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Gender & Sexuality Conference

…of Kansas, will be giving our keynote titled, "Women & Liberty." Barbara was a Fulbright NSF Scholar at the University of Iceland. She is author of the series of Smart Girls books that tracked the changes in socialization of talented girls and women over the course of the last four decades, and six other books on the development of talent and…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_las/sociology/Gender_Conference/GenderSexualityConference.php

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Order textbooks for the fall semester from Shocker Store

Textbooks are now available to order for the fall 2023 semester. Order online and be prepared for the start of the semester. Depending on the class, options may include rentals, new books, used books, digital materials or more.

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/07/21/order-textbooks-for-the-fall-semester-from-shocker-store/

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First-generation student seized grad school opportunity

… started from square one. One story she likes to tell is that when she started her first semester at Monmouth College in Illinois, a friend asked her if she’d gotten her textbooks. She said she hadn’t received them yet. It was then that her friend told her that she had to purchase the books. “I didn't know I had to buy books,” she said. Lily, a graduate…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews/news/2020/11-nov/Guillen_1.php

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Prof. Schwartz publishes on The Expanse, Lunar Emigration

… space cultures depicted in The Expanse novel and TV series. The volume, which was edited by Jeffery L. Nicholas, was published as part of Wiley/Blackwell's & Philosophy series of books on philosophy and popular culture. It is available for purchase wherever books are sold, and you can click here to visit the publisher's page for the book. Meanwhile, their…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_las/philosophy/News/Faculty_News/Schwartz-2022-1-7.php

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Dr. Robert E. Weems Jr.

…University of Iowa. Besides his recently published The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire, Dr. Weems has authored three other books in the realm of African American business history (Black Business in the Black Metropolis: The Chicago Metropolitan Assurance Company 1925-1985; Desegregating the Dollar:…

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/fairmount_college_of_liberal_arts_and_sciences/History/Weems-Robert.php

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2024 Bender of Twigs

…the expected and highly praised scholarly monographs. Beyond that, however, his breadth of interests in local and community history have led him into numerous books studying local religious, ethnic, and business groups. Much of this has been done in collaboration with his students, department colleagues, and faculty in other disciplines to produce a truly…

https://www.wichita.edu/services/humanresources/Organizational_Development/Service_Recognition/Bender_of_Twigs/Honorees/2024_Bender_oF_Twig/2024Jay_Price.php

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Curriculum Guidelines and Articulation Resources

…inter alia, the following information about the program on the university’s website and in materials promoting the alternative pathway: Tuition and fees; Costs of books, supplies, room and board; On-time completion rate for students completing the requirements; Job placement rates; and The median loan debt incurred by students who completed the program.…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/academic_affairs/PVPAARForms/CurriculumandNewProgramForms.php

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General Testing Policies

… drives* food or drink hats/caps/headgear# hoodies/hooded jackets or hooded clothing of any type heavy coats keys listening devices (radios, headphones, recorders)* notes or books* pagers or beepers papers of any kind* pens* rulers* sunglasses* personal tissues purses/handbags wallets watches wireless communication devices of any kind wrist bands/sports…

https://www.wichita.edu/services/accommodations/general_testing_policies.php

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Campus Resources

…University Libraries at Wichita State has the research-related resources you need: Research assistance via chat, Zoom, email or text Focus rooms with online reservations Digital books, journal articles, music and videos with off-campus access Newly remodeled 24-hour study room One Button Studio, book scanners, 3-D printing and sound booth Access University…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/oal/campus_resources.php

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Alumni

…Wichita as Director of Accreditation Planning. His first book, Chosen Nation: Theopolitics, Scripture, and the Project of National Identity, is due out in Spring 2012 from Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf & Stock Publishers of Eugene, OR. "My time in the History Department at WSU was very positive and formative, especially time spent with Drs. Duram,…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_las/history/Alumni.php

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The NEA Big Read Wichita Welcomes Author Roz Chast

