Year: 2024

Student Engagement & Belonging invites students to its Open House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10 in 216 Rhatigan Student Center, where they’ll have the chance to meet with students and staff to learn how to get connected with events, leadership workshops, support groups, volunteer activities, Fraternity & Sorority Life, Community Service Board, Student Government Association Student Senate and much more.

Student Engagement & Belonging invites students to join its Open House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10 in 216 Rhatigan Student Center.

You’ll have the chance to meet with students and staff to learn how to get connected with events, leadership workshops, support groups, volunteer activities, Fraternity & Sorority Life, Community Service Board, Student Government Association Student Senate and so much more.

Stop by for snacks, activities and a chance to win a red parking spot.

Join Wichita State as the campus celebrates National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week from Sept. 9 to Sept. 16.

Hispanic enrollment in higher education is expected to exceed 4.3 million students by 2026, far surpassing the growth rate of any other racial-ethnic group by over 10%. As an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), WSU invites the community to the following programs:

• Monday, Sept. 9: HSI leaders will provide an overview of the HSI Strategic Plan and the progress over the past year at 2 p.m. in 261 Rhatigan Student Center, Olive Room.
• Tuesday Sept. 10: Attend a showcase of Latine faculty, student and staff research pertaining to supporting the Hispanic community at 2 p.m. in 265 RSC, Lucas Room.
• Thursday, Sept. 12: Join a Teams presentation by Dr. Mara Lopez, director of HSI Research Center at the University of Arizona, about bridging HSI to research funding opportunities at 2 p.m. RSVP to the session.
• Monday, Sept. 16: To end the week celebration, WSU will host a Statewide Hispanic America Leadership Organization Conference for high school, college and teacher and advisors from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in 305/306 RSC, Beggs Ballroom.

The Facilities Services offices will be closed from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9 to accommodate a team development meeting.

The team appreciates your understanding and cooperation during this time.

The Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program at Wichita State has welcomed five new resident dentists in their 2024-25 class: Dr. Nick Desch, Dr. Claire Freeman, Dr. Elizabeth Kiefner, Dr. Emma King and Dr. Brad Miller.  

The AEGD program is a one-year dental residency program that provides dentists with advanced comprehensive clinical experience. This is the only dentistry education training in Kansas. 

The dentists practice at WSU General Dentistry, located on the corner of 29th and Oliver St. The clinic provides a full range of services including cleanings, whitening, fillings and implants, along with in-house specialists for periodontics, endodontics, oral surgery and prosthetics. The clinic is open to the public and currently accepting new patients. WSU students and their spouses and children are eligible for the Student Dental Discount program, which offers services that are up to 30% off the prices at a private dental practice.

Stop by the Rhatigan Student Center to DIY your own Shocker-themed best friend plush at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17. Pick out your bear plush, give it a little stuffing and top it off with a perfectly petite WSU T-shirt.

This event is exclusive to students with a Shocker ID, with a limit of one per student. Available while supplies last.

Join the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6 at the LUX Ballroom, 120 E. 1st St. N, for the opening reception of “It’s Been a While.”

The exhibition features artwork by ADCI MFA Studio Art students: Brookelle Peterson, Megan Messer, Abby Ausherman, Sloane Dyer, Branden Lawless, Madison Mullen, Maryam Farahani Parsa, Carlos Palmer, Jessica Lada, Cody Riedy, Aaron Maldonado and Farzaneh Hajighasemi.

WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement’s third annual Founders’ Day of Giving is nearly here, and WSUFAE can’t wait to see how all of Shocker Nation shows their support. Since it began this tradition in 2022, more than 700 individual donors have given to the colleges, departments, teams and programs they love, and everyone on campus plays an important role in growing impact.

In the next two weeks, explore the giving opportunities on the Founders’ Day homepage, spread the word on social media and consider making a matching gift. Your support makes all the difference.

Construction on the Wichita Biomedical Campus continues. Construction workers have placed utilities and patched over the trench, reopening traffic to Williams Street.

Digging continues, and more of the old foundation at the site is peaking through. Once digging is complete, the old foundation will be removed to make way for the new foundation for Phase 1 of the Wichita Biomedical Campus.

Starting in December, a tower crane will be built to begin placing steel for construction, with the first steel being placed in February 2025.

You can watch a live broadcast of the construction online at: bigview.ai/wichitabiomedicalcampusliveview.

Researchers are WSU are conducting a research study to see how Eustachian tube massage works. Participants will be asked to perform a few maneuvers and have the movement of your eardrum measured. The study will take approximately 30 minutes. There is no compensation for volunteering.

Participation requirements:

• English is your native language
• No history of ear surgery
• Fall into the age range of 18-50 years

If you are interested in participating or would like to know more, contact Dr. Katharine Fitzharris at katharine.fitzharris@wichita.edu.