Year: 2024

Lot 19E, the parking lot near Eck Stadium, will be closed Friday, May 10 through Sunday, May 12 for an athletics event. Faculty, staff and students that typically park in this lot will need to park in other lots per their ePermit type. The YMCA lot is not available for faculty, staff or event guest parking and could result in a citation.

The purpose of lot reservations is to help accommodate large groups of guests visiting campus for events. Lot reservations are not to be used for WSU affiliates. Remember, visitors to campus can park without an ePermit up to three times each semester.

Red reserved and ADA stalls are not subject to lot closures and proper use is permitted during this time.

Lot 41, the parking lot near Woolsey Hall, will be closed Friday, May 10 for an event in the building. Faculty and staff that typically park in this lot will need to park in other yellow lots in the area of the building. The YMCA lot is not available for faculty, staff or event guest parking and could result in a citation.

The purpose of lot reservations is to help accommodate large groups of guests visiting campus for events. Lot reservations are not to be used for WSU affiliates. Remember, visitors to campus can park without an ePermit up to three times each semester.

Red reserved and ADA stalls are not subject to lot closures and proper use is permitted during this time.

Lot 14, the parking lot near The Suites, will be closed Monday, May 13 to Friday, May 17 for lot maintenance. Students that typically park in this lot will need to park in other green lots in the area of the building. All vehicles must be removed from the lot.

Red reserved and ADA stalls in this lot will not be accessible during this time.

Green student parking lots will be open for free parking for the summer from May 13 to Aug. 18. All other parking on campus is still enforced.

JAPN 323: Anime and Manga will be offered for the first time during the summer at the Old Town Campus. The class will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Flexibility is available for students who cannot attend in person.

In addition, new Japanese-language courses will be offered this fall. JAPN 104: Intro to Japanese (three credits) and JAPN 105: Elementary Japanese I (three credits) will replace JAPN 111. Students can choose between taking JAPN 104 as a 16-week course at the Old Town Campus, or taking both JAPN 104 and 105 in the same semester as 8-week courses on the main campus.

Finally, JAPN 324: Japanese Film will be offered in the fall as well. The course counts as a general education credit and will be taught on the Old Town Campus.

Meet College of Applied Studies (CAS) at Wichita State Connect for a reception following the commencement ceremony to celebrate with its 2024 CAS graduates and families from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 11. Light refreshments and music will be provided.

Please note, the event is for CAS (College of Applied Studies) graduates and their families. 

The Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic at Wichita State offers free hearing evaluations to faculty and staff.

During the evaluations, an audiologist will test the patient’s hearing to determine if there is hearing loss and the type and severity of the loss. Hearing evaluations will last approximately one to two hours. If a patient does appear to have hearing loss, the appointment may last longer.

To schedule an appointment, call 316-978-3289. The clinic is located at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex at the intersection of 29th and Oliver streets.

Wichita State’s W. Frank Barton School of Business offers the largest selection of AACSB-accredited programs in Kansas. Bari Syed chose WSU for its Master of Accountancy program because of that status.

Free Wichita State 2023-24 visitor guides are available upon request. They are particularly helpful if you’d like a stack of guides to share with students, visitors to campus or Wichita, or with prospective students. These guides are updated once a year and include information on nearly every aspect of Wichita State.

These guides can be delivered via campus mail or be delivered to your office.

Let Garrett Rupp in the Office of Admissions know how many guides you need and a campus box number or office number for delivery. Contact Garrett at garrett.rupp@wichita.edu

As humanity begins to return to the moon and farther beyond, new technologies will need to be invented to assist in sustainable, long-term human-helmed missions. To help develop this technology, NASA has awarded a $133,342 grant to Wichita State University to research a more cost-effective detector for harmful radiation from space.

The grant is part of a nearly $1.5 million program that is funding 24 projects across 21 organizations and institutions. Awardees will also work with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama as part of the grant.