Wichita Campus

  • WSU's Usha Haley interviewed in USA Today
  • FY22 online budget training available April 26
  • Earn HealthQuest points for attending F45 classes
  • Criminal justice series: Ethics in Law Enforcement
  • Establishing an African-American narrative
  • Ulrich program visiting writer Michael Parker 
  • Market-based compensation implementation briefing for faculty and staff
  • Issac Brown, Armando Minjarez and mystery guest to appear on Coffee & Convo
  • Delaware professor to give physics talk
  • Faculty and staff to be recognized
  • Knight Commission member to speak at WSU
  • Mark your calendar for Earth Day celebrations
  • Students seek participants to study back pain
  • UP, USS Senate meeting scheduled for April 20

Two Wichita State students using a tablet.

April 12, 2021 – After months of hard work from Wichita State faculty members Carrie Dickison and Maria Sclafani, the Open Alternative Textbook committee approved English 102 for Open/Alternative Textbook (OAT) course designation. Starting in fall 2021, Wichita State students will no longer have to buy textbooks for English 102.

There are plenty of reasons to be a summer shocker like building your career network.

April 12, 2021 — Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Learn as if you were to live forever.” Gandhi wants us to be learning continuously, and a great way is to take summer classes. Here are 10 reasons you should be a Summer Shocker.

  • From one student to another: Be a summer Shocker
  • Summer 2021 financial aid application available
  • Tuesday Talks: Anxious in April
  • Engineering Council seeks applications
  • Zoom now offers live transcripts and captions
  • Apply to be on SAC's executive board
  • Celebrate Wellness Week with Students Affairs
  • LIVESTRONG at the YMCA focuses on healing the whole person
  • Establishing an African-American narrative
  • Criminal justice series: Ethics in Law Enforcement
  • Round off Wellness Week with Self-Care Sunday
  • Registration open for LEAD Conference; free for students
  • Donate blood, enter to win VIP travel package
  • Join KMUW for a Kansas legislative update
  • Ulrich virtual talk: Artist Renée Stout
  • Delaware professor to give physics talk
  • Creators of WSU graphic novel set for April panel
  • Join Shocker Career Accelerator for writing workshop
  • WSU offices can help with final assignments
  • 2021 Hippodrome winners announced
  • Volunteers needed for human performance research
  • Psych class offers youth mentoring opportunity 

Wichita Campus

  • Annual conflict of interest disclosure reporting period open through April 30
  • April HealthQuest Upcoming Events
  • Tuition assistance applications due April 15
  • Tuesday Talks: Anxious in April
  • LIVESTRONG at the YMCA focuses on healing the whole person
  • Register for the F45 Playoffs today
  • Zoom now offers live transcripts and captions
  • Establishing an African-American narrative
  • Donate blood, enter to win VIP travel package
  • Join KMUW for a Kansas legislative update
  • LinkedIn Learning staff webinar April 14
  • Ulrich virtual talk: Artist Renée Stout
  • Creators of WSU graphic novel set for April panel
  • Volunteers needed for human performance research
  • Shocker New Venture needs student judges
  • 2021 Hippodrome winners announced
  • Faculty Senate meeting at 3:30 p.m. today
  • WSU resources help students finish strong
  • Heskett Center half-price membership

Wichita Campus

  • Campus update: Planning for summer, fall
  • Barton School of Business, ISEG hosting expert on freedom of innovation
  • Women of Wichita State 2021 fundraising blitz
  • Today: Mathematical Sciences lecture
  • Wichita State Baseball opens Riverfront Stadium vs. Houston Cougars on April 10
  • April 15: #WichitaStateEngaged Part 2, Engaged Culture
  • Join KMUW for a Kansas Legislative Update
  • Issac Brown, Armando Minjarez and mystery guest to appear on Coffee & Convo
  • Ulrich virtual talk: Artist Renée Stout
  • Have fun at Shockers After Dark
  • Ulrich program visiting writer Michael Parker 
  • Shocker New Venture needs student judges

  • Campus update: Planning for summer, fall
  • Wichita State's cybersecurity program helps Novacoast locate office in Wichita
  • Zoom now offers live transcripts and captions
  • Join the Student Involvement Ambassador team
  • Apply to be on on SAC's executive board
  • Shocker New Venture needs student judges
  • Wichita State Baseball opens Riverfront Stadium vs. Houston Cougars on April 10
  • Today: Mathematical Sciences lecture
  • Manage your sales tax like a pro
  • Join the virtual internship and career fair April 14
  • Students invited to Resume Building Lab today
  • The best kept secrets, the myths, and the truths of supply chain
  • April 15: #WichitaStateEngaged Part 2, Engaged Culture
  • Join KMUW for a Kansas Legislative Update
  • Issac Brown, Armando Minjarez and mystery guest to appear on Coffee & Convo
  • Ulrich virtual talk: Artist Renée Stout
  • Have fun at Shockers After Dark
  • Ulrich program visiting writer Michael Parker 
  • SGA announces Sept.13-17 as Diversity Week
  • Order your commencement T-shirt today

Wichita Campus

  • Employee and student COVID-19 testing
  • COVID-19 vaccines open to all students and staff; 2nd dose available through SHS
  • Now open: Hammock Lounge
  • ICYMI: Speaking Freely on Freedom of Expression
  • Wichita State's cybersecurity program helps Novacoast locate office in Wichita
  • Tuition assistance applications due April 15
  • State employee health plan updates in response to COVID-19
  • Applications open for Shocker Leadership Awards
  • WSU headshot appointments available for April
  • OAT summer grant apps due
  • CEI offers support resources through Support Group Toolbox
  • Zoom now offers live transcripts and captions
  • Technology Policy: A Case for Optimism and Freedom to Innovate
  • Market-based compensation implementation briefing for faculty and staff
  • The best-kept secrets, the myths, and the truths of supply chain
  • Oklahoma State professor to discuss WINDMAP
  • Join KMUW for April's Literary Feast: 'No One Is Talking About This'
  • Faculty and staff to be recognized
  • Bonus discount Fridays at the Shocker Grill
  • Save the date: Spring patio sale

W. Frank Barton School of Business Institute for the Study of Economic Growth Adam Thierer Technology Policy: A Case for Optimism and Freedom to Innovate Benjamin J. and Bettie M. Gibson Breeding Lectureship 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 14

April 8, 2021 — As part of the Benjamin J. and Bettie M. Gibson Breeding Lectureship, Institute for the Study of Economic Growth at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University will present Adam Thierer at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 14.

Wichita State computing

April 7, 2021 - In February, Novacoast announced plans to open a 24/7 security operations center in the Epic Center in downtown Wichita. Novacoast, according to media reports, will hire around 60 employees immediately for positions such as sales, analysts and cybersecurity engineers.“Having a robust computer science department and applied computing department is a good source of interns and future employees to Novacoast,” said Joe Jabara, director of Wichita State’s Hub for Cybersecurity Education and Awareness. “The university’s emphasis on cybersecurity really helped lure them to Wichita.”