WSU freshman Sam Brickett during his recovery in Omaha, NE

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

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.

  • 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

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.

  • 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

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.

  • 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

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.

  • Wichita State’s request for no tuition increase approved for 2019-20
  • SGA students and staff advocate for students in Washington, D.C.
  • Experiential Engineering Building will be renamed John Bardo Center
  • Parking lots to be resurfaced east of Grace Wilkie and MRC
  • WSU Summer Choir and Summer Orchestra to present concert of American music
  • Storm-related damage results in closing of lecture theater in Wallace Hall
  • Portion of Braeburn Lane will be closed for about two weeks
  • A SculpTour Affair – The biennial benefit event for the Ulrich Museum of Art
  • Parking lot closure this week
  • Shocker Store in RSC closing for inventory
  • F45 is hiring
  • Make a difference by becoming a TRIO peer tutor
  • Starbucks Happy Hour in RSC on Thursday, June 27
  • Required fire drills to be held on campus this week
  • Traveling aviation-themed art exhibition at WSU Haysville; coming to WSU South
  • Funding fellow Shockers’ dreams is the top priority for Stella Yang
  • Plan to attend the AfterShocks Tourney Tip-Off event!
  • WSU graduate empowers girls through clothing brand
  • Volunteers needed for a research study
  • Volleyball Dinner and Auction set for Aug. 24
  • Patriotic Shocker shirt available at Shocker Store in RSC

  • Summer registration outage planned
  • Scholarships are now available for WSU badge courses
  • Required fire drills to be held on campus this week
  • Presidential search profile gets KBOR approval
  • WSU Summer Choir and Summer Orchestra to present concert of American music
  • Farewell reception planned for Johanna Hutmacher today (Monday, June 24)
  • Traveling aviation-themed art exhibition at WSU Haysville; coming to WSU South
  • Parking lot closure this week
  • Cleaning out your closet?
  • EFC hosts Asthma Financing Webinar Series
  • Get your tickets for KMUW’s Media Circus before June 25
  • Coming soon – Shocker Printing Solutions
  • Admissions application for fall 2020 opens July 1
  • Volleyball Dinner and Auction set for Aug. 24
  • Funding fellow Shockers’ dreams is the top priority for Stella Yang
  • Volunteers needed for a research study

  • Parking lots to be resurfaced east of Grace Wilkie and MRC
  • Panopto will go down for maintenance this weekend
  • Haley cited in ‘The Chronicle of Higher Education’ story
  • Shockers unveil 2019 volleyball schedule
  • A SculpTour Affair – The biennial benefit event for the Ulrich Museum of Art
  • WSU Foundation end of fiscal year schedule
  • F45 is hiring
  • Plan to attend the AfterShocks Tourney Tip-Off event!
  • Have fun in the sun and get your adventure on!

  • 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
  • Storm-related damage results in closing of lecture theater in Wallace Hall
  • WSU Summer Choir and Summer Orchestra to present concert of American music
  • WSU graduate empowers girls through clothing brand
  • Get your tickets for KMUW’s Media Circus before June 25
  • Required fire drills to be held on campus the week of June 24-28
  • Haley is quoted in ‘China Daily’
  • Starbucks open for Transfer Orientation!
  • Shocker Store Sales at Braeburn Square

  • EFC hosts Asthma Financing Webinar Series
  • Registration for Campus Safety: Active Threat Incident Planning is available
  • Portion of Braeburn Lane will be closed for about two weeks
  • A SculpTour Affair – The biennial benefit event for the Ulrich Museum of Art
  • Farewell reception planned for Johanna Hutmacher
  • Shukura Bakari-Cozart to retire this month
  • Fall tuition assistance deadline is July 1
  • Holiday closedown for 2019
  • Submit your fall events for the Welcomefest listing
  • Traveling aviation-themed art exhibition coming to WSU Haysville and WSU South
  • Stat of the week from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions

Wichita State campus

June 19, 2019 -- Wichita State University has modified its tuition request to the Kansas Board of Regents, asking to hold all tuition rates flat for the 2019-20 academic year – a 0.0% increase for undergraduate / graduate and resident / non-resident students. The Kansas Board of Regents approved the tuition increase today (Wednesday, June 19).