…Her cartoons began appearing in the New Yorker in 1978. Since then, she has published more than one thousand cartoons in the magazine. She has written and illustrated many books, including Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a graphic memoir that tells the story of Chast’s parents’ final years through cartoons, family photos, found…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/health_professions/phs/PHS_News/Wichita-big-read-new-story_4-6-23.php

WSU Foundation

WSU theater alum set to release debut novel, “Just Willa”

…legacies of women in theatre: Margo Jones, Eleonora Duse and Eva Le Gallienne. Le Gallienne and Duse’s biographies were recognized by the New York Times as notable books from 1996 and 2003, respectively. “I used much of the same methods I used in biography. Walking the ground my characters walked, researching their life and times, listening to the music…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/wsu-alum-novel-just-willa/

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A Student Conversation with Roz Chast

…Her cartoons began appearing in the New Yorker in 1978. Since then, she has published more than one thousand cartoons in the magazine. She has written and illustrated many books, including Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, is a “tour de force” (Elle), “remarkable” (San Francisco Chronicle),…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/health_professions/phs/PHS_News/Wichita-big-read-new-story.php

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Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Estimated Costs

…Description Costs in USD WSU Tuition and Fees * $4,378.59 WSU Study Abroad Administrative Fee $100.00 Accommodations $2,500.00 Meals $1,625.00 Local Transportation $250.00 Books $150.00 BlueCross BlueShield Global Solutions Insurance $279.00 Personal Expenses $1,215.00 Visa $0.00 Passport $165.00 Airfare $1,100.00 Total $11,762.59 *All fees are based on…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/studyabroad/country_website_exchange/universidad_adolfo_ibanez_estimated_costs.php

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Dr. Mark A. Schneegurt

…Schneegurt, M. A. (2012) Tikkun Leil Shavuot. Selections from Torah. http://www.opencharm.com/calendar/sivan/sivan6/. Presentations "Everyday Holiday", New Books Network, Jewish Studies (and on 11 other channels), podcast, September 2025, widely proliferated on podcast websites including Apple. Listen "Unsilencing Leonor de Carvajal", …

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_las/bioscience/research/cryptojews/Schneegurt_History.php

WSU Foundation

Acts in the life of Tom Frye, WSU performing arts alum

… lies” of his life. “Stages” is available for purchase wherever books are sold, and you can hear more from the author at his book talk at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7 at Watermark Books & Café in Wichita.

https://foundation.wichita.edu/tom-frye-wsu-performing-arts-alum/

WSU Newsletters

Professor Emeritus Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto, will give public lecture on dangerous rhetoric

…Aug. 24 in 100 Lindquist Hall on “Dangerous Rhetoric: How Putin and Trump Strategize Discourse.” Aside from being a prolific speaker and author of more than 30 academic books, Danesi tackles the most difficult issues of political discourse in intricate ways. Some of his books include “Signs of Crime: Introduction to Forensic Semiotics” (2013); “Made Men: …

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/08/21/professor-emeritus-dr-marcel-danesi-university-of-toronto-will-give-public-lecture-on-dangerous-rhetoric/

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Professor and former student to change reading experience for visually impaired

…working on his Ph.D. in English. With graphic novel classes becoming more popular on college campuses, DeFrain found that universities hire student workers to transcribe comic books and graphic novels for visually impaired students enrolled in these classes. This process can take around 100 hours to complete. DeFrain and Rodriguez will keep students involved…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_las/whatshappening/VizlingApp.php

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Professor and former student to change reading experience for visually impaired

…working on his Ph.D. in English. With graphic novel classes becoming more popular on college campuses, DeFrain found that universities hire student workers to transcribe comic books and graphic novels for visually impaired students enrolled in these classes. This process can take around 100 hours to complete. DeFrain and Rodriguez will keep students involved…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews/fairmount_news/VizlingApp.php

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Katie Lanning

… digitization and access searchability and use of digitized eighteenth-century texts reading practices across time periods and formats From medieval werewolf poems to digital audiobooks, I love teaching students about the vast and varied world of English literature and the histories and technologies that make literature possible. My courses are often…

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/fairmount_college_of_liberal_arts_and_sciences/English/Lanning-Katie.php