Year: 2024

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is offering a substance use and mental wellness prevention course from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, April 22 in 256 Rhatigan Student Center, Edmiston Room.

The course aims to help students, faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support members of their community. Participants will receive a Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training.

If you are interested in attending, students can register by submitting a form online, and staff and faculty can register via myTraining on myWSU.

Make sure to catch the latest episode of the “Forward Together” podcast. Join President Rick Muma when he talks to representatives from WSU’s Go Baby Go. The Go Baby Go program modifies off-the-shelf ride-on toy cars for kids with disabilities at no cost to the family. Learn more about the collaborative interdisciplinary hands-on learning experience for WSU students and how their work benefits children with disabilities.

Watch the episode online or listen on Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Podcasts or Apple Podcasts (iTunes).

The next episode will feature Iris Okere, student body president. Subscribe to be notified when new episodes are available.

The College Tour TV series is coming to Wichita State in the fall, and students can start applying for a chance to be part of the show. The one-hour episode of The College Tour will feature WSU and highlight student life on campus.

Applications are now open. Faculty and staff can encourage students to apply by linking them to the application page. As part of a student’s application, they’ll submit a two-minute audition video talking a little bit about themselves and their time at Wichita State, but no prior videography skills are necessary. Just a video from their phone will work.

For questions, reach out to Trish Gandu at trish.gandu@wichita.edu. The deadline to submit applications is April 21. Learn more about The College Tour TV series.

Do you know of a student who is passionate about Wichita State and eager to spread the word about campus involvement? Student Engagement, Advocacy and Leadership (SEAL) is searching for student engagement ambassadors to showcase the value of getting involved through presentations, one-on-one chats and creative marketing.

Nominate a student today by emailing SEAL at seal@wichita.edu.

The honorees for the 2024 University Faculty Awards will be recognized Friday, May 3 in 141 Woolsey Hall, Fidelity Bank Room. The reception to meet and greet the honorees will be held at 2:30 p.m. The recognition ceremony will begin at 3 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by April 30.

The university faculty awards recognizes excellence in teaching, research and creative activities.

2024 University Faculty Award honorees:

• Excellence in Teaching: Jody Fiorini
• Leadership in the Advancement: Carolyn Speer
• Young Faculty Scholar: Eylem Asmatulu
• Excellence in Research: Hyuck Kwon
• Excellence Award for Community Research: Stan Longhofer
• Faculty Risk Taker: Gery Markova
• Young Faculty Risk Taker: Abigail Devereaux
• Excellence in Online Teaching: Masud Chand
• Academy for Effective Teaching: Manira Rani

Note: No awards will be presented for Creative Activity and Excellence in Accessibility for FY2024.

The seventh cohort of Rudd Scholars includes 15 Kansas high schools who have chosen to attend Wichita State University.

• Annaliese Jorgenson – Hillsboro High School
• Jose Urbina-Renteria – Wichita North High School
• Alexander Baird – Campus High School
• Faith Ekart – Sterling High School
• Kylee Mohr – Great Bend High School
• Richard Gwyn Jr. – Wichita Southeast High School
• Vatedis Coleman – Wichita Southeast High School
• Isabelle Christensen – Southeast of Saline High School
• Kane Huston – Paola High School
• Maimoona Mohammad – Wichita Heights High School
• Mya Scott – Conway Springs High School
• Vivian Chau – Wichita East High School
• Israel Torres Ayala – Wichita Northeast Magnet High School
• Adam Bosworth – Wichita North High School
• Shiloh Goetzinger – Hugoton High School

Each Rudd Scholar will receive a full-ride scholarship, which includes tuition, fees, on-campus housing, and considerable networking and coaching support along the way. All Rudd Scholars are from Kansas and will attend Wichita State, Emporia State, Fort Hays State or Kansas State.

The President’s Distinguished Service Awards will recognize faculty and staff for exemplary, dedicated and caring service to the Wichita State community Friday, May 3.

The reception to meet and greet the honorees is at 9 a.m. The recognition ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. in 141 Woolsey Hall, Fidelity Bank Room. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by April 30.

Honorees were selected by their peers from the university’s Staff Senate and Faculty Senate. RSVP on the Shocker Pride Celebration homepage.

The 2024 President’s Distinguished Award honorees:

• Faculty Senate:
  • Cheyla Clawson Chandler, associate professor and director, School of Performing Arts 
  • Mythili Menon, associate professor, Department of English   
  • Chelsea Redger-Marquardt, assistant dean, Cohen Honors College            
• University Staff Senate:
  • Jessica Pierpoint, library patent and trademark specialist, University Libraries             
  • Gabriel Fonseca, director for diversity and inclusion, Office of Diversity and Inclusion      
  • Ken Wiseman, Go Create facility manager, Go Create Maker Space           
  • James Porter, exhibition designer and production manager, Ulrich Museum of Art    
• University Staff Senate – Wayne Carlisle Award:
  • David Wright, chief data officer, Office of Academic Affairs and Research

The College Tour TV series is coming to Wichita State in the fall, and now is the time for students to apply to be part of the show. The one-hour episode of The College Tour will feature WSU and highlight student life on campus.

Applications are now open. As part of your application, you’ll submit a two-minute audition video talking a little bit about yourself and your time at Wichita State, but no prior videography skills are necessary. Just a video from your phone will work.

For questions, reach out to Trish Gandu at trish.gandu@wichita.edu. The deadline to submit applications is April 21. Learn more about The College Tour TV series.

Join Zach Gearhart, chief of staff and executive director of government relations, for updates on the Kansas legislature relevant to Wichita State. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 12 in 101 Morrison Hall.

The meeting is open to all faculty, staff and students and is held every other Friday in Morrison Hall following each legislative session.

The Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics will present Dr. Kapildeb Ambal, assistant professor of physics at Wichita State, as he discusses “Quantum magnetic field sensing and its potential for industrial applications” at 3 p.m. Friday, April 12 in 123 Wallace Hall.