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Wichita State to host Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament in 2026 and 2027

The NCAA announced that the 2026 and 2027 Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) semifinals and finals will be at Charles Koch Arena on the Wichita State campus. This will be the first year that Wichita will host the final WBIT games. Wichita has experience hosting women’s basketball tournament games, most recently when it hosted a March Madness…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/06/06/wichita-to-host-womens-basketball-invitation-tournament-in-2026-and-2027/

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Wichita State honors former baseball coach at stadium his success created

One coach is synonymous with building Wichita State University baseball into a power. This spring, his name is given proper places of honor in the stadium he helped turn from dream into one of the sport’s showplaces. Earlier this month, “Gene Stephenson Park” was added to Eck Stadium, home of Tyler Field, at a ceremony and unveiling. On Friday, May 16, his…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/05/16/wichita-state-honors-former-baseball-coach-at-stadium-his-success-created/

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Help shape the future of computing at Wichita State

All students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in the Computing and Data Support Survey. Your feedback is essential in identifying current needs and guiding the development of advanced computing and data resources at Wichita State. You can take a few minutes to complete the survey — your feedback will directly influence course offerings, resource…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/05/09/help-shape-the-future-of-computing-at-wichita-state/

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Call for proposals for LASSO’s 54th annual meeting, hosted at Wichita State University

Proposals are open for the 54th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO). Under the theme, “Borderless Language,” participants will explore multilingual and multicultural research that addresses crucial issues such as language and social justice, critical pedagogies, language in healthcare, language maintenance and…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/05/12/__trashed-66/

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Wichita State’s NIAR receives patent for composite part inspection robot

Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has been granted a patent for a newly developed composite inspection robot. The machine, dubbed VISION, is an autonomous and semi-autonomous cell for inspecting composite parts, and verifying and facilitating part repairs. VISION, the main industrial robot carrying out the…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/06/12/wichita-states-niar-receives-patent-for-composite-part-inspection-robot/

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Wichita State nursing students awarded scholarships from Forty & Eight Veterans Organization

Two Wichita State University nursing students have been awarded the Charles E. Bell Nurses Training Scholarship by Forty & Eight Voiture 58 du Wichita, Kansas — a charitable organization of military veterans. Gabriella Kriegisch and Elisha Haws, both in their third semester of the traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, each received a…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/06/02/wichita-state-nursing-students-awarded-scholarships-from-forty-eight-veterans-organization/

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Baseball hosts Long Beach State in weekend series

Wichita State plays host to Long Beach State Friday through Sunday, March 8-10 at Eck Stadium. Admission is available at no additional charge for WSU students when they present their Shocker ID at the Eck Stadium Box Office. Inclement weather could impact this weekend’s schedule. Visit Shocker Athletics for up-to-date information on game times.

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/03/08/baseball-hosts-long-beach-state-in-weekend-series-2/

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Graduate Student Advising | Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State University

Advising Information An AE Graduate Coordinator advises new MS or PhD graduate students accepted into the WSU AE program. (Click here if you have not been admitted into the AE program.) Contact the MS & PhD coordinator, Dr. Charles Yang by email, to arrange an advising meeting: In the advising meeting you will: Get introduced to the program, requirements,…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/engineering/aerospace/advising/graduate-students.php

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Welcome state athletics visitors to campus

Those on campus starting Thursday, May 25 will notice a huge influx of visitors. We expect about 15,000 high school athletes and spectators on campus through Saturday, May 27 for 5A state baseball and softball May 25-26 and state track May 26-27. Tents and golf carts will be deployed across campus to assist visitors, but anyone who notices someone looking…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/05/24/welcome-state-athletics-visitors-to-campus/

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Wichita State-led research aims to help persons with disabilities navigate buildings

Navigating an unfamiliar building can be discouraging and difficult to persons with disabilities. A team of Wichita State University researchers is in the early stages of developing digital maps to help accessibility indoors, where GPS or satellite systems often don’t work. In December, the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Track awarded a …

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/01/20/wichita-state-led-research-aims-to-help-persons-with-disabilities-navigate-buildings/

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Wichita State leads the way in microcredential accountability

