in state – Search Results

Shocker Women’s Tennis to host a free post-match kids’ clinic

Shocker Women’s Tennis is hosting Emporia State at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex. After the match (around 5 p.m.), players and coaches will host a free tennis clinic for all kids in attendance, with free pizza being provided by the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation of Kansas. Bring your own rackets, or we will have …

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/04/01/shocker-womens-tennis-to-host-a-free-post-match-kids-clinic/

WSU Newsletters

Encourage students to attend garage party Aug. 19

Wichita State will host the second annual NXT LVL Garage Party 9 p.m.-midnight Friday, Aug. 19 at the Rhatigan Student Center parking garage. Encourage students to kick off the new academic year. The event will include food, live music, local vendor booths. Admission for this event is free. Free T-shirts will also be provided to the first 200 students in…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/07/18/encourage-students-to-attend-garage-party-aug-19/

WSU Newsletters

NIAR WERX 777 conversion program gets under way

WERX at Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has received its first Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft. As part of its rapidly growing Maintenance Repair and Overhaul program, WSU-NIAR WERX, in conjunction with the Kansas Modification Center, will convert the passenger aircraft into a freighter that will be transferred …

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/09/08/niar-werx-777-conversion-program-gets-under-way/

WSU Newsletters

Attend the Just-In-Time Virtual Career Fair

Just in time for the end of the semester, join the Shocker Career Accelerator for the Virtual Just-In-Time Career Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 13. This fair is for all majors at Wichita State. Attendees will have the opportunity to chat with employers from the Wichita metro area, across Kansas, and nationally who are hiring for internships, and…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/03/28/attend-the-just-in-time-virtual-career-fair/

WSU Newsletters

College of Health Professions creates Scientific Foundations Division

The College of Health Professions at Wichita State University has reorganized its general health science courses into the Scientific Foundations Division. The restructuring is intended to expand student exposure to clinical expertise of the college’s faculty, as well as the unique facilities within the college. The new divisional structure will build on the …

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/09/20/college-of-health-professions-creates-scientific-foundations-division/

WSU Newsletters

Green Group hosting thrifted costume competition

Wichita State’s Green Group will host a thrifted costume competition at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Rhatigan Student Center (Room 319). Participants can also enter virtually by posting a picture of their costume to their Instagram story and tagging @green_wsu. There will be two winners chosen for the in-person competition and the virtual competition. The winners…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/10/21/green-group-hosting-thrifted-costume-competition/

WSU Newsletters

First-Year Programs in Student Success hosting syllabus party tomorrow

Wichita State’s First-Year Programs in Student Success invites you to join a Syllabus Party 11 a.m.-1 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 25 at the Rhatigan Student Center Harvest (Room 142). Bring your class syllabi and your planners (electronic or paper) and Student Success will provide the rest. Students who attend will receive supplies, goodies, light refreshments and…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/01/14/first-year-programs-in-student-success-hosting-syllabus-party/

WSU Newsletters

WSU mechanical engineering assistant professor honored

Dr. Sindhu Preetham Burugupally, Wichita State University Department of Mechanical Engineering assistant professor, was recently honored by the Institute of Physics in the special issue as an emerging leader in micromechanics and microengineering. The issue discusses how Burugupally and his co-workers in the College of Engineering have designed, fabricated…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/07/23/institute-of-physics-honors-wsu-mechanical-engineering-assistant-assistant-professor/

WSU Newsletters

Tom Gentile joins WSU Barton School of Business Dean’s Advisory Board

Tom Gentile, president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, has been named as the newest member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for Wichita State’s W. Frank Barton School of Business. As a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board, Gentile will provide guidance on the Barton School’s strategic direction, innovative curriculum, impactful student experience and industry…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/03/07/tom-gentile-joins-wsu-barton-school-of-business-deans-advisory-board/

WSU Newsletters

Chemistry Colloquium features Dr. Jacinta Mutambuki

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host Dr. Jacinta Mutambuki from Oklahoma State University 3:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at McKinley hall (room 224). The event will also be available via Zoom. Dr. Mutambuki will present her research results in a talk titled “Development of an Inclusive Teaching Observation Protocol (ITOP) for Assessing Instructional…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/09/29/chemistry-colloquium-features-dr-jacinta-mutambuki/

