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Sportscaster Mike Kennedy ’71 writes about being a Shocker

…but WSU soon became my favorite. When Dave Stallworth arrived a few years later, my loyalty to the Shockers was forever secured. By the time I was in high school, I had decided to attend Wichita State. Unfortunately, my passion for sports was not matched by my athletic ability, so I was not destined to be a Shocker student-athlete. My college years…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/sportscaster-mike-kennedy-71-writes-about-being-a-shocker/

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Shocker football alums return to campus

… entered the coaching field, serving as head coach at Morehouse College, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University and, most recently, for the Elizabeth City State University Vikings in North Carolina. Mike Kriwiel ’83, Kelvin Middleton ’88, Dave Newcomer ’73, David Unruh ’84/88, Bobby Weston ’83, Todd Wessel ’90 and Chris White ’81 were just a few of…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/shocker-football-alums-return-to-campus/

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Welcoming our vendors for Shocktoberfest 2024

…Brew Garden + Fan Fest – 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 5 Brazita Bites Food TruckCoffee DazeEsperanza Coffee RoastersGrace Hill WineryKona IceLamphouseNortons BrewingPour DecisionsShaken or StirredSocial TapWhite Crow Cider CompanyYou Hungry Food Truck

https://foundation.wichita.edu/welcoming-our-vendors-for-shocktoberfest-2024/

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Wichita State re-envisions its main campus atop Fairmount Hill

… 1895 as Fairmount College. Back in 1926, a year after the creation of the first entity more or less equivalent to our modern day state board of regents, the newly established Municipal University of Wichita prepared a plan for its “when fully developed” campus. This year, Wichita State shared its newest plan. Illustrated from an “aeroplane view,” 1926’s…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/an-expansive-view/

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In Memoriam

…teacher who served as First United Methodist Church program director, executive director of Wichita YWCA’s Women’s and Children’s Crisis Center and, after moving to Kansas City, Mo., as program director of SAFEHOME, before retiring in 2003, March 15, 2023, Georgetown, Texas. SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONDUCTOR AND PROFESSOR HARRISON BOUGHTON Harrison “Bud” Charles…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/in-memoriam-04/

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Two high-profile Shockers meet in Los Angeles

Two Wichita State alums, Javier Ignacio fs ’07 and JJ Jonathan Jackson ’80, met each other earlier this month in Los Angeles – at Hollywood and Vine, to be precise, near the Pantages Theatre where Ignacio was performing as Peter in a national touring company production of the musical comedy Company. Ignacio is now off to Las Vegas for the show’s next stop,…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/two-high-profile-shockers-meet-in-los-angeles/

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Nothing deters this AfterShocks player from joining his teammates

…flights, what should have been a routine Sunday flight to Wichita turned into a hybrid flying/driving cross-country trek that took Kelly nearly two days, stops in five different cities, a flight from Pittsburg to Dallas and 11 hours of driving. But he made it to Koch Arena an hour before tipoff on Monday evening. “No way I was going to miss this,” he said…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/nothing-deters-this-aftershocks-player-from-joining-his-teammates/

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Wichita State alumna is national finalist for Service to America Medal

…one of three team leaders on the U.S. Department of Labor’s investigation into illegal child labor practices at 13 meat slaughterhouses across eight states, leading to a large civil penalty and a new approach to child labor law enforcement. This month, the Wichita State graduate is among the finalists for a 2024 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal. In …

https://foundation.wichita.edu/wichita-state-alumni-is-national-finalist-for-service-to-america-medal/

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Shocker alumna passes on the Miss Kansas crown

…of Penelope, a 6-year-old girl who is blind but has developed extraordinary powers through her other senses. Wages’ own journey, which started off in Midwest City, Oklahoma, has taken a few competitive twists and pageant turns — quite literally as she’s an accomplished dancer and dance instructor with two Best Talent awards from previous Miss Kansas…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/shocker-alumna-passes-on-the-miss-kansas-crown/

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Two Shockers compete on ‘Don’t Forget the Lyrics!’