Gordon Vadakin

June 19, 2019 - Gordon Vadakin discusses his retirement from Wichita State bowling after building the program over 40-plus years as bowler and coach.

  • USS and UP Senates to hold joint meeting today (Tuesday, June 18)
  • WSU announces new Title IX Coordinator
  • Panopto to go down for maintenance this weekend
  • Coming soon – Shocker Printing Solutions
  • Training for preventing suicide to be offered
  • Shocker Store in RSC closing for inventory
  • Adult learners share their Shocker Stories
  • Volunteers sought for bicycle and pedestrian count
  • Three Former Shockers to be enshrined in KSHOF
  • Sale on tees and sweatshirt

  • A temp with experience
  • Groundbreaking for new Student-Athlete Success Center today (Tuesday, June 18)
  • WSU wins $750,000 NASA grant to reduce aircraft noise
  • Get your tickets for KMUW’s Media Circus before June 25
  • Adult learners share their Shocker Stories
  • Admissions application for fall 2020 opens July 1
  • A SculpTour Affair – The biennial benefit event for the Ulrich Museum of Art
  • Engineering major ventures into patent law
  • Kudos to WSU’s Child Development Center
  • RH: VanVleet's story often incomplete
  • Three Former Shockers to be enshrined in KSHOF
  • Sale on tees and sweatshirt
  • BRAKES Teen Driving Courses coming to WSU
  • Volunteers needed for a research study
  • Have fun in the sun and get your adventure on!
  • Spirit Squad to host pickleball tournament and silent auction

  • A temp with experience
  • Parking lot closures this week
  • Kudos to WSU’s Child Development Center
  • Register for June 19 Service Standards training
  • Work begins on new shuttle stop shelter
  • WSU Foundation end of fiscal year schedule
  • Central Services and Duplication Station will be closed for inventory today (Monday, June 17) and Tuesday, June 18
  • Required fire drills to be held on campus the week of June 24-28
  • Shock Doc: Christian Yost, a music education major
  • RH: VanVleet's story often incomplete
  • BRAKES Teen Driving Courses coming to WSU
  • Volunteers needed for a research study
  • Have fun in the sun and get your adventure on!

  • Presidential search survey results are available
  • Parking lot closures this week
  • Admissions application for fall 2020 opens July 1
  • Groundbreaking scheduled for June 18
  • Make a difference by becoming a TRIO peer tutor
  • Adult learners share their Shocker Stories
  • Work begins on new shuttle stop shelter
  • Starbucks open for Transfer Orientation!
  • Required fire drills to be held on campus the week of June 24-28
  • Shocker Store Sales at Braeburn Square
  • Get your tickets for KMUW’s Media Circus before June 25
  • Kudos to WSU’s Child Development Center
  • Shocker Store in RSC closing for inventory
  • Engineering major ventures into patent law
  • Shock Doc: Christian Yost, a music education major
  • Sale on tees and sweatshirt
  • Shocker Street Speak: SAS senior send-off
  • Volunteers needed for a research study
  • BRAKES Teen Driving Courses coming to WSU
  • RH: VanVleet's story often incomplete
  • Have fun in the sun and get your adventure on!
  • Spirit Squad to host pickleball tournament and silent auction

  • Groundbreaking scheduled for June 18
  • WSU welcomes National Merit finalists, National Hispanic Recognition scholars
  • Admissions application for fall 2020 opens July 1
  • Adult learners share their Shocker Stories
  • Director of Disability Services Grady Landrum retirement party today (Friday, June 14)
  • WSU Foundation has new contact for fund administration and guidelines
  • Parking lot closures next week
  • Shocker Street Speak: SAS senior send-off
  • Engineering major ventures into patent law