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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.

Caleb Gimar

Meet a Shocker: Caleb Gimar working on project with NASA

May 7, 2019 - Wichita State graduate student Caleb Gimar is gaining amazing hands-on learning experience working on a research project with NASA.

Wichita State bowler Ryan Kendall

Shocker senior fought for his success on the bowling team

April 16, 2019 -- Ryan Kendall, a senior from Pelham, Alabama, is a computer science major who took the long route to Wichita State’s Selected Team. He didn’t make the team as a freshman and spent the past two seasons on the Developmental Team. Wichita State coach Gordon Vadakin estimates around 10 percent of the bowlers who don’t make the team in their early years continue to try out for a spot on the Selected Team.

Picnic at the Pod graphic

Newest campus art installation dedicated during Earth Day Picnic at the Pod

April 15, 2019 -- Brady Hatter sees the university campus as a giant garden. And every garden, he says, is a potential gallery in need of art. This Earth Day, Hatter will make his latest artistic contribution to the Wichita State canvas when his Earth Pod west of the Woodman Alumni Center is dedicated as part of the Earth Day Picnic at the Pod from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, April 22.

Student-Athlete Success Center rendering

Student-Athlete Success Center moves forward

April 2, 2019 -- A plan to build a new Student-Athlete Success Center and renovate parts of Charles Koch Arena is moving forward.

Student with lock

A new Shocker tradition has begun with the Love Locks Pod

Feb. 18, 2019 -- Members of the Wichita State community came out to celebrate the new Love Locks Pod and take part in a new campus tradition.

Rowing team members by pod

New campus pod structures will provide a break from 'the hustle of the day'

Feb. 3, 2019 -- The installation of "pods" on campus are part of the new place-making initiative at Wichita State inviting students, employees and community members to “linger longer” on campus.

Student athlete Trudy Martin at KMUW

Student athlete gains experience through KMUW internship

Dec. 6, 2018 -- Trudy Martin is a fifth-year senior at WSU studying electronic media and is an intern at KMUW.

Tabitha Brown

Student-athlete Tabitha Brown finds a balance between school and sports

Nov. 20, 2018 -- Student-athlete Tabitha Brown, a member of Wichita State's volleyball team, knows how to strike a balance between academics and athletics.

Students at basketball game

Students: get your Shocker basketball tickets

Oct. 19, 2018 -- WSU students can get free tickets to all home men's and women's basketball games.

Wichita Campus

Shocker Rowing gets new home in downtown Wichita

Oct. 17, 2018 -- Wichita State University's Shocker Rowing team will soon have a new home in the downtown River Vista development.

Wichita Campus

Senior's internship with Washington Redskins brightens future

Sept. 19, 2018 -- Senior Grant Cohen believes that big dreams can lead to bigger opportunities. He proved this by landing a dream internship with the Washington Redskins summer.

Wichita Campus

Sophomore turns struggles into success

Sept. 19, 2018 -- Carli McCloud, a sophomore majoring in exercise science, was told she would never be able to cheer again after being diagnosed with a degenerative bone disorder. She's currently a member of the WSU Spirit Squad.

Professor's concept could revolutionize space exploration

April 19, 2018 - Wichita State University physics professor Nickolas Solomey won one of NASA's coveted Innovation and Advanced Concept Awards (NIAC) for his research to create a neutrino detector for close sun orbit.

tennis player

The best wheelchair tennis player in America is a 19-year-old from Wichita

April 11, 2018--Wichita State University student -- and Wichita native -- Casey Ratzlaff has become the No. 1 wheelchair tennis player in the United States.