Year: 2024

The campus community is welcome to stop by Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College between 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25 in Shocker Hall, Building A for an Honors College housewarming during Welcomefest. Connect with students, faculty and staff, and learn more about the Honors College while enjoying food and drinks.

Phase One of the Wichita Biomedical Campus, being built in the heart of downtown Wichita, now has its official look.

Renderings created by Helix Architecture + Design and CO Architects show the 8-story, 350,000-square-foot building that features a 3-story pavilion, classrooms, labs, student success center, lounges and study spaces, offices and meeting spaces.

This marks the first phase of the joint health sciences project between Wichita State University and the University of Kansas. Once built, the Wichita Biomedical Campus will combine WSU’s College of Health Professions and Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, WSU Tech’s health care program and Wichita campuses of KU School of Medicine and KU School of Pharmacy into one location.

The Graduate School is calling for abstract submissions for the 20th annual Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects Symposium. All abstracts are due by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9.

For questions, email wsugradschool@wichita.edu.

Get ready to dribble, shoot and score with Campus Recreation’s intramural basketball. Whether you’re a seasoned player or a newcomer to the game, this is a chance to join in on the basketball excitement here on campus. Simply sign up through the Wichita State Campus Recreation app:

• Apple App Store
• Google Play Store

The registration deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 24, and the league starts Jan. 29 in the Heskett Center Gymnasium

Kansas NSF EPSCoR is hosting a webinar with Dr. Dan Andresen, program director for NSF CISE/CNS at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 and the WSU Office of Research will host a live viewing of the webinar and discussion after the webinar to enable possible collaborations in 256 Rhatigan Student Center, Edmiston Room.

Investigators in Kansas will learn about exciting funding opportunities in the area of computer systems research at the webinar. Refreshments will be provided at the viewing. For questions, email funding@wichita.edu.

Join the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships on its FAFSA Tour as it helps Shockers complete the 2024-25 FAFSA form. The office will have an open lab from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19 in 220 Woolsey Hall.

Bring all required materials found on the FAFSA webpage (wichita.edu/fafsa). Follow the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships on Instagram and Facebook for information on other tour dates.

The Barton School of Business Undergraduate Student Success Center is now hiring for an academic advisor position: Student success and retention coordinator.

The position will advise students concerning their academic plans, progress, and academic and career goals in order to assist students in making personal education decisions and meeting graduation requirements.

Health professions students can join the College of Health Professions’s Scholarship Universe Open Labs to work on your fall 2024/spring 2025 applications. Labs are come-and-go, and the scholarship coordinator will be on-hand to answer questions.

Open labs will be held on the following dates and times in 100A Ahlberg Hall:

• 9-10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19
• 11 a.m.-noon Monday, Jan. 22
• noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23

The Office of Online & Adult Learning is now accepting nominations for the Adult Learner of the Year (ALOTY) Awards Ceremony. The ALOTY Award is given to an adult learner in recognition of their achievements and dedication to reaching their academic goals.

Submit a nomination for the ALOTY Award.

In addition to the ALOTY Award, the ceremony will include four new awards you can nominate individuals for:

• Service Award — Recognizes an adult learner who exemplifies what it means to be service-oriented through studies, work or personal life.
• Research Award — Recognizes an adult learner who has completed exceptional work in undergraduate research.
• Applied Learning Award — Recognizes an adult learner who has excelled through their applied learning experience.
• Leadership Award — Recognizes an adult learner who exemplifies leadership, either through studies, work or personal life.

Another recognition that will be awarded is the Support System Award. This award differs from the others because the student will be the one to recognize their support system.

• Support System Award — Recognizes an adult learner’s support system that has encouraged them along their academic journey.­

Nominations for awards will be open until March 1. For any questions about the ALOTY Awards, email oal@wichita.edu or call 316-978-8325.

On Monday, Feb. 19, the Office of Admissions will host Black & Yellow Day. Each semester, Admissions invites high school juniors, seniors and college transfer students to the all-day event on campus where they have the chance to participate in sessions hosted by each academic college, tour campus and explore the applied learning opportunities available at Wichita State. The event is $15 per student and $5 per guest and includes lunch in Shocker Dining.

If you know of any students who should attend this event, they can register on the Office of Admissions website (wichita.edu/visit) and click on “Admissions Events.” For questions, contact Quinn Munk at 316-978-5453 or quinn.munk@wichita.edu.