshire-Gordon, psychology grad

May 13, 2019 -- After dropping out of high school and working her way back to a GED, Karen Abshire-Gordon wasn't sure she was college material. This month, she graduates with a bachelor's in psychology from Wichita State University.

Rachel Ziska

Criminal justice major got real-world experience as a corrections officer

May 10, 2019 -- Wichita State criminal justice senior Rachel Ziska is helping children in the community by interning as a corrections officer for Sedgwick County’s Juvenile Residential Facility.

WSU Today: May 10, 2019

  • University Excellence Awards today (Friday, May 10)
  • Engineering Open House today (Friday, May 10)
  • SEM Check-In Goal 3: Increase retention of degree-seeking underserved students
  • Accounts Receivable and Cashiers to close early today (Friday, May 10)
  • Policy changes are approved by President’s Executive Team
  • Wichita State to host American championships
  • Celebrate the dedication of ‘Shockers,” a new sculpture by Tom Otterness
  • KPTS: One on One with Victor Hogstrom
  • World Trade Council of Wichita to feature look at USMCA trade agreement
  • Openings posted for fall 2019 Recruitment Faculty Fellows
  • WSU’s Usha Haley is quoted in Fortune.com article
  • Kouri Parcourse dedication to be held Tuesday, May 21
  • WSU Reads announcement for 2019-20
  • WSU selected for first-generation student success
  • Graduate School -- GRASP 2019
  • Shockers shaping the next gen at Martens
  • Help is available to guide transfer students to WSU
  • Participants 60+ years of age needed for research study on the effects of a visual training program
  • Renew or clear out your Heskett Center locker before May 12