During the past decade, Wichita State University has been a recognized leader in the development and implementation of microcredentials. Now, the university’s work has taken a significant step forward with its launch of the first 1EdTech TrustEd Microcredential. “We are at the forefront of innovation as it relates to microcredentials,” said Kim Moore,…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/03/10/wichita-state-leads-the-way-in-microcredential-accountability/

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Wichita State student is bridging health care gaps through research and innovation

Anna Brake, a junior in Wichita State’s Honors Baccalaureate program, got involved in research her freshman year after reading about a project to develop a wearable fetal heart monitor. Now, she’s helping improve access to prenatal care in rural and underserved communities. Wichita State University’s research emphasis includes opportunities for undergraduate…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/04/04/wichita-state-student-is-bridging-health-care-gaps-through-research-and-innovation/

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Buzzer-beaters and champions: Wichita State hosts March Madness again

Wichita State University is guided by its mission to drive education, culture and the economy for Kansas. Every few years in March, that means driving buzzer-beaters, slam dunks, joy and heartache to add to the public good in Wichita with the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA’s main event is back in Wichita to continue a long history of Wichita State bringing this…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/03/14/buzzer-beaters-and-champions-wichita-state-hosts-march-madness-again/

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Wichita State’s episode of ‘The College Tour’ now available to watch

The Wichita State episode of “The College Tour,” an Amazon Prime original series, is now live on WSU’s website. You can watch the full hour-long episode or explore the 20 individual segments at wichita.edu/thecollegetour. This episode offers a unique opportunity to experience campus through the eyes of Wichita State students, highlighting WSU’s…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/02/24/wichita-states-episode-of-the-college-tour-now-live-to-view/

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Injury leads Wichita State outfielder into coaching as a career

Wichita State outfielder Lauren Lucas started college planning to work on the business side of professional sports. Five years later, she plans to coach softball in college. She changed course in part due to a shoulder injury that took her off the field and into the dugout as a coach. In the summer of 2023, she helped coach a youth team in Texas while she…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/05/01/injury-leads-wichita-state-outfielder-into-coaching-as-a-career/

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Wichita State names Dr. Sarah Beth Estes as new dean of Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Wichita State has appointed Dr. Sarah Beth Estes as the new dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Estes brings a wealth of experience and a deep commitment to student and faculty success. Estes joins WSU from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she served as dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/04/28/wichita-state-names-dr-sarah-beth-estes-as-new-dean-of-fairmount-college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences/

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Join the AAUP/AFT Wichita State University Chapter meeting May 2

All faculty and interested parties are invited to attend the chapter meeting of the Wichita State University AAUP/AFT from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday, May 2 in 219 Hubbard Hall. For questions, contact George Dehner, AAUP chapter secretary and associate professor of history at WSU, via email at george.dehner@wichita.edu.

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/04/25/join-the-aaup-aft-wichita-state-university-chapter-meeting-may-2/

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Aram Khader’s path from Wichita State to Deloitte

Aram Khader has a strong family legacy at Wichita State, including her four older siblings and mother. Attending WSU was a natural step in her career journey. What she didn’t expect, however, was how the university’s applied learning opportunities would shape her career and lead her to a role as a strategy analyst at Deloitte.

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/03/27/aram-khaders-path-from-wichita-state-to-deloitte/

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Shocker baseball hosts Missouri State in weekend series

Shocker baseball hosts Missouri State in a three-game home series at Eck Stadium this weekend. Weekend schedule: 6 p.m. Friday, March 7 2 p.m. Saturday, March 8 11:30 a.m. Sunday, March 9 Schedule is subject to change. Visit the Shocker Athletics website for the most up-to-date schedule information. Buy tickets at goshockers.com/Tickets.

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/03/06/shocker-baseball-hosts-missouri-state-in-weekend-series/

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From Wichita State to NASA: The career journey of Kelly O. Humphries

Kelly O. Humphries’ career path is a testament to the power of persistence, innovation and a lifelong passion for storytelling and space exploration. From his early days as a journalism student at Wichita State to becoming news chief at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Humphries has spent decades helping shape how the world understands human spaceflight.

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/03/12/from-wichita-state-to-nasa-the-career-journey-of-kelly-o-humphries/