WSU Newsletters

Office of Undergraduate Admissions launches blog

Do you know a prospective Wichita State student? Let them know about the new Admissions blog. The blog will serve as a one-stop-shop and a resource for future Shockers. In the first blog, Bobby Gandu, assistant vice president of strategic enrollment management, shares his expertise on the topic of best cookies on campus. For more information or to get a…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/04/15/office-of-undergraduate-admissions-launches-blog/

WSU Newsletters

WSU Regional Institute on Aging announces funding opportunities for faculty

The Wichita State Regional Institute on Aging (RIA) is pleased to announce two funding opportunities for faculty and graduate students. Intergenerational Teaching Modules $2,000 for development $2,000 for delivery Applications due Feb. 7 Research Awards $5,000 to 20,000 for 12-month projects Applications due date: March 21 For more information, contact…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/01/06/wsu-regional-institute-on-aging-announces-funding-opportunities-for-faculty-2/

WSU Newsletters

Alumni honor their past with international student scholarship

When Nighat Ara was 16 years old, she boarded a plane in Pakistan to fly 7,000 miles around the world to Wichita State University. What began as a lonely journey turned into an unforgettable community — one that included her future husband. To recognize their experience, Ara and her husband, Mosaddaq Turabi, have created an endowed scholarship for students…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/06/24/alumni-honor-their-past-with-international-student-scholarship/

WSU Newsletters

Register for Panhellenic Formal Recruitment

Wichita State’s Panhellenic Council will host its 2022 Panhellenic Formal Recruitment event Sept. 8-12. Registration ends Sept.7. Each woman who goes through recruitment will have the opportunity to meet and converse with members from all five of the Panhellenic Sororities at WSU, learn the individual chapter values, learn about the Panhellenic Community and…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/08/31/register-for-panhellenic-formal-recruitment/

WSU Newsletters

21 new Shockers named as Adelante Scholars

As the fall 2021 semester begins, the 21 students in the inaugural class of Adelante Scholars have begun their careers as Wichita State University students. The Adelante Scholarship was established in 2020 through a gift from Gene and Yolanda Camarena. It’s geared toward incoming freshmen and new transfer students. Preference is given to students who are of …

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/08/19/21-new-shockers-named-as-adelante-scholars/

WSU Newsletters

WSU announces list of 2022 spring graduates

More than 2,400 students were eligible to participate in the 124th spring commencement ceremonies at Wichita State University in May. Undergraduate and graduate degrees were conferred for the following colleges within WSU: Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and SciencesCollege of Fine ArtsDorothy and Bill Cohen Honors CollegeCollege of Innovation and…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/07/07/wsu-announces-list-of-2022-spring-graduates%ef%bf%bc/

WSU Newsletters

Tuesday Talks: Pride Month

…and join Nurse Heather Stafford, Student Health Services associate director; Danielle Johnson, Office of Diversity and Inclusion assistant director; and Neiman Thompson, Wichita State student, for a discussion about the health disparities that students face when they are both a person of color and part of the LGBTQ community via Youtube. SHS is also…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/06/04/tuesday-talks-pride-month/

WSU Newsletters

Join Shockers Vote Coalition

As we head into another election year, the Shockers Vote Coalition invites students, faculty and staff to join Wichita State’s Shockers Vote campaign. The coalition helps plan voter registration drives, deliberate dialogue initiatives and other events together for the upcoming election cycle. All events are nonpartisan and everyone is welcome to join and to …

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/12/16/join-shockers-vote-coalition/

WSU Newsletters

GoCreate offers WSU students free memberships

GoCreate is currently offering free memberships to Wichita State students. GoCreate, a Koch collaborative, is part of WSU’s Innovation campus. The 18,000-square foot of space is filled with a variety of machines and tools including laser-cutters, water jets, a quilt-maker, and 3D printers. The facility is open during the following hours: Closed Monday9…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/08/31/gocreate-offers-wsu-students-free-memberships/

WSU Newsletters

AHINSA presents Garba Night 2022

Wichita State’s Association of Hindu Students in America (AHINSA) will host Garba Night 2020 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the Beggs Ballroom in the Rhatigan Student Center. An integral part of the event is the religious symbolism espoused in the portrait of the Indian deity Durga placed centrally in the Beggs Ballroom. There will also be an open…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/09/21/ahinsa-presents-garba-night-2022/