WSU News

• Streamline your vaccine experience
• Know the signs of digital distress
• Wichita State named top transfer destination in Kansas for 10th straight year
• Shockers United campus reintegration staffing plan — Effective June 1, 2021
• Vote for a new dining concept in the RSC
• Women in Public Service invites you to participate in sexual harassment survey 
• LIVESTRONG at the YMCA focuses on healing the whole person
• SGA announces Diversity Week 2021
• April’s issue of Teaching Today is now available
• Podcasters go out of this world for UFO research
• University faculty awards planned for May 7
• Opera Theater to present free performances
• Wichita State film project: 'The Rule of Three'
• Philosophy Department announces Distinguished Speaker Series
• Celebrate Earth Day at Wichita State
• Location update: Shocker yoga
• Panel will discuss campus sexual assault resources
• Graduate School accepting award nominations

April 21, 2021—For the 10th year straight, Wichita State University has been named as the top transfer destination for Kansas community college students.

• Wichita State University responds to verdict
• Exchange Student Spotlight: Ruben Dominguez
• Check in with your students
• The Shocker Career Accelerator launched the First Destination Survey
• Blackboard login and landing pages to change 
• Submit your Finals Frenzy events
• Wichita State film project: 'The Rule of Three'
• Market-based compensation implementation briefing for faculty and staff
• Faculty and staff to be recognized
• Holmes Museum exhibition opening
• Register for Shocker Legacy Day
• Meet the Engineering Council candidates
• Wichita State softball Family Day
• Holmes Museum director sheds light on African artifacts featured in exhibition
• Faculty invited to NSF grant seminars
• Doctoral student needs participants for a hearing research
• JCPenney Suit-Up event is online this spring

• Campus COVID signage update
• Consider donating to Shocker Support Locker
• Learn the Share, Ask, Support method
• April’s issue of Teaching Today is now available
• The Big Lie: Nazi propaganda, Antisemitism, and the coming of the Third Reich
• Opera Theater to present free performances
• Re-envisioning Assessment at Wichita State
• Creators of WSU graphic novel set for April panel
• Market-based compensation implementation briefing for faculty and staff
• Prevention panel discusses sexual assault resources available
• Join the KMUW for the 2021 Oscars Predictions
• Meet with Shocker alumnus, Mike Sudermann
• Volunteers needed for human performance research
• Graduate School accepting award nominations
• Massage special for faculty and staff 
• Enjoy free pool at Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes

• Employee and student COVID-19 testing 
• Catching up with 2019 Gore Scholar, Anna Tri
• Know the signs of digital distress
• Annual conflict of interest disclosure reporting period open through April 30
• State employee health plan updates in response to COVID-19
• Be a #WSUWeSupportU mental health advocate
• WWSU scholarship applications due May 31
• Ahlberg, Elliott halls to have no heat April 19-23
• Water shutdowns planned for today
• Vote for a new dining concept in the RSC
• Tuesday Talks: Sexual Assault Awareness Month
• Physics seminar: Secrets of neutrino interactions
• RBOS 25th Anniversary Gala at Wiedemann Hall
• Manage your sales tax like a pro
• The Big Lie: Nazi propaganda, Antisemitism, and the coming of the Third Reich
• Philosophy Department announces Distinguished Speaker Series
• Re-envisioning Assessment at Wichita State
• Help your students focus on the positive
• UP, USS Senate meeting scheduled for April 20

• Streamline your vaccine experience
• F1RST-Gen Friday profile: Dr. Kaye Monk-Morgan
• Wear suspenders shirt for Mental Health Awareness Week
• Water shutdowns planned for April 19
• SGA announces Diversity Week 2021
• 15 teams to advance to Shocker New Venture Competition Trade Show 
• Register for Shocker Legacy Day
• Holi spring festival returns to Wichita State
• Market-based compensation implementation briefing for faculty and staff
• Faculty and staff to be recognized
• Mark your calendar for Earth Day celebrations
• Special physics discussion today
• RBOS 25th Anniversary Gala at Wiedemann Hall
• Join the KMUW for the 2021 Oscars Predictions
• Heskett Center half-price membership

April 15 -- Competing in the 2019 Distinguished Scholarship Invitational and winning a Gore Scholarshiphs allowed Anna Tri to focus on her studies without worrying about the costs of college.

• Streamline your vaccine experience
• NASA awards $2 million for Wichita State professor to study the sun
• English 102 approved for Open/Alternative Textbook course designation
• Ahlberg, Elliott halls to have no heat April 19-23
• Softball single-game tickets on sale now
• Wichita State's Minjarez to host curator talk
• SBIR/STTR proposal preparation webinars
• Shocker New Venture needs student judges
• Have fun at Shockers After Dark
• WSU, Wichita Police Department collaboration garners ATF recognition
• Try the Quesadilla Burger in April

April 14, 2021 - Wichita State University’s College of Engineering has named the latest group of high school seniors to be awarded Wallace Scholarships worth $285,000. Wallace Scholarship recipients will receive $28,500 each to attend Wichita State for four years. In addition, one student already receiving the Gore Scholarship also will be designated as a Wallace Scholar.

April 14, 2021 — Wichita State University’s Dr. Nick Solomey, professor of physics, has been awarded a $2 million grant from NASA for his work on developing a neutrino detector to work in space and close to the sun. 

• Campus COVID signage update
• SEM Update: Goal 11
• Former professor Bryan Hay passes away
• Now open: Hammock Lounge
• Exchange student spotlight: Sergio Mendoza
• Women of Wichita State 2021 fundraising blitz
• Tuition assistance applications due April 15
• Departmental ePermits for 2021-22
• Researchers offer help with parenting issues
• WSU headshot appointments available for April
• SGA announces Diversity Week 2021
• Establishing an African-American narrative
• Technology Policy: A Case for Optimism and Freedom to Innovate
• Join SAC for virtual bingo on April 15
• Register for a DIY plant-growing kit from SAC
• Join KMUW for April's Literary Feast: 'No One Is Talking About This'
• University Libraries announces winners of Undergraduate Research Awards
• Faculty invited to NSF grant seminars

• 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

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.