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Wichita State expands in-state tuition offer to additional cities in Midwest

…a 223 percent increase from Oklahoma and a 100 percent increase from Texas. These efforts also have contributed to the largest freshman class in WSU's 123-year history, a record broken in four of the past five years, in addition to gains in many other categories, including first-generation college students, underrepresented ethnic minorities and transfer…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2018/11-nov/tuition_discount_wichita_state.php

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Three high school seniors win $64,000 Gore scholarships to attend Wichita State | Wichita State News

…Vivian Le, Wichita East High School The students competed in the Distinguished Scholarship Invitational in November, with 656 total students competing – the largest in DSI history. To be invited to compete in the invitational, students had to have a 27 or higher ACT score, or a 3.5 or higher GPA, or rank in the top 10 percent of their class. Once…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/01-jan/gore_winners_2020_2.php

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Wichita State, University of Kansas propose health sciences education center in Wichita

…outcomes for Kansans. In addition, this collaboration will strengthen synergies and teamwork and allow for interprofessional learning activities while drawing from a long history of successful academic programs, and a health sciences educational center would greatly contribute to our community. “Not only is this new center important to improving the…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/12/16/wichita-state-university-of-kansas-propose-health-sciences-education-center-in-wichita/

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Wichita State offers new deadline for freshmen merit scholarships up to $16,000

… and affordability to a continually growing number of students. The freshman classes of 2021 and 2022 represent the largest freshmen classes in the university’s 127-year history. Fall 2022 enrollment by headcount stood at 16,921 for the main campus. That’s the largest number of students choosing to enroll at Wichita State since 1989. There are many reasons …

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/01/18/wichita-state-offers-new-deadline-for-freshmen-merit-scholarships-up-to-16000/

Jobs at WSU

Autonomous Machines Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor

…collaboration. Preferred Qualifications: Interdisciplinary/Applied Focus: Experience or interest in interdisciplinary work or industry collaboration. For example, a history of working on research projects across disciplines or partnerships with industry and the community (aligned with Wichita State’s emphasis on applied learning and innovation) is…

https://jobs.wichita.edu/jobs/autonomous-machines-mechanical-engineering-assistant-professor-wichita-kansas-united-states

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Wichita State partnership allows high-schoolers to build airplane in hands-on program

…the students how to use the tools needed to build the plane. “In order for Tango Flight to work, you need a well-developed community with an aerospace history to get the program up and running,” Wyant said. It’s recommended that students be a junior or senior in high school before entering the program. The students who excel in the program usually have…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews/news/2020/06-jun/tango_flight_9.php

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Meet a Shocker: Kayla Deines, communication graduate

…design, fresh thinking and creative risk-taking at Wichita State University. ADCI offers four undergraduate majors: art education, art history, graphic design and studio art. Buttons Learn more about the ADCI program at WSU Image Image Credit Header: Madison McCalla Content Madison is a senior studying Strategic Communication in the Elliott School…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews/news/2020/05-may/kayla_deines_11.php

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Evergy connection to WSU’s electrical engineering program grows with new gift | Wichita State News

…have supported us with research funding, with engineering assistance, they send people to our classes to teach. They have been an important part of our history.” Evergy recognizes the importance of contributing to the education of engineers who might someday be working for the utility, said Jeff Martin, Evergy vice president for customer and community…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/02-feb/evergy_engineering_3.php

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Wichita State University strengthens its community support with new Office of Community Partnerships | Wichita State News

…community partnerships, create new ones, offer opportunities to learn from each other and provide some infrastructure support to those interested.” WSU has a long history of connecting with the community to support the campus, city and state, but university members will now have a hub that can not only strengthen existing partnerships but serves as a…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews/news/2025/01-jan/community-partnerships_7.php

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President John Bardo led strategic and physical transformation of WSU

…athletics, you will know that our mascot is unique — it is a Wheatshocker. This mascot reflects the institutional history where many students worked in the wheat fields that used to surround the university. That is how they paid for their education. Well, madam chairman, we have never forgotten our roots of serving the hard-working people of our region and…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/03-march/bardo_heldman_retrospective.php