… by actress and comedian Niecy Nash. Moye and Hall, who met while students at Wichita State, traveled to Ireland for filming of the show’s May 30 episode, “It IS Rocket Science.” Despite not advancing to the $1-million-prize round, Moye says the experience was “a phenomenal time.” The episode featuring Moye as a contestant with Hall as his “backup singer” — …

https://foundation.wichita.edu/two-shockers-compete-on-dont-forget-the-lyrics/

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Welcome Meredith Dwyer to the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement

…joins us as our donor compliance coordinator and brings a wealth of experience in business, information security and management. Meredith most recently worked for the Office of Civil Rights at Wichita State and has expertise in creating centralized procedures and updating process documentation to ensure business operation continuity. She graduated from…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/welcome-meredith-dwyer-to-the-wsu-foundation-and-alumni-engagement/

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WSU faculty member goes above and beyond to serve Wichita’s Peruvian community

On March 8, el día de la mujer – International Women’s Day, the Peruvian consulate in Dallas recognized Wichita State professor Rocio del Águila as a peruana que resuelve– a woman who gets the job done. Del Águila, who teaches in the Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures department in the Fairmount College, has lived in the U.S. for nearly two…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/wsu-faculty-member-goes-above-and-beyond-to-serve-wichitas-peruvian-community/

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WSUFAE welcomes Karlee Heavener to the team

We are excited to welcome Karlee Heavener to the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement! Karlee is joining our stewardship team as the assistant events coordinator. She previously worked at Dodge City Community College and is eager to bring her skills to a larger university. Outside of the office, Karlee has trained her two cats, Venus and Jupiter, to sit,…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/wsufae-welcomes-karlee-heavener-to-the-team/

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$100,000 grant from the Kansas Health Foundation to improve health equity for non-native English speakers

One’s health depends on their ability to advocate for themselves in medical settings. To properly articulate symptoms requires precise language, often including technical medical terminology. After all, misdiagnoses can lead to more costly appointments or far worse – fatality. This pressure exists for all patients, but non-English speakers face the greatest …

https://foundation.wichita.edu/100000-grant-from-the-kansas-health-foundation-to-improve-health-equity-for-non-native-english-speakers/

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In Memoriam: Celebrating the life of Curt Gridley ’80

…Wichita, at the time of his death. Born in Meade, Kansas, and raised in Beloit, Kansas, Gridley recalled during a 2021 Shock Talk podcast that he had had “trouble deciding on a college major.” He studied jazz guitar and engineering before settling into his two liberal arts majors, philosophy and mathematics. “I had always been interested in…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/in-memoriam-celebrating-the-life-of-curt-gridley-80/

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WSU alumnus travels the globe as Gates Foundation digital technology pro

…digital technology at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In the past seven months alone, he has jetted from his Seattle home base to attend the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) summit in Delhi, India, and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)-sponsored social impact workshops in Bihar and Nairobi, Africa. A…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/wsu-alumnus-travels-the-globe-as-gates-foundation-digital-technology-pro/

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Wichita State alumna’s professional excellence opens doors for fellow Shockers

…as a student in the College of Engineering, sure that WSU would continue providing opportunities for success. Within her first year, she joined the executive team for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and secured an internship at the National Institute of Aviation Research, a position she held all four years of her undergraduate studies.…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/wichita-state-alumnas-professional-excellence-opens-doors-for-fellow-shockers/

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Shock Talk

… day meant so much to me personally because I didn’t attend my own graduation ceremony when I graduated from WSU. I was overwhelmed with emotion realizing that I had come full circle in my life. I was so blessed to experience this moment with Gene.” YOLANDA CAMARENA ’80, describing her feelings after she and her husband were awarded honorary doctorates…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/24027-2/

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Game Changers: Shocker varsity esports student-athletes win big

…see themselves succeeding in a traditional university setting. At Wichita State, the 5-year-old varsity esports program is flourishing, and its positive impact on participating Shocker students is clear. “At a core level, if there’s something you’re passionate about that you can do while you pursue your education, it has a huge impact on your…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/game-changers-shocker-varsity-esports-student-athletes-win-big/

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WSU and WSU Tech fall 2023 enrollment reaches all-time high

…its fall enrollment data, and this year we have accomplished a feat not seen in Shocker Nation since 1989: our highest all-time enrollment at Wichita State University. Our official headcount stands at 17,548 on our Wichita State main campus. And when we include the students from WSU Tech, our total enrollment across all locations has surged to an…

https://foundation.wichita.edu/wsu-and-wsu-tech-fall-2023-enrollment-reaches-all-time-high/