Year: 2024

First-generation students are invited to coffee, cocoa and conversation with the Fairmount College Student Advisory Council, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean’s office personnel, faculty, staff, students or anyone who supports student success as a Shocker is welcome.

The come-and-go event is from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 15 in 200 Lindquist Hall, Fairmount College boardroom. Stay, chat or grab a cookie or two before heading to class.

The next University Staff Senate (USS) meeting is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 in 142 Rhatigan Student Center, Harvest Room, or via Teams. All USS meetings are open to the Wichita State campus community.

Visit the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes on men’s basketball home game days for some gameday specials. All day, enjoy half price appetizers and $1 off sandwiches and burgers.

For the Thursday, Nov. 14 Shocker men’s basketball game, a number of lots in the vicinity of Charles Koch Arena will be reserved for Shocker Athletic Scholarship Organization parking beginning at 3:30 p.m. During this time, signage will be in place alerting drivers of the impending lot assignment changes.

Anyone previously parked in these lots will need to move their cars by 3:30 p.m. Any unauthorized parking in a game day lot carries a $50 citation fine.

Registration for spring 2025 classes is now open. Go to the myClasses tab in your myWSU portal and find “Student Registration (Banner 9)” to begin registration.

If you would like additional help or have questions regarding spring registration, please make an appointment with your advisor.

If you have any holds that prevent your registration, you may not be able to register until those holds are lifted. Find out if you have holds on your account by checking the Student Holds channel on the myClasses tab in myWSU.

Everyone on campus is invited to a chili feed with Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, Nov. 15 and from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter facility, south of the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex. All proceeds benefit Zach’s Wishes for Miracles.

Enjoy unlimited chili, chili dogs and cinnamon rolls. Visit SigEp’s Instagram or visit its table from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 in the Rhatigan Student Center for more information

In celebration of Ulrich’s 50th Anniversary, Mina Estrada, assistant professor and director of dance at Wichita State, has created a new dance piece — inspired by the fall exhibition “Dream Machine: Fantasy, Surreality, and Play,” on view through Dec. 7 — which will be performed at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 in the Polk/Wilson Gallery in the Ulrich Museum.

The performance, featuring WSU dance majors, will play on the intricate layers of reality and surrealism, drawing inspiration from the exhibition’s rich tapestry of fantastical and interactive works. The new work entitled, “Inside the Dream Machine,” will also include live music performed by ICTus, directed by Chase Hampton. “Inside the Dream Machine” will continue to evolve as it is transformed into a film produced in collaboration with WSU School of Digital Arts. The dance film will premiere at the School of Performing Arts Film Showing April 19, 2025 at Welsbacher Black Box Theatre in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.

Evalynn Trumbo, CRP research project manager in the Department of Biological Sciences, will present “Grassland Management and Its Impacts on Grassland Birds” at this month’s Science on Tap at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 at Social Tap Drinkery.

Science on Tap is hosted at Social Tap Drinkery in Braeburn Square on the Innovation campus on the second Tuesday of the month.

Spring 2025 registration is here. If you have a fall 2024 balance over $2,000, meet with a Financial Aid advisor to discuss the options available to help you bring down your balance for enrollment.

Schedule an appointment online or walk-in anytime from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in 203 Jardine Hall.

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business and expert on business-government relations, was interviewed by Yahoo News on Elon Musk’s role in the new administration from President-elect Donald Trump. Her response, “extraordinary conflicts of interest.”