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Economics Bites on the Go

… is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science at University of Arizona. His research covers varieties of capitalism, polycentric governance, and history of thought. He has published papers in American Political Science Review, Governance, Public Choice, Journal of Institutional Economics, and others. His books include…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/business/economics/economics_bites.php

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DRZ_Recent_Work_2

…Data (BD) Analytics BD is huge … 2.5 Quntiliian Bytes (2.3 Trillion Gigabytes) ■ Data analysis is rooted in statistics, pretty long history… 1990s, data mining, a computational process to discover patterns in large datasets 2010s, Big Data Analysis on the Cloud: Amazon Redshift and Google BigQuery “High Performance Computing,”…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/engineering/ECE/research/CAPPLab/_documents/PDF/DRZ_Recent_Work_2.pdf

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Shocker alums power through the unprecedented as school principals

…COVID-19 pandemic. Cindy Graves Bachelor of Elementary Education, 1992; Master of Educational Leadership, 2005 Cindy Graves It’s safe to say that no other principal in the history of McLean Elementary Science & Technology Magnet has ever seen a school year that started quite like the 2020-21 year, but Cindy Graves is handling it one day at a time. “It’s been…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews/news/2020/10-oct/pandemicprincipals_11.php

WSU Foundation

Grit & Grace

… building for the better part of a decade, and in the 2023 season it led to attendance records and the highest ranked season of Shocker softball in the history of the program. With three consecutive appearances at regionals under their belts, these student-athletes are setting a new standard of excellence for the team. “It used to be that our standard was to…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/university-fields-new-softball-stadium-renovation-plan/

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Estate gift from the late Richard ‘Dick’ Smith will fund $11 million in scholarships at Wichita State, KU | Wichita State News

…through the years, including the board of Wesley Hospital for 23 years. Seuferling noted that Smith had a multi-decade history of contributions to KU in the areas of geology, the arts, athletics and the KU-School of Medicine at Wichita. “He was proud of his alma mater and wanted to provide today’s students the kind of educational opportunities that…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2022/02-feb/smith_1.php

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Spring_2023_Commencement_Program

…farm near Pretty Prairie, Kansas, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from Wichita State University in 1970 with a B.A. in History, summa cum laude, and a commission as a second lieutenant, U.S. Air Force Reserve, through ROTC. He then attended Harvard Law School, from which he graduated in 1973. After his admission to the Kansas bar, Judge …

https://www.wichita.edu/_archive/about/commencement/documents/Spring_2023_Commencement_Program.pdf

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Three students win $64,000 each as Wichita State Gore Scholars

…to being his best self each and every day and is the kind of person you want to be around because he makes you better.” Read the history of the Gore Scholarship In 1952, Theodore and Ralph Gore established the Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship in memory of their father, Harry Gore, a Russian immigrant who placed a high priority on education. The…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/01-jan/gore_2019.php

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Amazon selects Wichita State as an education partner for Career Choice program | Wichita State News

…and books. A designated Wichita State staff member will work with students. Approximately 1,000 local employees are eligible. “Wichita State has had a long history of being the educational leader for our local adult workforce,” Gandu said. “This new partnership with one of our city’s largest employers strengthens our commitment to the community’s…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2022/07-july/amazon_release_1.php

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Ryley Skinner MA

…Validity Indicators: A Neuropsychologist’s Desk Reference. Clark, C. B., Reiland, S. A., Armstrong, J. D., Ewy, R., & Cropsey, K. L., (2020). Characteristics associated with a history of physical and sexual abuse in a community corrections sample. Substance Use and Misuse. Clark, C. B., Armstrong, J., Ballout, M. H., & Ewy, R. (2020). Examining the link…

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/services/caps/Skinner-Ryley.php

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A message to Alumni & Friends from Dean Friend: A Century of Opportunity. A Future We Build Together.

…from Dean Friend: A Century of Opportunity. A Future We Build Together. 10/12/2026 11:50:12 AM As we celebrate the College of Education's 100th anniversary, I am proud of our rich history at Wichita State University and the generations of Shockers who have made a difference in schools, organizations, and communities across Kansas and beyond. Our centennial…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/education/News/2026-deans-message-alumni.php