Courtesy
Showing our members common courtesy, is one way to honor them, showing them how much they truly matter to us.
Our Courtesy Chair is responsible for the following upon notification:
- Get well cards shall be sent to any member who is ill or hospitalized.
- A baby card shall be sent to any member upon the birth or adoption of a baby.
- Sympathy cards shall be sent upon the death of a member, or the spouse and immediate family of a member.
Notify Us
We appreciate our members and would be disappointed to accidentally miss any occassion where courtesy should be expressed!
Please notify the Courtesy Chair by emailing spark@wichita.edu of any such occasion in which a card should be sent to a member due to:
- illness or hospitalization
- birth or adoption of a baby
- or death of a member (or spouse of a member and immediate family)
Book Donations
Children’s books shall be purchased and placed in WSU’s Ablah Library in honor of
each of the following:
- the spouse of each new University President
- the out-going President of WSU Spark Society
- WSU staff or faculty who is a member of WSU Spark Society at their retirement
Book Donations
The following books, honoring WSU Spark Society members, can be found in Wichita State's Ablah Library.
| Honoring WSU Spark Society Member | Title | Author | Book Cover | ||
| Corinne Nilson | On Our Way with Mr. Jay | Chelsea Lin Wallace | |||
| Shirley Lefever | Fireworks | Matthew Burgess | |||
| Angela Paul | Island Storm | Brian Floca | |||
| Johny Buchanan-Spachek | A Shell is Cozy | Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long | |||
| Elizabeth King | This is the Planet Where I Live | K.L. Going, Illustrated by Debra Frasier | |||
| Linda Claypool | I Talk Like a River | Jordan Scott & Sydney Smith |  |
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| Betty Smith-Campbell | You Matter | Christian Robinson |  |
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| Sally Jones | Imagina | Juan Felipe Herrera |  |
In Memoriam
At the death of a member, $25 shall be donated to: WSU Spark Society Current Scholarship Fund.
- Pat Wilhem, 2023
- Eva Reif, 2022
- Deborah Bardo, 2022