Year: 2024

Don’t miss the postgame fireworks as Shocker baseball takes on Oklahoma State at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 26.

Shockers get admission to home baseball games at no additional charge with their Shocker IDs thanks to the Student Government Association.

If you are graduating this spring, visit the Shocker Store during one of its Grad Days. CB Grad/Balfour will be in-house to help with ordering graduation announcements, nursing and dental hygiene pins, class rings and more.

Simply stop by between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 19 or 20 at the Rhaitgan Student Center location.

Join the Department of Political Science at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 27 via Zoom to hear what classes will be offered for the next fall and spring semesters.

Professors in the political science department will discuss the classes they will teach for the upcoming semesters.

The panel is co-sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha and the Department of Political Science.

Join in on a campus-wide adventure by discovering seals for a chance to win fantastic prizes. Find a seal, snap a pic and tag Student Engagement, Advocacy and Leadership (SEAL) on Instagram (@wsu.seal). After completing all directions on the back, return the seal to 216 Rhatigan Student Center. The search is on, so keep your eyes peeled.

Must be a Wichita State student with Shocker ID to win. SEAL Search is sponsored by SEAL. For more information on events, email SEAL at seal@wichita.edu or visit the webpage (wichita.edu/seal).

Research Topic/Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study is to determine whether pre and post tongue muscle performance measures differ following a six-week stretching protocol of skeletal muscles.

Procedures: Participants will complete two testing sessions (pre and post), six weeks apart, assessing tongue strength and endurance using the IOPI device and assessing flexibility using the DARI MotionCapture system.

Time: Participation will include two, 45 minute-one hour testing sessions (pre/post).

• Stretching group: will also include self-conducted stretching sessions three times per week for six weeks.
• Control group: will maintain current activity level throughout the study.

Inclusion criteria:

• Participants must be age 18 or older
• Currently not engaged in moderate to high-intensity exercise four+ days per week
• No known neurological disorder or recent oral surgery
• No known muscular, orthopedic or functional movement disorder
• Not under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol

Location: 210 Heskett Center, Human Performance Laboratory

Sign-up: Those interested in volunteering for the study can schedule a time online.

For any questions or concerns, contact Jennifer Fernandez at jxfernandez2@shockers.wichita.edu, Zainab Khan at zfkhan@shockers.wichita.edu or Dr. Heidi Bell at heidi.bell@wichita.edu, or call 316.978.5150.

Join Mina Estrada, program director of dance, as she guides participants through an experience in the galleries that incorporates movement and select works of art at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 20 in the Polk/Wilson Gallery at the Ulrich Museum of Art.

Learn a movement phrase that embodies an element of each artwork — texture, line, space or narrative — and leave with a small dance that represents the kinesthetic and aesthetic experience the group has shared. The event is open to everyone.

Wichita State University is home to nearly 5,000 first-generation students, individuals whose caregivers weren’t able to complete a college degree and who lack the firsthand experience to tackle college life. To help with their transition, Wichita State offers a number of resources to first-gen students to support them during their time in college, including F1RST GEN SHOCKERS.

Hear from Brittany Hopkins, graduate student success specialist in the Graduate School and a current employee at Wichita State who went to college as a first-gen student, about the first-gen experience.

Join the Ulrich Museum of Art for a fiction reading by author Bee Sacks at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21 in the Dr. Sam & Jacqui Kouri Collection Study Center in the Ulrich Museum. A reception will start at 5:30 p.m.

Bee holds an MFA from the Programs in Writing at the University of Irvine, California. Their debut novel, “City of a Thousand Gates,” published under the name Rebecca Sacks, was awarded the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for fiction. Their second novel, “The Lover,” was published in 2023. A former journalist, Bee worked at Vanity Fair for several years before moving to Israel-Palestine to study sacred Jewish texts. They live in Los Angeles with their dog, Pupik.

Writing Now Reading Now is cosponsored by the Department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Watermark Books & Café and the Ulrich Museum of Art. The event is open to everyone.

Student Health Services (SHS) is hosting its next Pee for Pizza event. from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 21 at the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA.

Pee for Pizza is a sexual health awareness event that allows participants to test for sexually transmitted illnesses such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C and know their status at no additional charge. Pizza is also provided to participants.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Positive Direction and Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes, Pee for Pizza is by reservation only. No walk-ins will be accepted. Participants must not use the restroom at least one hour before testing.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact SHS at 316-978-4792. Other testing is available upon request.

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS) is raising awareness regarding certain policies in the code of conduct at Wichita State. For the month of March, it is discussing alcohol policy.

The alcohol policy has multiple points, which are defined as:

• Underage possession and/or consumption of alcohol
• Unauthorized possession and/or consumption of alcohol: Possession and/or consumption of alcohol except as expressly permitted by law and university policy.
• Unauthorized and/or unlawful distribution, sale and/or service of alcohol: Engaging in the distribution, sale and/or service of alcohol, regardless of age, except as expressly permitted by law and university policy.
• Possession of common source container(s): Possessing common source alcoholic beverage container(s) or common source drug containers including, but not limited to, bongs, kegs, mini-kegs, coolers, beer balls, trashcans and tubs.
• Social host: Permitting any individual or group to consume alcohol or possess/use drugs and/or other substances in a space owned, occupied or controlled by the host, except as expressly permitted by law and university policy.
• Excessive and/or rapid consumption: Engaging in any behavior which encourages, facilitates or constitutes excessive and/or rapid alcohol consumption including, but not limited to, keg stands, alcohol luges, beer bongs, beer/water pong and other drinking games.
• Manufacturing and/or producing alcohol: Engaging in the manufacture or production of any alcoholic beverage including, but not limited to, cereal malt beverage (beer), wine, moonshine and liquor except as expressly permitted by law and university policy.
• Open container: Possession of an open alcohol container in or on a vehicle (e.g. automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, skateboard, scooter, Segway, hoverboard, tractor, etc.), in open spaces, or public except as expressly permitted by law and university policy.
• Driving while impaired: Control or operation of a vehicle (e.g. automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, skateboard, scooter, Segway, hoverboard, tractor, etc.) while impaired by alcohol, drugs or another substance.
• Public intoxication: Being impaired by alcohol or another substance to the point where one’s behavior adversely affects or could affect, the regular operations of members of the university community.

More details regarding alcohol and other policies in the Student Code of Conduct can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Student Code of Conduct Handbook.

SCCS is here to help ensure that your student experience is safe. To report any potential conduct issues to the SCCS office through the school year, use the conduct incident response form. If you want to explore other reporting forms at Wichita state, visit the Report It homepage (wichita.edu/reportit).